My family of Pingst that changed their names when they came to America to Pings were from an area near Bonn, Germany on the River Ahr.
The town of Mayschoss is a little quaint town on the River Ahr that grows grapes for winery and the winery on the edge of town goes back generations in the Bertram family that married into the Pingst family.
I will add more about the Pingst later