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Hekelschuhe
Contributed by Hans Kopp

The Häkelschuhe were made by Katharina Kopp for her grand daughter Birgitt in accordance to the traditions of the Donauschwaben footwear worn in their homes. Even in the United States Katharina wore such shoes on a daily bases in her house in Cleveland.

     

 

Opanke shoes, originated w/the Turks, became native dress in So. Eur. Bought 1963, Mom's 1st return to birthplace, after fleeing in 1944. [Eve Brown]
More typical in Yugoslavia.

     

 

Lederhosen from Austria - Salzburg to be exact. My mom's niece sent them after my son Adam was born in 1984. [Eve Brown]

 

 
 

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