Farther south the Wettin margraves of Meissen busied themselves with settlements and town foundations in Lusatia.
According to the coach, the big crack in the town's foundation is the double-digit unemployment rate.
The steel baron Andrew Carnegie put his first mill in the town, the foundation of an empire that helped build modern America.
The smaller statue measured 120 feet (about 40 metres) and dated from soon after the town's foundation in the 4th century ad; the other measured 175 feet (53 metres) and dated from the 5th century.
The monastery of Malmedy is considered by the historians and the hagiographers to be slightly older than the monastery of Stavelot, with the town claiming foundation in 648.
Across town, at the foundation that organises the annual RomaEuropa festival, staff are also baffled.
My husband says that, in our small town, calling the foundation would cause too many problems.
The route continues through town past the foundation of New Place, the house that Shakespeare bought in 1597 and where he died in 1616; it sadly was demolished in 1759 by the owner, who had become too annoyed with the tourists.
The number of buildings which pre-date the town's official foundation in 1790 are scarce.
Madina Tyhmetova, 14, shows images of her town in Solid foundation.
