Jansen played and captained the Gustavus men's soccer team from 2018-22 He closed his collegiate career with a record of 53-12-2 including two regular-season conference titles and two NCAA tournament appearances in 2018 and 2019 Jansen graduated with his master's degree in sports and exercise psychology from MSU-Mankato in the spring of 2024 Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here a narrow bike trail offers a window into a region that has been the battleground of Europe and is where culture and geography intersect Nicolai Meyer stepped away from his restaurant's deep fryer to offer a quick lesson in geography "We're in Belgium," he explained Then Germany." The entire area he described spanned perhaps 50m which he assured me was a true Belgium frite dipped it in mayonnaise and took a bite as I tried to make sense of this patchwork quilt borderland What may be the world's most complicated boundary centres on a narrow ribbon of bike trail Its history offers a window into a region that at times has been the battleground of Europe and an area where culture and geography intersect The cycling route follows an 1899 railroad called the Vennbahn Built by Germany's Prussian State Railway to haul coal the railway fuelled industrial growth and prospered through World War One when it was used to carry military supplies When hostilities ended, the 1919 Treaty of Versailles awarded Belgium contested German land along with the railroad and its tracks that connected it That included a 28km corridor that left several pockets of German land completely cut off from the rest of the country One section was annexed by Belgium and later returned to Germany in 1958 but five others remain as enclaves – a territory completely surrounded by another territory one of the enclaves created by the Vennbahn covers just 1.5 hectares and contains a single farm Others include small towns or sections of villages In the latter part of the 20th Century, traffic died down on the once-crucial rail line and a preservation group briefly tried to operate a tourist railroad. But in 2013, the former railway found new life when it was dedicated as a 125km paved bike path stretching through Germany Cyclists now come from across Europe to pedal past medieval towns nature reserves and misty farm fields dissected by centuries-old hedgerows They also marvel at the preposterous border they're weaving in and out of It's crazy – crossing the border for fritesChristian Strutz, a banker who lives in Germany, said it doesn't register that he's leaving his country when he drops by Meyer's restaurant, Nicki's Imbiss "It's very normal for us," he said then stopped for a moment to think about it "It's crazy – crossing the border for frites." Indeed, life generally flows smoothly across the international boundaries, thanks largely to the Schengen Treaty eliminated most internal European border controls a German bus stops on a Belgian street to pick up passengers a postman must pass through Belgium every day to reach a German subdivision of small homes and to pick up parcels left in a canary-yellow Deutsche Post mailbox residents were reminded once again that they were straddling two nations the Belgium and German responses to Covid-19 didn't completely align which meant on some days proof of vaccine could be required for dining on one side of the border this region has repeatedly found itself at the crossroads of history Charlemagne ruled his medieval empire from Aachen Napoleon ordered the construction of a road linking towns that would eventually be connected by the railway Hitler seized the region and rail line in 1940 and cyclists can still see the "dragon's tooth" concrete barriers that were part of the defences erected by the Third Reich to stop the advance of Allied tanks US troops fought their way past the barriers and reached what is today the enclave of Roetgen which became the first German village liberated during World War Two Locals found they could make a tidy profit by smuggling coffee beans from Belgium into Germany Some carried the contraband across the High Fens a preserved region of wetlands not far from the Vennbahn that's known for its moody weather and porous border But most the smuggling centred on Mutzenich The town now honours the criminals with a bronze statue of a man with a sack of coffee over his back crouching behind a rock in the middle of the road the smugglers carried more than 1,000 tons of coffee across the border bringing badly needed cash into an area impoverished by WW2 whose father was involved in the illegal trade jokingly calls the activity an "early type of regional development" The coffee carriers played an increasingly brazen cat-and-mouse game with authoritiesThe coffee carriers played an increasingly brazen cat-and-mouse game with authorities that sounds straight out of a Hollywood thriller even stowing coffee beans in an ambulance and a hearse the smugglers dropped sharpened metal spikes on the roadway to stop the pursuit responded by attaching a plough to the front of their cars to clear the hazards a creation locals called a "broom Porsche" about 50 of Mutzenich's citizens were caught and imprisoned near Cologne; a blow to the small town which lost its economic livelihood and a such a large chunk of its male population that its municipal football team couldn't compete because it lacked players Many of the smugglers had donated money to help rebuild Mutzenich's war-damaged church and the town's Catholic priest visited the inmates in prison to plead for their release this church is popularly known as St Mocha," the mayor said possibly because German authorities realised that the town might eventually vote in a referendum to join Belgium and the only indication you are entering a different country might be an easily overlooked street sign an occasional concrete marker sticks out of the weeds But the most convoluted border is the stretch near Meyer's chip shop in Raeren After eating my share of frites, I embarked on an international journey, stepping off the pavement to briefly leave Belgium and then dart across German Highway 258 to reach the Vennbahn, which put me back into Belgium again. I entered a trailside restaurant, Kaffeefee which gets its electricity and water from Germany although the business is regulated and licensed by Belgium Café owners Waltraud and Norbert Siebertz live another 200m further east in Germany Waltraud said most of her customers are typically cyclists who have no idea where they are "The criss-crossing and zig-zagging is quite a surprise to them – in a special way They think they're illegally crossing the border." After she serves them a beer or cappuccino and perhaps a cherry strudel they're actually much closer to German cities and services I tell them they should roll to the German side," she said "because the ambulance will come faster." 