It's a street in the city of Dordrecht.
https://www.funda.nl/koop/dordrecht/straat-heimerstein/verkocht/sorteer-afmelddatum-af/ shows how typical recent Dutch houses look.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Remmerstein,+3328+BL+Sterrenburg+3/@51.774541,4.666325,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c428b15cb71315:0x1ea39759fbbd4e1a!8m2!3d51.774541!4d4.6685137 shows all streets in the neighbourhood end in "stein" (which is related to the German "stein" (meaning "stone" indeed)
All those streetnames are names of old castles. A famous one here is Loevestein. At school we all learn how Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius as scientist turned their names to Latin) escaped from it. Use Google translate on https://www.slotloevestein.nl/geschiedenis/hugo-de-groot/ to enjoy that story and go to https://www.slotloevestein.nl to learn more about the castle itself.
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More sad news.
Just yesterday an internet feature on this worldwide "epidemic". Biggest in US, of course.
Just curious. "Dordrecht’s Heimerstein (neighborhood)." Lit. home stone???
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Literally, in German and Dutch.
Where the Germans get schloss I don't know.
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That's the German word for lock also, so it's something you can close. That's indeed something you can do with a castle, to prevent enemies from entering.
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I go to a ...
I just realized I've been pronouncing it wrong, probably.
"ss" on the end is our "t", so it's "shlot" or similar.
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Ant don't forget the Bratwurst.
https://www.oktoberfest.de/en suggests a visit between September 21 and October 6.
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Your spelling of German could be better. It's
- Wiesbaden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiesbaden
- Bernkastel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernkastel-Kues
- Mosel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosel_(wine_region)
Did you like Germany?
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Also visited the Hundesruck area near Hahn AFB, had friend stationed there. Rode the railways between Frankfurt and and there. Visited Ramstein AFB, and so forth. Visited twice in 3 years a couple weeks leave each time.
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Second vowel rule, so Wiesbaden is veese... and Weisbaden is vice...
Or so I'm told.
Wonder if James took a bath there ...
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One of those places that changes hands every time there's a war, like Alsace.
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It's an interesting commentary on Europe in general. Your streets are named after actual castles, some long gone, no doubt. No one thinks anything of it.
England has a preserve called New Forest- which name goes back to William the Conqueror! That's in Hampshire; the best we can do is New Hampshire.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest
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