BasicPointsofElvisPresley´s
ArmyDaysinGermany
1October1958
ElvisPresleyarrivesbytrainfromBremerhavenin
Friedbergaround7.30p.m.
2October1958
ArrivalpressconferenceattheRay
Barracks(building3628).
11October1958
Elvismoveswithhisrelativestothe
HotelGrunewaldinBadNauheim.
20December1958
ElvisbuysawhiteBMW507inFrankfurt
amMain.
3February1959
Elvismoveswithhisrelativesto
Goethestraße14inBadNauheim.
18August1959
Startofshootingforthe ilmG.I.Bluesin
Friedberg(Hesse)withElvis'doubleT.W.
Creel(inthephototogetherwith ilm
producerHalWallis).Allexternalshotsare
takeninHesse.
14September1959
CurrieGrant(afriendofthefamily)
takesPriscillaBeaulieu,wholivedin
Wiesbaden,toBadNauheimwhereshe
meetsElvisPresleyinGoethestraße14
forthe irsttime.
17May1959
ElvisgetstoknowCurrieGrant,the
manageroftheEagle´sClub(TheWhite
House),inWiesbaden.
August1959
Elvisvisitsthe"Gedernlake".
Photo:ontheleftRosemariePraß
GoalsoftheEPV:
Friedberg(Hesse)
ArmyHomeofElvisPresley
-PromotionofthemusiccultureofElvisPresley,theKingof
Rock´n´Roll
-Preservationandmaintenanceofthememoryofthemusician
andentertainerElvisPresley
19December1959
ElvisparticipatesuponinvitationinaChristmaspartyinthe
gymnasiuminBadNauheim(until2015:"Gaststä tteSportheim";
thenclosedforhumanitarianreasons).
1March1960
FarewellpressconferenceattheRayBarracks.
TasksoftheEPV:
-EstablishmentandpreservationofanElvisPresleyMuseum
2March1960
Departurefromthe"Rhine-MainAir
Base"inFrankfurttoFortDix,New
Jersey(USA).
-CreationandmaintenanceofanElvisPresleymeetingplace
-OrganizationofElvisPresleymusicmeetings
-MaintenanceoftheElvis-Presley-PlatzinFriedberg(Hesse)and
thememorialsteleinBadNauheim
Kiel
Hamburg
Bremerhaven Schwerin
Bremen
Hannover
14April1959
Elvishelpswithhisunittoshiftthe
memorialforthekilledsoldiersinWorld
WarOneinSteinfurth.
ELVSPRESLEYVEREINe.V.
BadNauheim-Friedberg
Berlin
ELVS
inGermany
Contact:
PostalAddress:ELVISPRESLEYVEREINe.V.
BadNauheim-Friedberg,
POB1507,61215BadNauheim
Internet:www.elvis-presley-verein.de
Potsdam
Magdeburg
Düsseldorf
Erfurt
BadNauheim
Friedberg
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
Mainz
Grafenwöhr
Saarbrücken
Stuttgart
München
Dresden
Thephotoforthecoverof"ABIGHUNK
O‘LOVE"wastakenatthecastlegatein
BadNauheim.
ThephotowastakenontheUsa-Bridgein
BadNauheim.
BadNauheim
PrivateHomeofElvisPresley
Whatisthe
ELVISPRESLEYVEREINe.V.
BadNauheim-Friedberg?
TheELVISPRESLEYVEREINe.V.BadNauheim–Friedberg(EPV)is
themostauthenticElvisPresleyFanClubafterMemphis(TN)and
Tupelo(MS)intheUSA.
26August1995
InaugurationoftheElvisPresleystele
inBadNauheim.
14July2001
TheGarrisonCommanderofRay
Barracks,ColonelMichaelTucker,
hasthegarrisonsignsupplemented
bythelettering"ARMYHOMEOF
ELVISPRESLEY".
9February2002
InaugurationofthenewCapri
Club,whichbecamethemeeting
placeoftheclubfromthatdayon.
20April2002
ScottyMoorevisitswithhisband"ALLTHEKING'SMEN"theEPV
attheCapriClub.
2September1995
InaugurationoftheElvisPresleyPlatzin
Friedberg.
13March1998
FoundationoftheFanClubattheHotelGrunewaldinBad
Nauheim.Elvisandhisrelativesstayedherefrom11October1958
to2February1959.
18Oct.1998
InaugurationoftheElvisPresley-PlatzinBad
Nauheim.
30September–3October2000
ELVISPRESLEYREMEMBERWEEKENDatthe
KurhausBadNauheimwithElvis´ irstmanager
andguitaristScottyMoore(Scottybecomes
honorarymemberoftheEPV).
20October2000
ConcertofTheShadowsofElviswithSpecialGuest“TheKing
JamesBrown“attheMemphisDancingBar(formerlyEdelweiß)in
BadNauheim.
1June2001
"Let'shaveaParty"withWandaJacksonin
"Steinfurth'sRosensaal".
15-18August2002
TheEPVorganizesthe irstEuropeanElvisFestivalinBadNauheim
andFriedberg.
16August2002
Aconcertincommemorationofthe25thanniversaryofElvis
Presley'sdeathwithHelmutLottiandmorethan5,000visitorson
the"Seewiese"inFriedberg(organizer:thedistricttownof
Friedberg).
14-17August2003
SecondEuropeanElvisFestival(organizedbytheEPV)withTed
HeroldandPaulCasey.WithguestSonnyWest.
16Aug.–16Sep.2007
"Friedberg-ArmyHomeofElvisPresley"exhibition
attheCapriCluboftheRayBarrackswithmorethan
9,000visitors.
14-17August2008
TheEPVorganizesthe irstElvisWeekendinFriedberg(Hesse).
1–5October2008
50yearsElvis´arrivalinGermany(1October1958–
1October2008);celebrationattheCapriClubattheRayBarracks,
Friedberg(Hesse).
30October2008
Inaugurationof"WalkofFame"infrontof
thebuilding“IndenKolonnaden1“inBad
Nauheim.Thisbronzeplatewasstolenon
9January2015.
12August2009
InaugurationoftheElvis
MonumentattheFriedbergroundaboutnexttotheRayBarracks
("Elvis-Presley-Kreisel").
1December2013
OpeningoftheElvisPresleyPhotoGallery(EPVPermanent
Exhibition)attherestaurant"Sportheim",Hauptstraße102inBad
Nauheim.Unfortunately,thisexhibitionhadtobe inishedin2015
asthebuildingwasclosedandrenovatedforhumanitarian
reasons.
8August2015
Intheframeofthejointproject"AbindieMitte"
oftheEPVandthedistricttownofFriedberg
(Hesse),twoadvertisingpillarsareinaugurated
ontheElvis-Presley-PlatzinFriedberg.
12August2015
InaugurationofsignsontheElvis-PresleyPlatzinFriedbergshowingthedirections
anddistancestoElvisPresley'simportant
placesofactivity.
16August2016
Inaugurationofthenewbronzeplateforthe
"WalkofFame"infrontofthebuilding"In
denKolonnaden1"inBadNauheim.
RegularEvents
-MonthlyClubMeetingonthe irstSaturdayofeachmonth,from
7p.m.indifferentlocations.Informationabouttherespective
nextclubmeetingcanbefoundonwww.elvis-presley-verein.de.
Guestsarewelcome.
-MonthlyElvisGuidedTours"OnTheTracesOfElvis"(City
MarketingBadNauheim).
-YearlyElvisWeekendinFriedberg(Hesse)organizedbytheEPV
andthedistricttownofFriedberg(Hesse).
CityMapFriedberg(Hesse)
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