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Ancestors Towns and Villages
Thelen and Neisen
Zell / Mosel
Kreis Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz. pop. 4, 910 Post code 56856
The Zell area is under the regional administration of Koblenz. Zell is on the east side of the Mosel river, Kaimt is on the west, now joined by a bridge. Zell became a city in 1222, and in 1229 completed a wall around the city. Kaimt is now part of Zell.
Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul (1786). In 1900 the County of Zell (Kreis) was 372 sq. mi.
Burgen
Kreis St. Goar. Burgen, verbandsgemeinde unter Mosel, Kreis Mayen-Koblenz is between Zell and Koblenz, over the years the administrative jurisdiction has changed. (Standesamt Brodenbach).
Population Sept. 2000 is 884. Post Code D- 56332 Burgen
Situated on the east side of the Mosel river. Two Km. to Moselkern, 3 Km. to Brodenbach. There is a
castle on the opposite side of the river called Burg Bischofsstein, built in the 13th. Century. The Romans
built a road from Maifeld in the Hunsruck to the Mosel river at Burgen. There was a chapel that became
a full-fledged church (Pfarrkirche) in 1627, St. Sebastian. Anna Maria Gietzen came from 'Burgen'.
The Neisen families came from the Eifel area of Rheinland-Pfalz.
Badem
Verbandsgemeinde Kyllburg, Kreis Bitburg/Prum. Pop. 1,007 Post Code 54634. Four Km. to
Pickliesem. 4 Km. to Kyllburg. Roman artifacts have also been found in or near Badem. In the year 893
it was known as 'Badenheym'. Pfarrkirche (Church) St. Eligius. The Neisens came from Badem, and
Grandpa Valentin Neisen built the school in Badem.
Bitburg
Pop. 12,673 Sept. 2000. Post Code 54634
Bitburg was 85% destroyed in 1944-45 by American bombs and artillery. 2000 years ago it was a rest stop for Roman troops. In A.D. 400, at the time of Konstantin the Great, it was fortified by the Romans, who built 5 metre high stone walls around the town, with 10 metre high round towers, 14 of them including the north and south city gates, and a stone paved north - south road. In Celtic times it was called 'Beda'. (Bedaburg, Budaburg, Bidaburg). Bitburg was given the status of city (charter) by Count Heinrich of Luxembourg in 1226, son of Countess Ermesine. In the 14th. and 15th Centuries Bitburg belonged to the Lords of Manderscheid and the Counts of Virneburg. The city was plundered by the French in 1667.
In 1900 the Kreis Bitburg (County) was 781 sq. mi.,
There is or was a large American Air Base at Bitburg. (about 5,000 Americans)
Dahlem
is now part of Spangdahlem. 3 Km. from Pickliesem. Pop. 894. Post Code 54529
There is also an American Air Base at Spangdahlem. (or was, I do not know if it is still there.)
Dudeldorf,
Kreis Bitburg/Prum, Pop. 1184. 10km. East of Bitburg. Dudeldorf got their town charter on December 20, 1345 from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. (King Johann von Bohmen ).
Between the years 771 and 814 it was called 'Dudlendorf'. Current Mayor Reinhard Becker .
Post Code 54647
Erdorf
Fliesem is 6km from Bitburg.
Gondorf
Hubert Albert Karels, Anna Katharina Vlathen, and Johann Freiwald all came from Gondorf to Pickliesem. ( 4 Km.). Population 332 (Sept. 2000). Post Code
Hoorhof
is near Badem. Susanna Hoor came from Hoorhof.
Kyllburg
Kreis Bitburg/Prum. Post Code 54655. Pop. Sept.2000 is ?
On the Kyll river. Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt. Church built 1534, renovated 1959-1961.
Kyllburg was visited by Kaiser Wilhelm II about 1912. Manfred was born in Kyllburg.
4 Km. from Badem.
Ordorf Church - St. Martin.
