Hello and welcome from St. Paul,Minnesota. We are the state above Iowa and to the left of Wisconsin.
I have a friend from Wertheim and our family is from the Amana Colonies in Iowa (originally from Germany until they emigrated to the US in 1850's) They make the best Piestengel, Kater Bohnen and Rot Kraut. I have the ingredients growing in the garden for Kater Bohnen. Love it!
Again, welcome and to be totally honest, we are a good lot of people and will help you if you need it, wrap our cyber-arms around you if you need it and will even make you laugh if you need it. Edie