Verena Castle
Erlen, Switzerland

Verena Castle was born Vreni Fankhauser in the historical Riedt district of Erlen, Switzerland

Erlen is a small city in the north of Switzerland with about 4000 residents (now, back in 1922 there were fewer than 1500).


Here is Erlen on the map:





Here is a more detailed view (note the area labeled Riedt on the left):





And in this close-up you can see some of the places where Vreni grew up, and where she went to school:





This is what it looked like, where Vreni Fankhauser grew up.

This is the "Bädli", the little lake near the house:





Here is a picture of Vreni's childhood home and school,
relative to the town of Erlen. If you look closely you can
see where she wrote "Our Home" and "Our School".





Here is a picture of the back of the Fankhauser home, with the farming area.





This is the way the family looked at the time, Vreni is the little one on the right with a bad attitude. :)

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