O Thomas YAVOREK It is getting ready again. Since early May he visited the US president at the White House and donated a copy of his grandfather’s birth certificate Friedrich In 1869, in Kalstat, Germany, the village of Ampelourgons in the Rhine -Palatinato State, came back to the forefront of the news.
JAVOREK, mayor since 2014, is common in publicity. When in 2017 Trump was first elected US president, Kalstat suddenly became the Earth’s navel.
He was flooded with televisions and reporters from the world to highlight the unknown humble origin of the then 45th US President. Element of his biography that with a heavy heart he admits.
White and simple the family home of Trump’s grandparents. Today’s owners have nothing to do with the family of the US president
“Tuscany of Germany”
Perhaps because Kalstat on the map of Europe looks like a dot in the middle of nowhere. You need to visit it to understand its importance in German wine production. Kalstat is one of the most beautiful German cities. It is located in the so -called “Wine route”, the second largest wine -growing area of the country.
With 1,800 hours of sunshine a year, the climate is reminiscent of the Mediterranean. It is no coincidence that it is trained as a “Tuscany of Germany”. In the area there are figs, kiwi, bananas, and it may be the only area of Germany where you can find pine and cypresses. But its main characteristic is the vines brought by the Romans.
Anyone who makes the “wine route” 85 kilometers by car cannot be impressed by the endless vineyards. That is why the locals are very wealthy.
For those who appreciate the value of wine, they can experience unforgettable moments at the infinite wine festivals with tastings, cycling marathons and other events. But not Trump, because he doesn’t drink wine.
However, he accepted the Chancellor’s proposal to visit the place where his ancestors were born on his father’s side. Of course he will not have so much time at his disposal to admire the beautiful vineyards’ houses and the Gothic Church of Salvator, the oldest building of the village, where his grandfather and grandmother married. But he will visit their home, still preserved, white and straightforward, nothing to do with the Trump Pyrgos on the 5th Avenue and the golden decorative elements at the Oval Office.
The Trump family tomb has been embraced since the village became famous.
From Kalstat to New York
“We will follow the guidelines of the Chancellor and the secret services to do what is right” The YAVOREK, whom we met in the village says in “Vima”. “We will welcome him with a handshake, as we are used to in Germany. It will not be a day’s visit, but hours. This year the church’s ecclesiastical organ is celebrating its 250th anniversary and we can operate it. Then he may walk along the “Wine Route” to admire the elegant homes of winemakers. Nearby is the home of Friedrich’s grandfather, of course today’s owners have nothing to do with the Trump family. “
When the current owners bought the house, they could not imagine the hordes of journalists and photographers who would produce from outside 2016, when Trump’s election campaign began, to this day.
The 57 -year -old mayor begs us not to mention their name. Taking the alley up, in a few minutes we are in the village cemetery. Here are buried members of the Trump family. Ever since the village became famous, the tomb was adorned. Grandpa Friedrich, who has been named after Frederick (Fred), has been buried in New York.
His family in Kalstat had a small vineyard, but he decided to study … hairdresser. But how to live in such a small village? So he migrated to the US following his older sister.
With hard work and luck he managed to make property. In Calstat he returned to marry his former neighbor’s daughter Elizabeth Christ. The wedding took place in August 1902 in Ludwihsfen. Together they returned to New York.
The nostalgia for Kalstat never left them, at some point they returned to the city where they were born and Friedrich again called for German citizenship. The application was rejected. If he had not been rejected, Donald may not have been the 47th US president today and the international community would have been rid of his caprices.
In 1905 Frederick (Fred) Junior, the father of the American president, was born. Three years later, the Trump family enters the real estate area by laying the foundations of the later immovable property of the current US president. There is an important detail here.
When in 1918 Frederick dies of Spanish flu at the age of just 49, was his “uneducated” wife from the tiny Kalstat who continued the real estate business by establishing her Elisabeth Trump & Son, He led to the adulthood of Fred’s son, Donald’s father. Elizabeth lived in Queens until her death in 1966. For the last time she went to Kalstat in 1960, her 80th birthday.
Mayor YAVOREK wants to donate to Trump a copy of his grandmother’s birth certificate. Not to forget a woman’s decisive contribution to what she is today.
At the reception, according to the protocol, next to the Chancellor and the Mayor there will be a crowd, the German “Queen of Wine”. It is not a blue -eyed Better, but let’s not forget that the current President of the German Parliament, the beautiful Julia Klekner, began as “Queen of Wine 1995”. Perhaps a “queen of wine” can tell him some truths. After all, in vino veritas.
