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Birthplace of Andis Kaulins
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Königstein im Taunus, Germany
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Königstein im Taunus, December 3, 1946
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The Immanuel Church in Königstein im Taunus
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The castle ruins which tower above Königstein are called "Die Burg". The Castle at Königstein has been traced back nearly a thousand years. I was born in a house just below these towers.
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My parents Arvids Kaulins & Valda Antonija Putelis married here in the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church in Königstein, built 1887-1888. Immanuel means "god is with us".
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The Rothschilds in Königstein
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Königstein as a Health Resort
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Königstein - A Town of Millionaires
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Königstein - A Town of Health and Tourism
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Königstein im Taunus has more millionaires per capita than any other town in Germany.
Two hundred years ago,
it was a home of the famous Frankfurt-based Rothschild banking family.
Above is the Königstein County Court House.
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Königstein im Taunus is a health resort and tourist center, officially sanctioned as a spa in Germany, and well known for its healing climate, fresh air and water. Königstein is also a sister city to Le Cannet on the French Riviera with which there is cultural exchange. Above is a view down "Main Street" looking toward the Königstein City Hall.
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Birthplace of Arvids Kaulins
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Lejasciems, Latvia
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Coat of Arms of Lejasciems, Latvia
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Lejasciems Tartan, similar to ancient Tocharians
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The coat of arms of Lejasciems, Latvia, birthplace of Arvids Kaulins, October 1, 1914 (old style), my father, whose father Janis (John) and his father Augusts (August) also were from Lejasciems. Only 2000 people occupy 340 square kilometers of land in the county of Lejasciems. Arvids was a practical genius who had to quit school and work in Riga at age 11 when his father died leaving his mother and 6 sisters to feed. Arvids passed away in 1986.
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Lejasciems (German Aahof) is a small village on the Gauja River (German Aa) in Latvia. The above tartan (Latvian terpin-s) from Lejasciems is similar in color and design to Tocharian plaids as well as to Scottish tartans. Lejasciems is very small, but it is the place of birth (1897) of Zenta Maurina, Latvia's most famous female writer, whose writings are especially popular in Germany today (German bio). Also born in Lejasciems was Helmers Pavasars (1903), conductor and composer.
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Birthplace of Valda Putelis
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Tocharian and Latvian Textiles
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Coat of Arms of Karsava, Lativa
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Tocharian Tartan, identical in weave to Latvian
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The coat of arms of Karsava, Latvia, birthplace of Valda Antonija Kaulins, January 16, 1924, my mother, valedictorian of her high shool class in Daugavpils. Her planned education at the University was ended by World War II. Her father Vilis (Will) was a Latvian Rifleman and merchant and her mother Berta (Bertha) lived to be ca. 95 years of age in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Valda passed away in 1969.
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Ancient Tocharian B language is similar to Latvian. Tocharian textiles - twills (Latvian rievots audums) - found on mummies in the Tarim Basin are dated to ca. 1000 BC. They are very similar to Latvian weaving at Lejasciems, even in the distances between the colored lines in the weaving patterns. Compare also the colors of the Tocharian twill to the colors of the Lejasciems coat of arms - they are the same.
This corresponds to observations by others that the Latvian Lielvarde Belt has a design similar to textiles found on Inca mummies in Peru. Lielvarde is some distance south and west of Lejasciems.
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