Friday – Part 1

We have visited all the places where we understand the Steimle ancestors lived in the past but were left with the question of where are the Steimle descendants who did not come to America. We checked the phone book and found several families in Gruenmettstetten, a city north of Horb am Neckar. Most of the past cities of residence were just south of Horb. We went there and walked the cemetery and found many recently buried with the name of Steimle and other ancestors. Recently because graves are recycled after 30-50 years. We did not contact any of the living families as we probably would not be able to speak with them. We will handle that with letters in the future.

We returned to Horb am Neckar as we had previously not been able to find the cemetery. We wandered up on an older road that would have been used as a direct route to and from Gruensmettstetten. We did find an old city map used for hikers which showed the location of the cemetery.

We passed by the fortified gate and city wall. This was a very narrow road complicated with a slight curve that was single lane only. The video is so much better than the photo but with minimal Internet this will do.

We passed by the fortified gate and city wall. This was a very narrow road complicated with a slight curve that was single lane only. The video is so much better than the photo but with minimal Internet this will do.

We did what we have done all week. Walked taking pictures of every grave that had the surname of an ancestor.

The cemetery was beautiful. We remember attending Uncle Ernie’s funeral in Provo. It was interesting that we found a grave of an Ernest Steimle here in Horb am Neckar.