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A noblewoman named Waldrata and her young son travel to the lake peninsula in the year 779 to dedicate their church to the monks of St. Gallen. A child discovers why the village was named for a 'horn' in the lake and what it means to give away everything you own for a promise of prayer and protection that will endure for a thousand years.
In 1869, a child stowaway hides aboard the very first train ferry crossing Lake Constance, designed by the famous engineer John Scott Russell. As the paddle steamer devours coal at an alarming rate, the child must help the crew figure out why the engine is so ravenously hungry -- and make it across to the German shore before the fuel runs out.
In the old Locorama locomotive depot, a child discovers that at midnight the turntable still spins on its own. The old steam engines begin to whisper stories of the journeys they once made across the Swiss rail network -- from the first train in 1855 to the great goods runs across the lake. Each locomotive remembers a different era, and the child must ride them all before dawn.
From Romanshorn's harbour, a child watches a strange silver shape rise from the opposite shore on a summer morning in 1900. Rowing across the lake, they meet the eccentric Count Zeppelin and help launch LZ 1 from its floating hangar. For eighteen extraordinary minutes, they see Lake Constance from the sky -- and understand why some dreams are too big to stay on the ground.
In 1577, Catholic and Protestant children in Romanshorn must learn to share the same ancient church -- taking turns, respecting each other's sacred objects, and finding common ground despite their families' bitter differences. A story about cooperation, tolerance, and the small daily acts that kept the peace inside one building for over three hundred years.
A child rides the MF Euregia back and forth across Lake Constance, discovering that each 41-minute crossing tells a different story. One trip reveals the era of the train ferries and coal smoke, another uncovers tales of smugglers slipping between nations, and a third introduces the families who depend on this floating bridge every single day of the year.
In 1836, a seventeen-year-old boy named Joachim Fatzer starts a rope factory in Romanshorn with nothing but hemp and ambition. A child follows the story of Fatzer's ropes from hand-twisted lines for lake fishermen to the steel cables holding the world's greatest cable cars, discovering that one thread of determination, spun strong enough, can hold up a mountain.
A child exploring the castle hill discovers that the 1404 castle, the ancient church with its mysterious red-chalk frescoes, and the lakeside Seepark are all connected by a hidden path. At every turn the path reveals a different century -- from the Prince-Abbot's administrator ruling in the castle to the fishermen mending nets on the shore -- until the child reaches the summit and sees all of Romanshorn's history spread out below.
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