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	In Laichingen there is an expression - at least among the many Schwenks there -, "Was Schwenk tut ist wohl getan." Translated: "What a Schwenk does is done well."
	NOTICE: -- Because important information is given in earlier chapters, it is recommended that the visitor read the following three family generations in the following order: Schwenk; Lieb; then Breymayer.
	Schwenk Ancestry This will be an attempt to tell the story of our Schwenk ancestry beginning with Conrad Schwenk, born 1601, and leading down through the four immigrant Schwenk siblings, Maria Agnes, Luise, John and August, who came to America between the years 1854-1872.
	Lieb Ancestry The marriage of Maria Barbara Lieb to our Johannes Schwenk in 1828 in Dettingen (on the Erms River) and, of course, the children born of this union, is our connection to the Lieb Family.
	Breymayer Ancestry The earliest documented member of this family in Mundingen was Martin Brielmayer who lived and farmed on the Justingen Hof (estate, farm) in 1497.
	Schwenk Family Association In Germany
	The Many Schwenk Clans In Laichingen
	Hirsch Inn At Mundingen Conrad Schwenk 1773-1867, came to Mundingen in 1797 (then a pop. of ca. 160) from Feldstetten, the village of his birth some 12 mi. north of there, and bought this inn and attached brewery for 2500 Gulden.
	St. Alban Church Our earliest documented ancestor, Conrad Schwenk born 1601, was christened in the St. Alban Church.