Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Württemberg

The progenitors of the Clark County Imles, Christoph Frederick and Anna Maria came from the German state of Württemberg, today part of Baden-Württemberg, created in 1952 by merging three states formed after the second world war. It was once a duchy in the Holy Roman Empire, but became a kingdom when the empire was dissolved in 1806. Christoph’s ancestors had lived in the area for centuries, for at least eight generations of Imles. Württemberg, an agricultural area with orchards, grains, hops, and vineyards, had a long history of producing red wines, and Christoph Frederick was one of the many inhabitants tending vineyards.

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