(Photographs copyrighted by Rich and Gayla Aspenleiter)
Even though Freudental was once a German village, it is now a Ukrainian village and inhabited by Ukrainians. The foundations of many of the houses and wells still standing were built by our German people.
Sign coming into Freudental |
200th anniversary memorial in Freudental |
Street in Freudental |
Freudental local market (crowded as kids from school were there for lunch snacks) |
Brunnen (old German well) |
Prior German home of Gottlieb Schlecht |
Grapes in Freudental |
Front view of the old German school |
Side view of old German school (now a hospital) |
Freudental cemetery - very few German headstones left |
German headstone (unreadable) in Ukrainian section of cemetery |
Cellar of prior Abel home |