Born in Bad Sobernheim and deeply connected to his homeland – shaped by it and shaping it Udo Schneberger studied piano at the Cologne University of Music with Günter Ludwig and church music at the University of Church Music in Heidelberg Udo Schneberger has performed on numerous significant historical organs and has been a frequent guest at international organ festivals in Europe and Japan he became a professor in Japan and is the initiator and artistic director of the Mattheiser Summer Academy When’s the last time you walked barefoot in the mud or skipped through a grassy meadow without wearing shoes A Barfusspfad in Germany offers a safe place to reclaim the barefoot bliss of childhood and muck about outside on a summer’s day my son and I recently decided to get our feet dirty at one of Germany’s oldest barefoot parks The roughly 2-mile-long footpath is circular and runs along the Nahe River the trail borders an active bike path and traverses a serene meadow with wildflowers On the other side of the river is a cluster of adventure stations with foot gymnastics and sensory experiences the stations challenge hikers with balancing beams and rotating barrels or engage in reflexology a type of therapy that targets pressure points on the feet The path kicks off by crossing a trough of knee-high murky mud imagining a relaxing spa treatment with mud squishing between my feet as if I were walking in a lake But I was surprised to feel tiny pebbles under my feet and what seemed to be the cement foundation of the pool So dirty,” he kept saying until the thick mud coating our legs was sloughed off as we walked through tall grasses Around the corner was a water pool that took off another layer of caked mud the path opened up into a field with a view of the river and the rolling hills in the background I was moved many times by the simple pleasures of the moment: the smell of dirt under my feet the hum of a passing train and the brightness of yellow wildflowers Walking with the naked ground beneath my feet opened my senses and melted my stress faster than a yoga class ever has After crossing the Nahe on a bridge designed for shoeless pedestrians we encountered more sensory stations and people slowing down to test their balance and the nerve endings in their feet I stayed on the grass path to avoid the wooden boxes filled with small stones Walking barefoot in the grass was instantly calming but for me the rocks were too rough to be relaxing raced over the various surfaces and were rewarded with two playgrounds toward the end of the route My son seemed to lack my foot sensitivity and enjoyed stepping on the stones and braving the tall beams on the playground The final obstacle was walking single file across the moving river on a narrow swinging suspension bridge I tried not to look down as we inched across the shaky bridge We could have washed our feet under a water spigot at the end of the loop we left the mud sticking to our feet as we ate a snack from the riverfront refreshment stand and planned our next barefoot adventure Cost: A day ticket is 5 euros for adults and 3 euros for children ages 3 to 17; children under 3 are free Info: There are lockers for shoes and towels A  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk took off from a small airfield (Finthen Airfield - EDFZ) near Bad Sobernheim of  Bad Kreuznach district of Germany on 15th May crashed following immediately after the take off due to an engine failure and subsequent attempt of landing Crashing on to a bushy area have been life saving for the trainer and trainee FL360aero | All right Reserved 2025 Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe one of the leading content providers for the European plastics industry We offer daily updated business news and reports polymer prices and other services for the international plastics industry News | Polymer Prices | Suppliers Guide | Jobs | Register | Advertising Deborah Pressman reclaims her roots by honoring a man dedicated to preserving Jewish history in Germany Deborah Pressman's father was one of the lucky ones He left Germany in 1936 when it was still possible for Jews to escape most Jews couldn't evade the Nazis' far-reaching tentacles and ended up filling boxcars bound for concentration camps It was not something she had ever wanted to do before But she was drawn to make the trip in order to honor a man who is working to preserve the Jewish history in the town of her ancestors Pressman is not sure anything short of this would have brought her to this foreign land she is eager to talk about the experience and how it changed her It all began last year when she saw an article in the New York Times about the Obermayer German Jewish History Awards which honors Germans who work to preserve Jewish histor culture in their country she immediately thought about Hans-Eberhard Berkemann She tucked the article away until she had an opportunity to meet with her cousins and they decided to nominate the 59-year-old schoolteacher They thought Berkemann deserved