My friend and I went to see my relatives in Germany. We arrived in Amsterdam, Holland, on time. On the plane ride, I visited with a woman from Germany who now lives in Singapore and has a wine business. On the autobahn, I drove a rental car to Oldenburg, Germany, and we stayed in the Hotel Sprenz. She called my relatives, and they picked us up, and we drove for one hour to their house. We were treated like royalty at my relative’s house in Selverde, Germany. She had a large lunch prepared for us to eat, which included the following: Pork Roast, potatoes, and gravy, cauliflower, green beans and onions, tea and cream, carbonated water, fancy desserts, and homemade pudding with currant sauce. We had a pleasant long visit with them and discussed what we wanted to see.
In the afternoon, we went to the farm where my Great Grandfather had lived until he came to America. My Great Grandfather left Germany because work was scarce. The farm has three 50-acre plots for 150 acres or 60 hectares. The man where my Great Grandfather had lived showed us the farmland and told us his Mother’s maiden name was Weers. My relative’s daughter took us on an afternoon tour of Selverde, Germany. We had a large dinner with my relatives in the evening, and everything was excellent and perfectly cooked.
We went to the family cemetery. The tombstones were destroyed in World War 2. A large rock was engraved with the name Weers Family to replace the lost headstones. The church by the cemetery is a Lutheran church built in 1885. The church has written documentation of the people buried in the family cemetery. The church is brick and all original. It was nice to walk into a Church that my Great Grandfather had worshiped in.
My Great Grandfather’s house was destroyed in the war in 1945. There is a beautiful brick house there now that was built in 1950. My relative’s house is brick on a cold sac, and about seven other brick homes. My relatives are employed in the following occupations: hairdresser, secretary, construction worker, and farmer. My relatives are very friendly and outgoing and very pleasant. They have a Lenz tractor that is over 51 years old. We saw several beautiful horses. The farmland is now used for hay to sell to farmers for their cattle.
We went back to our hotel in Oldenburg. Our rental car did not start in the morning, but the owners got it up and running for us ASAP. She gave us a wonderful sack lunch to take with us when we left.
I loved visiting with my relatives from Germany and seeing the land and the area where my Great Grandfather had lived. My relatives and I write to each other at Christmas. I can see why my Great Grandfather loved living in Selverde, Germany. Everything was so clean and well-kept in Germany.
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