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From: Walker <>
Subject: Re: What exactly is a Bergermeister (sp?)?
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 17:42:50 -0700


Geney wrote:
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> Can anyone explain what position such a person holds?.
> My ggg g-father was one. The family fled W. Prussia in 1860s. His
> daughter Caroline Westphal married Paul Steinke s/o Jakob Steinke,
> had two or three children and imm. to Canada in 1866.
> thanks.
> --
> Pam
> =

> Bergund Chambers Dickson Dunlop McDonald McRae Pratt Robinson Robertson S=
teinke Westphal Vane

I just returned yesterday from a month-long exchange student trip in =

Germany. The city where we stayed was Halle, in eastern Germany, in the =

state of Sachsen-Anhalt. The word B=FCrgermeister translates to "mayor," =

and we went to the city hall, or Rathaus, to meet the B=FCrgermeister of =

Halle the first week we were there. I'm not sure if the mayor of a city =

is called by the same name in other parts of Germany, however. I =

received the impression that it is a highly respected position. The =

title "B=FCrgermeister" is also used in reference to a head of a department=
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for the city. For example, the "B=FCrgermeister" we met in Halle was not =

the true mayor, but the mayor of sports and education.

Kelcy Walker

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