Toad
Wood miniature of Toad.
The sculpture is a gift from Mrs. Annette Hühn-Burkard to the author and later CID Institute´s Museum Director for his 36st Birthday in 1993. It represents metaphorical the "Toad one has to Swallow" following the literally same traditional german proverb that means that "someone is forced to accept something unconfortable and unintended.
Owl Miniatures
Remaining specimen of a greater number of owl sculptures and ceramics collected during 1969 until 1999 by the CID Institute Museum patroness Rosemarie Zanger
Black Forest Carnival Shot Glas
Ceremonial Glas with carnival masks of Upper Rhine Fool´s Festival and Coat of Arms of Kenzingen / Black Forest
The glas is a donation to CID Institute Museum or from Mrs. Dr. Sol Montoya or from the Institutes patron Mrs. Rosemarie Zanger during the 1990ies
Herzogthum Nassau Ceramic Water Bottle
An element of an historic ceramic water bottle for mineral water from regional SELTERS mineral water sources, part of a greater set of bottle remains found during gardening excavations in the former house garden of the CID Institute patron Rosemarie Zanger at Emmershäuser Hütte, the family residence of Carl Wilhelm Weil and his spouse Anna Maria Leber since 1902.
The inscription is NASSAU COUNTY and in the circular seal SELTERS with the NASSAU LION as weapon shield.
Military, War-Time and Crime-Scene Relics
The Emmershäuser Hütte inside the Weil River Valley is situated in an regional area, where during the 1000 - 1500 D.C. epoch the influence of Robber Barons and forest setteling Wood Thieves might have been locally dominant, meanwhile the later dominant "State Structures" already developed strength inside the urban areas as Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Limburg, Weilburg and Wetzlar. As example for the successive transformation of the Weil Valley might here be given the example of the "Countyside Peace Execution" of Hattstein Fortress at Schmitten-Niederreiffenberg during the year 1379 D.C.
Regional activity of forest-hidden robber groups must have had been frequent as the historic "Hessenstrasse" Tradeway, - also known as "Höhen-Strasse", "Renn-Strasse" or "Hühner-Strasse" - passed near by the Emmershäuser Hütte. Along these ancient forest tracks travelling merchants and goods transports must have been an attractive assault target for these groups. The Emmershausen Fortress during that era has fallen into ruin between 1353 and 1446 D.C.
The administrative formal "Ending" of the existence of local fortresses probably didn´t set an end-point to the para-legal activities of countryside residents that gained their income by assault, due to the missing of sufficient local craft and food cultivation structures that might have been an prosperous alternative to forest raids on travellers. A late example for those outlaw professional activities must have been the mystic personality of Johannes Bückler, nicknamed "Schinderhannes", who was executed at 21st November 1803 at Mainz as icon figure for a greater crew of more than hundred activists.
Time-parallel to the Schinderhannes-Era occurred the German-French "Coalition-Wars", mostly described as Napoleonic Occupation, that also influenced strongly the Nassau region during the decades 1790-1820. As told, during this epoc the occupation of Frankfurt by troups of Napol,eon set an end to local gallowing and executions and might be interpreted as administrative and justice humanizing reform. During these decades military units under control of Napoleon also moved near Emmershausen.
As remote and lonely forest mining settlement, the Emmershäuser Hütte during the german Middle Age might have had some importance as resting site, refuge or retrieve for travellers, migrating foreign troops or forest dwellers. Mining sites often also have been crystallization points of weapon activities, beeing places where metal could be melted and poured to form ammunition for historic muzzleloader guns and pistols.
Local conflicts between Napoleonic Occupations (1800-1820) and Second World War (1933-1945) are not so detailled described or registered. The Weil Familie´s settlement, who´s collections forms now the main object stock of the CID Institute Family Museum Exposition, started in Emmershausen at 1903. During the first decades the Franzen´s Grave and the Lovers-in-the-Wood Gravestone might be the only witnesses of local outlaw activities, but probably not the only events that might have happened.
