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Kapellen-Geldern Web Page
| A greeting card from Geldern (a larger town about 6km from Kapellen). Up Left: "Castle Haag" Up Right" On The Niers (river). Low Left: Wind Mill, low right, typical farm. Center: Geldern Hospital | |
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Lange Str. in Kapellen. |
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Left and below are photos of Saint George Catholic Church of Kapellen. Photo by Herr Schmitz, of Kapellen, 1999 |
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| The big Karneval party in Kapellen in February 1999. Kristina Kanders (second gold dress from the left) is dancing. | |
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A prize won by Kristina Kanders during the Karneval in Kapellen, February 1999. It was given as a gift to John Korting of Columbus. |
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The local windmill, very nearby to Kapellen. Built 1792. No longer working as a wind mill and we believe it is a family home.
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| In the Kanders "neu haus" in Kapellen. From left, Patrick Kanders (back) Grant Korting (USA), Maras Kanders, Kristina Kanders, Johannes Dercks, Bill Graul (USA) | |
| A February 1996 Photo at the hospital in
Geldern of (L to R) William Korting, Mike Korting (both from
Columbus) and Hans Korting of Kapellen.
In the background the sign says "Malermeister KORTING" because Johannes Korting's firm from Kapellen was painting in the hospital. |
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Parade June 2000. Patrick Kanders, right. |
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Patrick Kanders - June 2000 |
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June 2000. |
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The Kapellen Cemetary in the winter of 1996. Note the candle holder in the lower left and the flowers in the center. |
For more information, see these local (Kapellen) web pages:
1) Visit the Klaessen web page.
2) Visit the Korting Kapellen Web Page. and their ancestor Hagelstein Castle web page.
3) City Web Pages: www.Geldern.de web page and Xanten City, the nearly 2,000 year old town at www.xanten.de/indexg.htm
Note: None of the above families have reviewed or approved their web pages.