2018 Trip to Schmidmühlen in Bavaria Home of my German Ancestors In the summer of 2018 Judy and I made a trip to Schmidmühlen, Germany, the town where my mother's grandparents, Alois and Thekla Büchner, were born. The town of Schmidmühlen is in the Amberg-Sulzbach district of Bavaria in Germany. It is situated at the junction of the Vils and Lauterach rivers, about 100 miles north of Munich, and 50 miles east of Nuremberg (See map below). Schmidmühlen has about 2,400 residents, among them many U.S. Citizens. The municipality is now bordered by the US Army Garrison Hohenfels, which I assume accounts for the U.S. residents in Schmidmühlen. The garrison has resided there since 1951. Their mission is to facilitate realistic force-on-force maneuver training for all U.S. Army Europe Combat Battalions, and to support NATO training activities. Map of Germany – Location of Schmidmühlen highlighted in red Mom's grandfather, Alois Büchner, was the s...
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