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Why you might be younger than you think you areThere is a difference between our chronological and biological age, which we have the power to control. holds her fathers hat for a portrait in her Ogden home on Thursday In 1944 Burrows led the Army recon team that took the first German town The German town of Roetgen is unveiling a monument to honor Burrows and his team on the 75h anniversary of the event The German town of Roetgen is unveiling a monument to honor Burrows and his team on the 75th anniversary of the event Richard Spencer Burrows in front of his mother's home on Taylor Avenue in Ogden before he left to go overseas visits her father's gravesite in May 1960 in Germany In 1944 the Ogden local led the Army recon team that took the first German town Richard Spencer Burrows possibly at Fort Polk Louisiana on Feb A year later Burrows led the Army recon team that took the first German town A Silver Star belonging to World War II Lt holds her fathers hat in her Ogden home on Thursday That year Burrows led the Army recon team that took the first German town Richard Spencer Burrows's leather photo folder containing a picture of his wife Richard Spencer Burrows poses for a portrait on Thursday An American tank passes German dragon's teeth barriers during World War II led the first American capture of a German town on Sept The German town of Roetgen is commemorating the feat on its 7th anniversary OGDEN — A tank commander from Ogden who led the first American capture of a German town during World War II is being memorialized on the 75th anniversary of the feat Richard Spencer Burrows are traveling to Roetgen 7th Army’s milestone breakthrough into the Nazi homeland Burrows commanded the 3rd Armored Division tank platoon that burst into the small town on the Belgian border at 2:51 p.m according to a division history written by Capt last saw her dad before he shipped out to train for the European war After the American forces moved past Roetgen Burrows became apparently the first American ground casualty on German soil felled by a German sniper after he stepped down from his tank to examine a road obstruction Burrows already had been wounded in France He was posthumously awarded two Purple Hearts and the Silver Star the Ogden native was produce manager at Stimpson’s Market at 26th Street and Monroe Boulevard “Spence” Burrows was an ordnance specialist at the Ogden Arsenal in Clearfield “It was crucial to the war effort,” Larson said had graduated from Weber Junior College and the Army sent him to officer training school He went into combat in France after D-Day in June 1944 my mom and I went down to the railroad station in Ogden,” Larson said “We were on the platform of the train and told him goodbye.” Burrows’ platoon was part of the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion “What a great guy,” Larson said of her father She remembers that on a family outing before he shipped out “I was amazed that the soldiers all over had to salute him,” she said said the community of Roetgen — “a little town exactly the size of Tremonton” — is holding a memorial ceremony on Thursday and the local history society is hosting an event two days later He said the ceremonies commemorate Burrows and his fellow soldiers as well as the first German soldier who was killed there in the ground invasion A monument to Burrows and his men will be unveiled and the town will dedicate a memorial park “I think it is so nice that the German people want to do this,” Larson said Vogel said he learned of the town’s plans only after he began researching his great-uncle’s history a few years ago “I had heard the story growing up and just wanted to kind of figure out more about it,” Vogel said I was into military vehicles and knew he was a tank commander.” He asked about Roetgen and Burrows in online forums and learned that organizers had been trying to find relatives of Lt Apparently some records of the conflict used the English spelling of Burrows and his wife visited the town a few years ago They also went to the nearby Henri-Chapelle cemetery that holds the remains of Burrows and 10,000 other U.S Vogel said he had mixed feelings about telling Larson of the Roetgen commemoration and in that way it was a tragedy,” Vogel said “I’m happy that her dad is getting a little notoriety,” he said who is an 85-year-old former state legislator said her father wrote a “sad” letter home in June 1944 “He told my mother he was so concerned about his men — he called them his boys,” she said sleeping in trenches with the beetles and bugs.” He also wrote about what he wanted to do when he got home and told his wife how much he loved her and their daughter he hoped the couple would have more children “He told my mom she should get married again if he didn’t come back,” Larson said LLC | www.standard.net | 332 Standard Way In the treatment of surface water to drinking water public health and the safe removal of microorganisms has the highest priority The next 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