Pickliesem
Kreis Bitburg/Prum Pop. 339 Sept. 2000. Post Code 54647.
2 Km. to Dudeldorf, 4 Km. to Badem. 3 Km. to Spangdahlem. 4 Km. to Gondorf.
Pfarrkirche - St. Maximinus.
Valentin Neisen moved to Pickliesem from Badem in 1909 or 1910.
In the year 1226 Pickliesem was called Linzesheim, in 1492 it was Leyssem.
In 1630 it was called "Leyssem sur la Kyll".
Roman artifacts and ruins were found between Badem and Pickliesem in 1875,
dating to 75 BC. (Roman villa). Sandstone blocks of 50-60cm in diameter.
Wilsecker
Kreis Bitburg/Prum. Pop. 176. 3 Km. from Badem.
Miscellaneous Notes
Tithes to the Church and taxes to the ruling Counts, Dukes, and Barons were paid in 'Malter'
of corn and wheat.
Taxation measures 'Malter'=220 litres, 'Sester'= 15 litres, 'Reichtaler' or 'Taler' (RTHLR) = 3 Marks.
Graf = Count or Earl Herzog = Duke GrossHerzog = Grand Duke Herzogtum = Dukedom.
Freiherr = Baron Prince = Prinz King = Konig Ritter = Knight
Kirche = Church Pfarrkirche = Parish Church
Herrenhaus = Manor house
Ackerer, Ackerman, Ackerin, Anspanner = Farmer.
Weller
Bracknell East of Reading, near Wokingham, Population 2001 - 109,617
Bradfield About 3-4 miles west of Tilehurst and Reading
Reading 35 miles west of London, on the river Kennet at the Thames, Parishes of St.
Giles, St. Lawrence, and St. Mary
Tilehurst West part of Reading
Warfield Bracknell Forest
Wokingham 31 miles from London, seven miles from Reading
Whitchurch Along the border of Oxfordshire
Old map of Berkshire
Zoellner
Zsablya or Josefsdorf
Village Names:
German: Josefsdorf, Official: Zablja, Hungarian: Zsablya
Spelling variants: Zabalj, Zeble, Sablia, Josifovo Selo
Location: Country: Yugoslavia
southeast Batschka, near the Theiß River, northeast of Novi Sad, Postal-Code: 32223.
Village name in FHL records: Zsablya
Earliest German Settlement: 1784
Churches: Roman Catholic/Kalocsa diocese, Greek Orthodox/Bács diocese
District: 13 - Zsablya
Part of Hungary untill 1918 or 1919, now part of Serbia, in Vojvodina province.
Latitude 45 22, longitude 20 03, about 8 miles from Temerin, about 42 miles from Belgrade
Temerin
Village Names:
Official: Temerin Hungarian: Temerin Spelling variants: Temeri, Almás
Location: Country: Yugoslavia (Serbia),
in the province of Vojvodina, near Novi Sad (11 Miles) Latitude 45 25 Longitude 19 53
8 miles from Zsablya (Zabalj), 11.5 miles from Peterwarden, 10 miles from Srbobran
42.9 miles NNW of Belgrade, Postal-Code: 21235, 21236
Genealogical Records: Village name in FHL records: Temerin
Church records available at FHL:
Births: 1850 - 1895, Deaths & Marriages: 1826 - 1895, FHL Microfilm Nr.: 639110 - 639118
FHL Census Microfilm: Temerin in 1828: 622969 .
Churches: Roman Catholic/Kalocsa diocese, District: 7 - Újvidék
Josefhausen
Village Names: German: Josefhausen Hungarian: Józsefháza, Josyphaza, Josipháza
Official: Iojib Spelling and variants: Josip, Iosapha
Location:
Country: Romania
South of Livada on Highway 1C, east of Satu Mare ( Sathmar, Szatmarnemeti)
Postal-Code: 3983 Settled by Germans in 1794
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