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From the Steinlach Valley to the World

Portraits from two centuries

They are called Buck, Dietter, Wagner or Preisendanz. Names that are common in the Steinlach Valley near Tübingen. They came from Mössingen and Ofterdingen and yet they could have been born in Lusatia, in the Bavarian Forest or in Hunsrück. The lives of the emigrants traced in this book by journalist and author Liane von Droste stand for many: More than twelve million people boarded emigrant ships in Bremerhaven and Hamburg between 1830 and 1974, most of them bound for America. Hundreds of thousands also moved east at the end of the 18th and 19th centuries. Why did the migrants of the past turn their backs on Germany? How did they fare in a foreign land? Getting to know the emigrants of yesteryear helps to better understand the immigrants of today. In addition to portraits from two centuries, an extensive research section offers tips, links and background knowledge - a treasure trove for family researchers, those interested in history and journalists in search of exciting stories.

Number of pages: 187

Language: German

Book "Lighthouses on the Lower Weser".

Lighthouses belong to the coast like sheep to the dike. And although we coastal children and North Sea vacationers love our lighthouses, we don't know much about them. But there is a lot to tell about them!

For example, about the Brinkamahof lighthouse, which the current owners had placed in their garden by crane. Ode of the smallest lighthouse of the Lower Weser, which, appropriately enough, also had the smallest lighthouse keeper of all times...

Helmut Stapel knows these and other stories - and combines them with technical data and facts, interviews and reports to an exciting book of facts and pictures about the 18 most important lighthouses of the Lower Weser. Numerous construction drawings and photos from the past and present provide interesting insights.

Scope: 95 pages

Language: German

Book "Wir sind Bremerhaven" - 20 Jahre BIS und BEAN

In this book 25 people explain how it is in Bremerhaven. How they live, what they experience, what makes them so successful or simply happy. They tell why Bremerhaven is so lovable and how the city is changing. They report where the heart and what makes the soul of Bremerhaven. A captain, a fisherman, a researcher, an investor, an architect of beautiful yachts and the person who takes care of the toilets on the dike. They all tell what drives them in the city by the sea.

Volume: 175 pages
Dimensions: 220 x 165mm
Language: German

Book "Bremerhaven"

Is Bremerhaven the port of Bremen? Is there anything else in the maritime city besides the "Havenwelten" and the dike? And why does a Bremerhavener "sunbathe" during storm surge? Auto Marco Butzkus and photographer Helmut Gross answer these questions and clear up old prejudices about their favorite city in a fresh Nordic way. They show Bremerhaven as it really is: a changing city with many faces that has always managed to keep up with the times and remain true to itself, despite some hurdles.

Scope: 192 pages
Dimensions: 274 x 212 mm
Language: German