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In 1998, our youth group was given the great honor of traveling to Germany. During its trip, it performed a German as well as an American dance program in many southern German cities in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. After its arrival in Munich, the group went to Ulm, the most important city for us Donauschwaben. There, it got a tour behind the scenes of the not-yet-open Donauschwaben Central Museum, which is housed in an old castle and will not be open to the public until the summer of 1999. After this tour, the group walked through the city to the shore of the Danube, where it visited the Donauschwaben Memorial.
After its stay in Mosbach, the group was the guest of Esslingen. It was greeted there by the mayors of Wendlingen and Göppingen and received tours of these cities, as well as of the wineries of the Neckar valley.
The group's trip came to an end in Freising. There, the young people received a tour of the Freising Hofbräuhaus, the oldest brewery in the whole world. The Freisingers planned a lot for them: the group visited Castle Linderhof, the concentration camp Dachau, and the Olympic Park in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The group surely left behind more than a few pieces of clothing; it also left behind the impression that we are a prosperous organization.
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THE 1998 "WE'RE GOING INTERNATIONAL... FOR THE CHILDREN" TOUR
The young people then traveled to Mosbach. The Mosbach club is the only one which owns its own clubhouse. The Mosbachers prepared for them a tour of their city, as well as the Audi factory, the city of Heidelberg and its castle, and a glass factory. A farewell party was also held in Mosbach, which was fun for everybody.
Rastatt was the group's next destination. Here, the girls and boys took trips to Baden-Baden, where the Mummelsee Casino can be found, and Strasbourg, France. While the youngsters were in Rastatt, they visited the town of Michelsbach in order to take part in the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Michelsbach Trachten-Folk Dance Group. After the group marched in an over 3 kilometer long parade through the alpine village, it performed in a large marquee (a beer hall tent).
The girls and boys then went in the direction of Sindelfingen, where they visited the World Donauschwaben House. Here, our group was greeted by Jakob Dinges, President of the World Dachverband. Mr. Dinges and the Sindelfingners were very impressed by our Rogar Schneider, who served as our translator during the tour as well as the whole trip. The house was full of traditional Donauschwaben things.
On the last day of the trip, the group had the chance to travel to Munich, the capital of Bavaria, where it visited the Olympic Park (home of 