This drawing shows the old village of about 1713, the time that three families, the Rectors, Otterbachs, and Fischbachs, left for Virginia.  If you move down from the center at the top (approximately) through the first, smaller building, you will come to the Rector home, which no longer stands.  This location is now used for a farm implement shed.  The Chapel school is near the center, and its outline can be recognized by reference to the photo of it below.
(May, 2000)
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The church in Trupbach is modern, the only modern church building we saw.  I believe prior to this there was no church, only a chapel.
(May, 2000)
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This is the most famous building in Trupbach, the Chapel School, which was built in the middle of the eighteenth century.  It is now used as a village museum.  In the early eighteenth century, when our people left, there were about 25 houses in the village.
(May, 2000)
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The Rector home was destroyed by fire in 1944, probably as a result of war damage.  This photo of a photo shows the facade of the house which was called the "clock maker's home".  Three generations of clock makers lived here.  Johannes Richter lived here in 1707.  Originally the house was built about 1640, which is about as old as any house in Trupbach.
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This house, known as the "Wisse" haus (house), was built about 1650.  In 1707, Johannes Wisse lived there, but he left no heirs.  Next, John Henry Schneider, who married Maria Cath. Otterbach and lived there in 1750.  Their daughter, Elisabeth, married John Eberhard Gudelius, and they lived there in 1780.  The list of inhabitants is known down to the present.  In 1950, the house was subdivided and it now consists of two parts.

This home is typical of the early homes.  The ground floor was for the animals.  The second floor was for the people.  The third floor was for hay.  This cozy arrangement was intended to be just that, cozy and warm for all creatures.  Trupbach was an agricultural village.  Many of the homes have been converted to other arrangements now.
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Many farmers continue to live in the village, even though it has grown much larger.  Right in the middle of Trupbach, this farmer has a four wheel drive tractor.  In the days gone by, the motive power was furnished by cattle.
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