The old Main-Danube Canal is responsible for a word that,

according to my Nürnberg relatives,

is one of the longest in the German language:

Ludwigmaindonaukanaldampfschiffahrtgesellschaftenkapitänswitwenrente

(pension of the widows of the societies of steamship captains of the Ludwig-Main-Danube Canal)

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Frederick E. Trinklein – Shoreham, NY – NGS 1992/12 [pg Forum

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