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Sixty two years after arriving in the medieval village of Buedingen, Germany- and 17 years after it stops being the Cold War front line - U.S. troops this summer are leaving, and preparing to hand their bases back to the town.
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Richard Appel, who as Buedingen, Germany's City Hall haus-meister helped set up an annual American Christmas celebration, said some of his oldest memories are of large American cars snaking through the narrow streets of his medieval town.
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Buedingen, Germany is is a fairy-tale place. Not only does the town boast places such as the Witches Tower, the Jerusalem Gate and the Swann Inn (all dating from before 1600), but the local legend is of how a new countess 500 years ago refused to consummate her marriage because of the croaking of the local frogs, setting off a wild night of frog-catching by the entire town. The town today is filled with frog statues in honor of that night.
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The Jerusalem Gate in Buedingen, Germany. It is the western gate into the walled city.
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Sixty two years after arriving in the medieval village of Buedingen, Germany- and 17 years after it stops being the Cold War front line - U.S. troops this summer are leaving, and preparing to hand their bases back to the town.
Claudia Himmelreich/MCT
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