Saturday - The Peter Wiepert Museum
Up early, and doing our morning routine, we noticed the day looked like it was going to be clear and sunny. By 9 a.m., we were ready to leave the room for the downtown area. We planned to do a few errands, and then go to the Peter Wiepert Museum. We think it will be opens at 10 a.m.
We stopped at a bakery, and then I went into Olderogs, a department store. John sat on a bench and watched the people go by. Then, we went to the Jens Market for a few grocery items. We brought these few things back to our parked car, and then walked over to the museum.
John waiting in the Burg town square, while Judy shops
The Peter Wiepert Museum opens on June 1st each year. Unfortunately, we were one hour early. So we walked back to the car, and drove our groceries home. After resting for a very short time, be came back to the museum at 11 a.m..... the correct time.
Peter Wiepert Museum in Burg
This Museum is located next to the St. Nicoli Church on the main street in Burg. Admission is 2 Euros per person. Housed in this museum are the genealogical works of Peter Wiepert. There are also, old documents, photographs of the city and it's citizens, and painted portraits of prominent citizens. There is a display on the clothing of past times, a display of models of some of the old ships that used the island’s harbors, old hunting items, old bibles from the churches, furniture, dishes and household utensils ….. just to mention some of the many other interesting items.
We wandered around each room, carefully looking at everything. John loves the old papers and portraits of the old citizens of the area. He's always looking for more information about times past in Fehmarn. My favorite items are the old photos of the houses and the people. We are always looking for clues about our ancestors. We slowly browsed through each room.
After seeing the museum, we decided to drive around the Island of Fehmarn and take more scenic photos. John's plan was to take photos in each village for the website, but most of the small villages are only a small number of houses with no business area. You drive thru and before you know it...... You're driving out the other end of the town. There is no way to identify one house picture from another, let alone.... one village from another. So we gave up on that idea.
Swanpond in Petersdorf
We talked a little, and decided to drive around and try to take lots of photos of scenic and interesting places around the island. So we began to drive.... And drive....and drive. Through out the afternoon we drove through at least 35 villages over 7 hours! We stopped at the Port, several harbors, at least 4 beaches, both sides of the Fehmarnsund Bridge, and we also stopped at least 10 times to take photos of the Windmill Park!
Beath at Grüner Brink
When we were in the area of the Katharinenhof Estate, we found a museum and cafe. We stopped and for 5 Euros each, we toured the museum. On display were old toys, money, household objects, weaving machines, printing machines, and lots of other interesting items. Outside, were small buildings that were reproductions of an early bake house, a restaurant, a woodshop, and a blacksmith's shop. There was a large barn with sleds, buggies and even a car from about the 1940's. Also there were modern (about 100 years ago) conveniences on display, such as a toilet, a washing machine with ringer, and other household items. Farm equipment was displayed outside.
Museum at the Katharinenhof Estate
They had a small gift shop and an even smaller cafe. We decided not to eat lunch there, and went off looking for a restaurant. We saw a sign for Tony's Pizza, followed it and found another restaurant named Waldpavillon. This was a charming, blue and white building, with outdoor tables overlooking the beach area. The sun was shining, so we decided to eat at the tables outside. We had a wonderful gourmet meal complete with a beautiful view. We were very lucky to have found this place.
Waldpavillon restaurant near Kathrinenhof
After our lunch at 2 pm, we drove all around....jumping out of the car a million times to take photos! John got some beautiful shots of the local scenery and I used my video camera so I could show my family the Island sites.
John has plans to put the photos of the Island on a computer CD and offer it for sale on this website. We thought others would like to see the beauty of this Island as we saw it. John has taken photos in standard and high resolutions, so a good variety will be on the CD. Be sure to visit the Fehmarn Gift Shop on this website. Purchases of items in the shop help support the costs of maintaining this website. http://www.fehmarngenealogy.com/fehmarn_gift_shop.htm
Fehmarnsund Bridge
By 7 pm, we were getting tired and hungry.... so we decided to go back to our room, before finding a restaurant. On Sunday afternoon, all the stores in the larger villages close at about 4 or 5 p.m., so we thought we had no hope of finding a grocery store open. But, suddenly, in Wulfen, we noticed a small grocery store that was open. I went in and found it to be well stocked. I purchased bratwurst, a can of potatoes, some bratkartoffel seasoning, 2 tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese and a jar of spargal (local asparagus).
We went back to the apartment and cooked ourselves a very nice dinner. We definitely liked staying in a room with a kitchen. It was a big convenience for us. Occasionally, you get tired of eating large wonderful meals and just want something cooked in our own kitchen.
After dinner, we went out for our nightly trip to the Internet cafe to send the last e-mail to the family and friends back home. I, then e-mailed my daughter that I was going to call her in 10 minutes so she would be ready to answer the phone. She receives only short e-mails on her cell phone. So we found a telephone and called home. The time difference is 6 hours, so it was 8:30 p.m. in Germany and 2:30 p.m. in Florida. We had a good, but short, talk and reminded her to pass on the information to my husband about the arrival time of our flight.
With all that out of the way, we returned to our room and did a more work on the computers. We were really exhausted from our day of driving and wanted to turn in early.