recognition for his work in restoring the Jewish cemeter saving the synagogue in Bad Sobernheim When Berkemann was chosen to receive the award Pressman set out on the journey to Germany with her husband including her cousin Tom Lebach of North Falmouth had escaped the atrocities of the Holocaust he couldn't escape his "conflicting feelings," Pressman says He knew how lucky he was to be in the United States yet he also felt a certain guilt about those who didn't get away Marum became painfully aware of that devastation when as a soldier working as an interpreter in the U.S he toured the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany Pressman absorbed her father's feelings about the country where generations of their family lived the country where so many Jews built a rich and productive culture Her father remembered that the anti-Semitism in his town became so virulent after Hitler came to power that when he was 14 his parents sent him to school in Switzerland There were fewer than a hundred Jews in Sobernheim But there were the 6 million from all over Europe who were murdered during those terrible years "My father felt he could never forget," she says "And he felt he could never go back." Pressman thought she would find a trip to Germany too disturbing two of her father's sisters and their husbands spent time in Bad Sobernheim running the knitting mill her grandfather owned before the war It is Tom Lebach's parents who lived in Germany for about 15 years beginning in the mid-'60s who visited his parents there a number of times feels differently about his mother's native land She didn't come to the United States until after Kristallnacht (also called "Night of the Broken Glass," when on Nov and hundreds of synagogues and thousands of Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed about 100 people were killed during the violence) Yet what Lebach heard from his mother about her hometown in Germany was "not the bad but I'm aware of the history of my family there." Going there is a positive experience for him an attorney who is a clerk magistrate at the Plymouth County Juvenile Court in Brockton And he was happy to go with Pressman and introduce her to their parents' hometown and in 1950 erected a monument in the Jewish cemetery there to the Jews who were killed during the Holocaust It is this cemetery that Berkemann worked to preserve and where Pressman went to see the graves of her ancestors painted a picture of the old synagogue in Sobernheim at Berkemann's request "He felt like the souls of the dead were watching him while he painted it," Pressman says But she didn't see that painting until she visited Berkemann's home "I could see how much my father struggled to do it," she says "So many of his other works were exuberant Pressman says she is glad she went because she "confronted her avoidance all these years." "It was a wonderful way to connect with members of my family "It gave me a glimmer of hope because of the work Berkemann and others are doing They feel that Jewish history is an integral part of German history There are lots of individuals there who are willing to face their past." The Obermayer award ceremony was held in Berlin on Jan which commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz "I had a feeling that this was a wonderful thing 28 Shluchim families operating in 17 cities around Germany spent this past Shabbos together in a sign of Jewish revival in the country. Full Story An uncommon sight of chassidic families was seen this past Shabbos in Bad Sobernheim a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate tucked away from the big-city hustle and bustle 28 couples arrived with close to 130 children to spend the weekend at the annual regional Kinus Hashluchim of Germany that unites the directors of the Chabad centers in 28 cities in the country participants gathered to take a group photo displaying how the Chabad presence has rapidly growing in the last decade to help the post World War II Jewish revival Guest of the convention was Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky the globetrotting Vice Chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch in New York he continued to the Asian Kinus in Thailand and then he supported the humanitarian efforts of Chabad in Kathmandu he told participants about the interest the Rebbe took in the regional conventions of Shluchim Rabbi Kotlarsky said he was most moved by the participation of the children and their sincerity “It is clear that the Rebbe accompanies Shluchim wherever they go.” Germany’s Head Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Diskin officially welcomed the participants thanking all who helped organized it and discussed a timely lesson from the weekly Parsha The meal has continued into an hours-long farbrengen A shiur chassidus on shabbos morning was given by Rabbi Yochanan Gordon of Munich Participants davened and then sat again for a Shabbos meal farbrengen addressed by Berlin Shliach Yehuda Tiechtel and Rabbi Yosef Havlin Shluchim has a chance to discuss challenges and factors in their outreach and community work The Shabbos concluded with Maariv and watching JEM’s Living Torah video magazine with the empowering and encouraging words of the Rebbe leading the Shluchim to return home with renewed energy Sign up for the COLlive Daily News Roundup and never miss a story Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_2").