various pics. Where??

booterhouse · #1 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2007, 05:38 PM

Here are few more random pics. As always, i would appreciate any help i can get in identifying.

Skipper · #2 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2007, 06:05 PM

We have some good hints here.
-The ruins are of a medieval castle and should be possible to identify, it's just a matter of luck and time. I would believe this castle used to protect the Rhine River, so I may be able to find something.
-The Strassenbahn (tram) is from a western German city (possibly Aachen ? ) I will need to check the Heraldry which is positivily German .. The name Heimmarkt (or Heimat) would be a district of the city.
The streets have the same architecture of the pictures showed earlier of Aachen, but this is just a guess.
The Rogues galery is of the Ninth Army. Among the places and cities they took are: Mönchen- Gladbach, Hürgten forest, Neuss , Rheyt, Erkelenz, Lippstadt (they surrounded 300.000 Germans there), Recklinhausen, Hameln Eisenach, Essen , Magdenburg, Leipzig... They met the Russians at the Elbe at Torgau.
I will focuss on the Heraldry of the tram and the castle first .

Skipper · #3 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2007, 06:07 PM

I forgot to say, the bridge could part of the Rhine. It is probably in the Ruhr area. The ninth Army got to the Rhine at Neuss.

booterhouse · #4 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2007, 08:35 PM

Hi Skipper,
These photos were in an album next to other pictures marked 'achen' . does that help??

Skipper · #5 (**permalink**) November 16th, 2007, 08:55 PM

It certainly does. Aachen could be the city with the tram. Aachen is the German border, near Holland and Belgium , very close to the Ruhr cities mentionned, so it all fits. If they are Aachen are they would be October November 1944 pics.