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In the Members’ area (top of the menu) you can now add a photo of yourself. It appears in your own area and alongside the details the committee sees when approving a registration – turning an email address into a person.

The picture is optional. Anyone without one appears with their initials; nobody has to show themselves who would rather not.

How it works: Go to Members’ area in the menu, choose a photo and save. You can replace or remove it at any time. If you are registering for the first time, you can add it right away.

Who sees it? Only you and the committee. It is not public, invisible to search engines and passed on to no one. On upload we automatically remove the hidden extra data mobile phones write into images – including where the picture was taken. If you delete your account, the photo goes with it.

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Planning for the construction of our chapel on the cemetery grounds is in its final stages. The chapel is meant to be a visible sign of our bond with Yerdo and our shared history, and at the same time to honour and commemorate our departed ancestors.

Now that we have finally received confirmation from the tax office that the Tur Abdin Kulturverein e.V. Neuburg may issue donation receipts, we ask everyone who has been waiting to support our joint project.

From Sunday, 30 August 2026 we will be back in Tur Abdin. On site we will continue with the detailed planning, hold talks with the companies involved and take the next steps towards awarding the contract.

Donation account

• Account holder: Tur Abdin Kulturverein e.V.
• IBAN: DE57 7216 9756 0000 9048 21
• BIC: GENODEF1ND2
• Bank: VR Bank Neuburg-Rain eG
• Reference: Bau Kapelle in Yerdo + name, address and email address

To carry the funding together as a village community, we kindly ask for the following contributions:

• €750 per family / married couple
• €500 per single working person

Any other support is of course just as welcome. Friends and supporters who are not from Yerdo are warmly invited to take part in our joint project as well.

The Tur Abdin Kulturverein e.V. Neuburg takes responsibility for carrying out and completing the chapel. It is a separate registered association and carries out the project together with our village community. Donation receipts will be issued for the contributions received.

Our heartfelt thanks go to all Yerdoye, friends and supporters who help make this special project happen – for our community and in memory of our ancestors.

† 11 November 2009 in Bebra.

Born in Hamburg.

Married in Brussels.

Married in Augsburg.

Born in Heilbronn.

Married in Gütersloh.

Married in Heilbronn.

* 1 January 1921, † 25 February 2009 in Bebra.

Married in Gütersloh.