During Second World War several family members served in german combat forces, so that military decorations of these persons remained conserved inside the CID Institute Family Museum Collections. In this regard exist objects from GÜNTHER PAUL ALFRED KLINGE, the father of the Institute Museum Founderess ROSEMARIE ZANGER-KLINGE, who had married a daughter of CARL WILHELM WEIL in 1934. Günther Klinge is reported as dead in combat at 4th July 1942 in ROSINKA / Ucrainia and his personal and military objects then have been sent return to his wife MARIE KLINGE-WEIL at Emmershäuser Hütte. She and later her daughter Rosemarie conserved the military reliquia. The resting 2WW military objects refer to Rosemarie´s husband ROLF VIKTOR ZANGER who served as Navy Soldier between 1939 and 1943 and before as member of German Obligatory Labour Service "Reichsarbeitsdienst" R.A.D.
Situated at a distance of only 8 kilometers West-North-West from the former German Warplane Airport FELDFLUGHAFEN MERZHAUSEN, the Emmershäuser Hütte during the years 1943 until 1945 was repeatedly an area, where aircraft combats happened. Initially long-distance bomber planes of allied Air Forces had to fly over the Taunus Mountain Range to attack targets situated in Eastern parts of Germany, when german Air Force pursuit planes (Me 109, ...) stationned at MERZHAUSEN AIRPORT intercepted them, what caused numerous plane crashes inside the Taunus Area. When later Allied troops advanced entering German territory raised the number of Allied low flying fighter planes that attacked also civilian targets inside the Weil Valley region. During one of these low flying fighting plane attacks the both older woman of the WEIL FAMILY, when working in their garden at Emmershäuser Hütte, have been attacked by gunfire from an unidentified airplane but both remained safe. Ammunition parts and shrapnells shot from the fighting plane hit the garden earth and remained stored there during that attack, so that in the later years, when digging in the garden ground, sometimes weapon artefacts appeared.
Historic muzzle-loader pistol barrel
muzzle diameter aprox. 10 mm inside, length 16 cms
The object was stored hidden under a stone at the forest margin along the historic Hessen-Strasse Tradeway near Haintchen and found there coincidentally by Mr. Klimowitsch and Rolf Zanger during a forest excursion during the 1960ies, when an edible mushroom, growing under the stone, had lifted the latter, curiosity that was taken in picture by the hikers. When turned around the stone completely to "free" the mushroom, the weapon relic appeared.
The finders interpreted, that the pistol must have belonged to a Medieval Forest Robber Gang that stored their weapons hidden along the roadside to appear unarmed in case of armed forces approach.
Historic Iron Bullet
2.15 cms diameter
No data that allow to relate the object exactly to a place or date are available. Probably it was found at Emmershäuser Hütte. The iron bowl might have been casted at the ancient Emmershäuser Hütte Iron Foundry. It´s function might be military or technical.
Historic double-barreled muzzle loader pistol
with Star- or Sun- and Lilium-Flower Engravings, wooden pistol butt with weaponshield inlay space..
muzzle diameter aprox. 10 mm inside, length 18 cms
The pistol was found hidden between the stones of an old barn wall when the building was demolished during 1969 in Steinfischbach. The finder of the pistol gave it as donation to the later CID Institute Museum when he knew about the foundation of the WALDMUSEUM EMMERSHÄUSER HÜTTE by his classmate during 1968/69.
The Lilium-Engravings of the pistol´s sides might indicate an origin of the weapon from France. Similar weapons with percussion cap are known also as "Terzerole" with production sites in Lüttich (Belgium) and Mehlis (Thuringia) and in use during 1800-1900. Older versions have had been equipped with a stone-cap.
Lefaucheux-Revolver Pistol
7 mm muzzle opening, 6 shot cylinder, Length 18 cms,
Metal parts with flower- and leaf-tendrils- and ammonite-engravings. Wooden grip with sun design.
The heavily corrosioned weapon was found by Rosemarie Zanger inside the WEIL RIVER bed at the height of the Weil Weir at Emmershäuser Hütte. The area belonged to the families Weil River meadow. The weapon might have belonged to a member of the WEIL Family and probably was thrown away during WW2 or post-war years, when US Military Police controlled household weapon stocks. The weapon was then derusted and made mobile again by her husband Rolf Zanger. Similar weapons are dated inside the 19th century since 1850 and are described as Ladies Drum Revolvers.
The weapon name "Lefaucheux" might have resulted as syllabe transformation from the terms "Les chaudes feux" or "Les faux jeus".
