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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 114818, member: 44"]Is that word under the building Kurfaal? I can't find a Kurfaal anything in Germany, Austria, or Hungary. That "f" might represent the letter "s." If so the word would be Kursaal meaning in German a "Cure Hall" something like a spa. There is a Kursaal amusement park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England that opened in 1901. I doubt it is from or referring to that amusement park unless it was a souvenir from it back when.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursaal_%28amusement_park%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursaal_%28amusement_park%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursaal_(amusement_park)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another thought is a souvenir from Baden Baden, Germany. It has hot sulfa springs that were used as a health spa as far back as the Romans. It had and may still have the Kurhaus (Kursaal) building.</p><p><a href="http://www.thomasgraz.net/glass/gl-1260.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thomasgraz.net/glass/gl-1260.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomasgraz.net/glass/gl-1260.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 114818, member: 44"]Is that word under the building Kurfaal? I can't find a Kurfaal anything in Germany, Austria, or Hungary. That "f" might represent the letter "s." If so the word would be Kursaal meaning in German a "Cure Hall" something like a spa. There is a Kursaal amusement park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England that opened in 1901. I doubt it is from or referring to that amusement park unless it was a souvenir from it back when. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursaal_%28amusement_park%29']https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursaal_(amusement_park)[/URL] Another thought is a souvenir from Baden Baden, Germany. It has hot sulfa springs that were used as a health spa as far back as the Romans. It had and may still have the Kurhaus (Kursaal) building. [URL]http://www.thomasgraz.net/glass/gl-1260.htm[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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