Dear Haeften family members: Over a year has gone by since our last gathering. It is time to take a walk on the path of our family’s history and to meet to enjoy some lovely conversations and a lively gathering. We would like to invite you to our next family reunion which will take place at and around Xanten (Wesel District), in the Lower Rhine region, on 28 to 30, 2012. Why Xanten? After walking down the Dutch path of the family at our last gathering, this time we will travel back in time to the origins of the German Haeftens. The Erprath Estate at Xanten, the main residence for some of the German Haeftens until 1879, which is still inhabited, is at the center of this. The agenda also includes a visit to the city of Goch where we will see the ruins of the Kalbeck Estate, the Xanten Cemetery with preserved family tombstones, as well as the castle grounds of the Estate of the Fürstenbergs, a family the Haeftens were related to by …