8 mm Copper-Proyectiles
The upper proyectile with knurled engravings has been found by Marie Klinge Weil digging in the ground in the house garden of Emmershäuser Hütte. It could be a remain of an air attack of a low flying fighting plane on the Weil womans during gardening works in the last year of Second World War. The proyectile fits together with an 8 mm bullet case found also in the houses surroundings and is detailled furtheron.
The second proyectile´s provenience is unclear. As Mrs. Marie Weil told, after the end of the WW2 fightings and air attacks in May 1945 lots of airborne ammunitions have been found in the garden and around the house in the meadow grounds. Greater calibrated ammunitions have been surrendered to german authorities and other family members and only the small resting proyectiles have been conserved at home.
Rumors related later the second proyectile to the death of Marie Weil´s husband Günther Klinge in combat at 4th July 1942 at Rosinka near Charkow / Ucrainia. It is considered here as "not probable" that the "shrapnell" that killed Günther Klinge in Russia has been operated out of his body in a german military lazarett and was then sent later to his wife.
8 mm Copper Proyectile and Bullet Case
Bullet Case Engravings
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The already upside described proyectile fits together with an bullet case, probably found in the surroundings of the WEIL Family house at Emmershäuser Hütte. It is supposed here that it belónged to an aircraft machine gun of an unidentified low flying fighting plane that fired a missile volley on the WEIL Family house garden in 1944/45.
Iron Cross (two-fold) with black-white-red carrier-band
Military decoration for active military members of Deutsche Wehrmacht re-edited as remake of the original German Iron Cross from 1813 by the Hitler regime in 1939.
The husband of Marie Weil, GÜNTHER KLINGE, received the iron cross decoration as member of the german Wehrmacht military campaign in Russia in 1941/42 short before his death in combat at 4th July 1942 at Rosinka / Ucrainia. One of both conserved crosses probably has been sent return to his wife with his personal belongings.
The origin of the second Iron Cross is unknown. It cannot be attributed to another Family Member. If Günther Klinge received this condecoration twice is here unknown.
Deutsche Wehrmacht Armed Forces Dagger for Officers
The object that belonged to Günther Klinge who carried the degree of Lieutenant
is actually missing in the CID Institute Collection
Navy Uniform Badge of Deutsche Kriegsmarine
An military decoration object that belnges to Rolf Zanger as member of crew of Battleship Scharnhorst, sunk at 26. December 1943 north North Cape.
German Nazi Youth Organization Label Pins
Blue-wihite-blue Badge of Battleship Scharnhorst Weapon Shield
as sign for post-war membership to NAVY FELLOWSHIP SCHARNHRST. Rolf Zanger during WWII served between 1939 and 1943 as Navy Soldier stationed first at Wilhelmshaven for REICHSKRIEGSMARINE. His formation he received on the navy ship Z 20 "Destroyer KARL GALSTER", then moved to "Battleship SCHARNHORST" until that ship sunk at 26st December 1943. He was rescued by British Navy ships together with 35 more survivors from Polar Sea and brought first to an PoW- interrogation camp in Great Britain and then transferred to Camp cCain PoW Camp in Missouri USA, as personally told and witness documents prove.During the post-war years he the Navy Fellowship of his warcraft and attended meetings at Bad Winterberg, Bad Harzburg and other sites during the 1970ies and 1980ies.
Black-white-red Badge of membership at
REICHSARBEITSDIENST R.A.D. (German Nazi "Reichs Labour Service")
an obligatory state working service for young men for auyxiliary military training
practized in Germany during the period 26.6.1935 - 8.5.1945. Rolf Zanger obligatory had to participate in that duty working service at an unknown time period between 1935 and 1939. He was deployed then at RAD Camp Eichelsachsen as personally told. The RAD Camp Eichelsachsen was registered as Abteilung 6/226(223) "Bilstein".
Rolf Zanger during the 1930ies also was member at "Kanuclub Wetzlar" or "Ruderverein Wetzlar", an local rowing association. During his membership he received several awards (Needle Pin Badges, Winner certificates, Statues) that actually are lost from the CID Institute´s Museum Collection. He left that Wetzlar Canoe Association (probably during 1937-1939) when obligatory all members had to enter the HITLER YOUTH Organization H.J., a step that he personally explained with missing sympathy for the German Nazi Regime, considering canoeing as libertarian sport acitvity, but not as military combat and law-and-order-preparation training.
