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Heinrich Börner gab dem Ort den Namen „Amerika“, da sein Fabrikareal samt Anlagen und Nebengebäuden
seit der Grundsteinlegung nur durch das Überqueren des Flusses Mulde erreichbar war – zunächst über einige große Steine,
in späterer Folge mittels eines Kahns. Man wurde also "über den Teich“ gezogen – dieser Ausdruck war
damals schon für die Reise in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika bekannt und so bürgerte sich der Begriff
„Amerika an der Mulde“ für die Fabrik und die Umgebung ein.
Mittlerweile können Fußgänger die Mulde bei Amerika über eine Brücke überqueren.
(Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(Penig) )
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Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.