Category: Family

Basina

Basina of Thuringia is an ancestress of many Frankish noble lines.

Basina was the mother of Clovis, who is remembered as the founder of the Frankish realm and modern France. Clovis is the Latin form of his name, Chlodovech.

Basina was a daughter of the Thuringian king Basin and Basina, a Saxon princess. She is reported to have left her first husband, and proposed marriage to the Frankish king Childeric.

Childeric and Basina
Childeric and Basina

Their daughter Audofleda married the Ostrogoth king, Theodoric the Great. Audofleda’s daughter was Amalasuntha, who ruled as Queen of the Ostrogoths.

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A major source for the history of these women is the History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours, a bishop who lived at the same time.

Source: Merovingian Frankish Queens

Through the ages historians have been intrigued by the story of Basina. She was an active participant rather than a bystander, which is not uncommon for the women of the Franks.

Source: Basina of Thuringia – Polyvore

Julius Fröbel

Julius Fröbel (1805-1893), German journalist, diplomat and member of the Frankfurt Parliament (1848) Technique: steel engraving

In 1833, Julius became a naturalized citizen of Switzerland. Julius became a leader of the democrats, and in 1848 was elected a member of the Frankfurt Parliament (May 1848–June 1849).

On the dissolution of the parliament in 1849, he visited the United States, where he became editor of a German language newspaper, lectured in New York City, and was a member of the law firm of Zitz, Kapp & Fröbel. In 1850, he went to Nicaragua, Santa Fé, and Chihuahua as correspondent of the New York Tribune. In 1855, he was editor of a San Francisco paper. He returned to Germany in 1857. Efforts were made to expel him from Frankfurt, but he was protected on the ground of his naturalization as a citizen of the United States.

Source: Julius Fröbel (1805-1893)

Paulskirche

On May 18 the national assembly met in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt.

The Frankfurt National Assembly debated various plans for a unified Germany. Immediate practical problems, such as the nature of the executive power and territorial extent of Germany were also debated. It soon became clear that the executive appointed by the assembly had no power except such as was granted to it by the governments of the individual states.

The Frankfurt National Assembly adopted a proposed constitution for Germany on March 28, 1849. This document provided for universal suffrage, parliamentary government, and a hereditary emperor. Germany was to have a unified monetary and customs system, but would maintain the internal autonomy of the constituent German states.

Students brighten holidays

Youth receive exciting new discoveries, reminding us all of the simpler joys and excitement of the early years of life. Elders share important lessons and events from the past.

Cards and letters made by students were recently presented to Miss Wetterhahn at Crisan’s Romanian Bakery, an Albany café in Stella’s Center Square neighborhood in Albany.

As much as 80 years separate the recipient of these student messages and the RCS young people who created them.

Ella Wetterhahn, also known at Stella, lives in Albany and is a 93-year-old veteran who served as an Army Nurse in the European Theater during WWII. She has been the subject of two Albany Times Union articles over the years, one in which she was interviewed about her experiences in World War II in which she served her country with conviction and bravery.

Inter generational activities enrich the soul but also expand awareness, elevate the metacognitive quality of empathy, and provide learning experiences back and forth across generations.

via RCS students make letters and notes for 93-year-old World War II nurse living in Albany – Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk CSD, Ravena, NY.

UAlbany Magazine

Johannes Froebel-Parker, B.A. ’79, M.A. ’82, M.S. ’85, is the author of The First Kindergarten, the third novel in his Ahnentafel series. In this historical novel, which includes a great deal of biographical information, Froebel-Parker joins through literature the lives and contributions of two of the world’s greatest proponents of children’s education.

via UAlbany Magazine – Fall 2013 – University at Albany – SUNY.

New Froebel Book

In 1900 Denton Jacques Snider wrote about Friedrich (Frederick) Froebel and his life experiences which led to the founding of the first kindergarten. Over a century later, a Froebel family member and author of two children’s books about Froebel and kindergarten, expands the publication designed for readers in the Victorian age to make it a timeless reference.

The Life of Frederick Froebel: Founder of Kindergarten by Denton Jacques Snider (1900): Edited and Annotated with Illustrations by J (Johannes) Froebel Parker
The Life of Frederick Froebel: Founder of Kindergarten by Denton Jacques Snider (1900): Edited and Annotated with Illustrations by J (Johannes) Froebel Parker

Buy this book at amazon.com in Paperback or Kindle

Walk through the Edible Parterre

Overall design and concept are by Joy Froebel

This walkway is lined with beds of lush produce plants- herbs, fruit, veggies & companion plants to inspire and promote growing our own food in our home gardens.

These garden beds are a 21st century Australian version of parterre gardens . They are set out in near symmetry, but are edged with recycled metal railings in place of the traditional hedging . The beds are raised, and will envelop visitors as they walk to the entrance.

via Kitchen Garden Walk through the Edible Parterre » Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden.