January 22-An Afternoon in Duderstadt

We asked the Wagner family from church to meet us in Duderstadt one afternoon and show us around.  The town has around 2-3,000 people and the Wagners live outside of the main city.  Duderstadt was one of the checkpoints people would have to pass through from East to West Germany.  This is on top of the city wall.  After living in Germany the verse in Proverbs 25:28 is even easier to understand.  It talks about how a man without self-control is like a city whose walls have been broken down.  The cities needed a strong wall to protect it from attacks from the enemy.

So, so fun to have Mom and Dad here.

I think I have only read of cannonballs.  Pretty neat to see an actual cannonball that was used.

A view of the city from the watch tower.

I think it's  neat that cars can drive through the arch of the watch tower.

Even UPS makes deliveries here.

This is the Lutheran Church in town.

Here is the Catholic Church.  I think the size of the doors is impressive.