I want to add some “American-German” historical notes to the sovereignly Wied family, who supports the Wied-Neuwied shooting club since nearly 200 years. Concerning my last post with the pics of the old range.

One son of the Wied-family “Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied“ was the first scientist and explorer who went to Brazil to discover nature and native tribes in the rainwoods and jungle from 1815-1817. He painted pics and wrote down everything he saw there and learned about the in Europe unknown plants and animales.

Later he went to North America from 1832-1834 and traveled from the east coast to Missouri River to visit native tribes. He had the Swiss painter Karl Bodmer with him on the trip who painted a lot of indian chief portraits with colors and also all the daily objects used by the indians. These are the only pictures of the natives of the great plains, before they were liquidated by epidemic plagues, disease, and wars. All over US there are unique pics of his expeditions in the museums and also the native tribes nowadays in US could learn about their ancestors. 

Some information taken from Wikipedia:
“In 1832 he travelled to the Great Plains region of North America, accompanied by the Swiss painter Karl Bodmer on a journey up the Missouri River, and wrote Reise in das Innere Nord-Amerikas (1840) on his return. During his travels, he was a sympathetic recorder of the cultures of many of the Native American tribes he encountered, notably the Mandan and the Hidatsa, who lived in settled villages on the banks of the Missouri, but also such nomadic peoples as the Sioux, Assiniboine, Plains Cree, Gros Ventres and Blackfoot. Bodmer's watercolour paintings of individuals, artefacts and customs among the Indians are acknowledged as among the most accurate and informative ever made. Many were adapted as hand-coloured engravings to illustrate the publication of 1840.”

The travelogue with colored picture pages were published since 1840 by a special editor Jakob Hölscher from Koblenz, who was famous for his accurate work with travel books and handcolored prints. Europeans were very interested back then how the world looks outside Europe.

Thanks to this German sovereign Wied-family from Neuwied, a lot of culture knowledge could survive – and a shooting club in Germany got a home and a range, still nowadays.

                      Biggi.   

Biggi, thank you for all the historic pictures from meiner Heimat.
Lived in  Karlskron by Ingolstadt till 1952, had a cousin in Munich and my brother  brought back a banner like yours after a visit. I dug it out and I think mine is purtier (schoener) than yours. What do the Lions represent?

Vielen Dank, I was born in Karlsbad and I think we had a Doppel Adler (Double Eagle) on our Banner. After the war we were lucky to wind up in west Germany. In Karlskron I remember on May day there was a wagon that had rows of flowers in ceramic holders, with the provided air rifle you shot the little ceramic holder and got the flower if you broke it. I think us young boys were allowed to rest their elbows on the table. That started my love for a sport that you can participate in till you can no longer stand on your hind legs. That is about all I can do anymore and enjoy shooting my Aydt. Adolf