Emskirchen

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Map of Emskirchen area. Gunzendorf is just to the northeast. The Illinois Hasselbachers came through this area.
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Cross a little river to get to the church square. St Kilians Evanelish.
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It was the week after Easter. Everything looked nice. You can see some monuments in the front yard.
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Church was being prepared for a confirmation service.
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My favorite saints.
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It took me a while to realize what I was looking at. It is common in the area to have war memorials in the churches or associated town squares. This was a World War One memorial. As I circled it taking my photos, I was stopped in my tracks to see that Wilhelm Hasselbacher had fallen in the second month of the war.
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I had one grandfather in the Army of each side in this war.
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Can anyone tell us more about Wilhelm?
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This was even more of a stunner. It is a memorial to the fallen of the Franko-Prussian War of 1870.
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My Great-Grandfather Johann was in the cavalry right after this war. He was too young to serve.
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Georg Hasselbacher falls in Clermont in 1870. Can we find him in the family?
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There was a WWII memorial but no Hasselbachers were listed.
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House on the square across the street.
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Old dates abound. 1734 here. I am unaware if we were there already.
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Just down the street was a little chapel serving a cemetery. I recognized many names, but there were no Hasselbachers.
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1401. Can that be true? (Was on the little chapel.)
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