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 Address of BMH Rinteln

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keith ferris



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Localisation: National Service, " GDMO, with experience in ENT", mid- Aug.1956-Sept 1958 BAOR
Cap Badge: RAMC
Places Served: BMH Rinteln, BMH Hannover, Goslar (Beds and Herts, locum,MO)RA Light anti-aircrat unit Todendorf, Holstein, locum MO, 13/18th Hussars, Neumunster, locum MO, Wilhelmshaven School, temporary MO, , 26 FE and 125 Coy RASC, Hameln, BMH Hannover, ENT sub-junior specialist
Registration date: 2009-09-13

PostSubject: Address of BMH Rinteln   Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:55 pm

Waldkaterallee has been wrongly translated. Kater is the German slang for a hangover. However a correct translation of Wald kater would be Woodland Cat or Wild Cat. It is just possible that the Germans were trying a play on words. The Allee (Avenue) was named after the Waldkater Bierhaus to which it led, a few hundred yards into the woods at the foot of the Klippenturm.
Keith Ferris, RAMC, on and off at BMH Rinteln, Oct 1956- Sept 1958, GDMO and ENT
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Stephen Lock



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PostSubject: Re: Address of BMH Rinteln   Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:19 pm

German location words frequently play on puns...and they say Germans have no sense of humour! LOL

I can't think of any examples off hand, but this one certainly qualifies.

To me it is clearly punning on "Woodland Cat" and the kater for hangover since the allee led to a gasthof. No doubt the cause of more than a few hangovers...to say nothing of the next mornings sensation of having probably swallowed a woodland cat whose fur is now stuck to one's tongue and the creature still clawing and spitting inside one's gut. :-)
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Chemist



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PostSubject: Re: Address of BMH Rinteln   Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:00 am

EVERSWINKEL- near Warendorf.

I was told it meant PIGS CORNER,which may have been a reference to the inhabitants or to its location in the countryside pig
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