After the fall of the Limes, the town became a Frankish royal estate and passed in 983 by the Donation of Verona from Otto II to Archbishop Willigis of Mainz. Under Otto III the Binger Kammerforst (forest) came into being. ...
Speaking of which, I leave bWintersheim/b on February 5 and make my way to Switzerland on February 9. So if you have that postcard you've been itching to send get it out before early next week and I should still get it. ...