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Introducing the KMC’s newest residents!
Share your bundle of joy with the community! Send the Kaiserslautern
American your baby’s photo (high resolution, 300 dpi, photos only
please) along with his/her name; date, time and place of birth; height
and weight at birth; parents’ first and last names, as well as where
you’re from; the name(s) of any siblings; and where you’re stationed.
Send your submissions to editor@kaiserslauternamerican.com with “birth
announcement” in the subject line. Birth announcements are normally run
the first Friday of every month when space is available.
Lifestyle
Avoid pollution, noise in neighborhood
During the cold season, vehicle owners without their own garage like to
idle their engines. Motorists run their engines in order to avoid
scraping ice and snow from their windshields and to warm up the interior
of the vehicle. Doing this creates unnecessary pollution in the
neighborhood.
Lifestyle
Special cake for a special season!
For a few weeks now, grocery stores and bakeries have been offering
Christmas baked goods. Customers have the choice of special Christmas
cookies, gingerbread, marzipan and other items.
Lifestyle
Model trains chug through Ramstein Sunday
The culture center in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Haus des Bürgers, will turn
into a mecca for model train enthusiasts Sunday when the Model Train
Friends Westpfalz will host their 41st Model Train Swap Meet from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lifestyle
Ramstein’s Wendelinus market offers vendors, craftsmen
Ramstein-Miesenbach will sponsor its annual Wendelinus market from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the center of town.
Lifestyle
Halloween: More than candy-coated terror
As the days get drearier and the trees lose their leaves, everyone gets
excited about the spookiest holiday of the year. But what do we really
know about
Lifestyle
Germans observe religious holidays in November
On Thursday, many Germans will visit cemeteries to decorate the grave
sites of deceased family members and friends with flowers or wreaths
made of fir tree branches, pine cones and dried flowers, and to light
candles.
Lifestyle
Baumholder kicks off Halloween fun with haunted house
To get people in the mood for Halloween, U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder
kicks off the celebration today with a haunted house in the basement of
the Rheinlander Community Club. The haunted house runs from 7 to 9 p.m.
today through Sunday.
Exchange Rates
Currency Exchange Rates
Last updated: 09/16/2026
$1 USD buys...
| Currency | Accommodation Rate (Sale to Members): $1= | Change in Accommodation Rate | Reconversion Rate (Bought from Members): $1= | Valid From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro (EUR) | 0.8449 | 0.8883 | 09/17/2026 | |
| Czech Koruna (CZK) | 20.6288 | 09/17/2026 | ||
| Danish Krone (DKK) | 6.6623 | 09/17/2026 | ||
| British Pound (GBP) | 0.7634 | 09/17/2026 | ||
| Polish Zloty (PLN) | 3.6891 | 09/17/2026 | ||
| Romanian Leu (RON) | 4.4646 | 09/17/2026 | ||
| Swedish Krona (SEK) | 10.0684 | 09/17/2026 | ||
| Swiss Franc (CHF) | 0.8412 | 09/17/2026 | ||
| Norwegian Krone (NOK) | 9.6082 | 09/17/2026 | ||