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) View important Copyright © information related to freeware files here The archive edsp_pferdsfeld-ab-v1.zip has 14 files and directories contained within it This list displays the first 500 files in the package Signing-up for PRO gives you super fast, unrestricted speed to the thousands of MSFS, FSX, P3D & X-Plane downloads which include aircraft, scenery, and more - click here to view the library for free or.. Sign-Up Now PRO membership payments go directly back into the website to pay for hosting It's what also enables us to offer a free download tier Join over 145,000 subscribers of our free dedicated flight simulation newsletter Are you using the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release The brightness and warmth of the summer is a chance for us to recharge our batteries But when the sunny days get shorter and the colder seasons beckon then we start to need a bit of comfort and calm There are plenty of ways to top up your energy levels in harmony with nature in Rhineland‑Palatinate: being close to the water breathing in fresh air and feeling the earth under your feet Our journey through the state tracks down the elements and even discovers a fifth one that is typical of Rhineland‑Palatinate There are an impressive 15 mineral springs The spa resort of Bad Ems sits in an idyllic spot in the lower Lahn valley near Koblenz and is an ideal spot to regain strength from the element of water Bad Ems was one of the most popular spa resorts in Germany Many European monarchs and artists had summer residences built in this ‘global spa’ in the 19th century And the tradition lives on. People still flock to Bad Ems to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature. The thermal spa featuring the first river sauna in Germany is especially popular Visitors can swim in 6,600 square metres of thermal waters leave everyday stresses behind them in the sauna park enjoy a massage to relieve their tensions and exercise in the fitness area Or simply daydream while enjoying the view over the Lahn Heraclitus famously declared ‘panta rhei’ (everything flows) View of the outdoor pool at the Emser Therme thermal baths in Bad Ems Relaxing at FlussSauna on the Lahn at the Emser Therme: in Bad Ems Fire: Bad Bertrich volcanic Eifel thermal spa The volcanic spa is an idyllic spot and the perfect place to get closer to the force of fire. There is fire blazing under the ground here, and the Vulkaneifel Therme in Bad Bertrich captures its energy The swimming pools are filled with healing waters straight from the volcanic depths Pleasant naturally warm temperatures of 32 degrees Celsius and valuable natural minerals are good for the body The Vulkaneifel Therme is wonderfully relaxing and the only Glauber salt thermal spa in the whole of Germany The saunas also lean heavily on volcanic activity Five saunas from different volcanic springs and a steam bath bring warmth into the depths of your body and increase your feeling of well-being There are luxurious relaxation rooms where you can enjoy the lasting effects of the heat and let relaxation flow through your body Relax in the mineral waters of the Vulkaneifel Therme Bad Bertrich Outside area at the Vulkaneifel Therme in Bad Bertrich Air: Salinental health park in Bad Kreuznach just in the middle of Rhineland‑Palatinate Take a deep breath – the fresh breeze is good for the lungs and the bronchial tubes Relaxing walk along the graduation works in Salinental Wine is the core product that shapes the environment from picture-perfect sloping vineyards to cosy wine bars But WellVinEss is not just about wandering through the vineyards before enjoying a glass or two; wine and grapes also play a central role in the treatments These include bathing in Riesling or Pinot Noir (the former stimulates a grapeseed oil massage or a grapeseed peel A Rhineland‑Palatinate journey for the senses In its idyllic setting between the Moselle and the volcanic Eifel the spa resort of Bad Bertrich in the GesundLand Vulkaneifel is home to the only Glauber’s salt thermal spring in Germany The spa resort of Bad Ems offers a range of preventative wellness and restorative treatments to escape the stress of everyday life the state-accredited spa resort of Bad Kreuznach is the largest open-air inhalatorium in Europe Enjoy your time in the Felke town of Bad Sobernheim on the barefoot trail or with a treatment in one of the leading medical wellness hotels in Rhineland Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland have healing baths climatic health resorts and spas where you can nurture your vital spirits in relaxing…