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The ''Gemeindelexikon'', based on a 1905 census, is the standard gazetteer used for Prussia:      
The ''Gemeindelexikon'', based on a 1905 census, is the standard gazetteer used for Prussia:      


Book: Königlich Preußisches Statistisches Landesamt. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/14875?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen'']. Berlin : Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts, 1907-1909. (FHL book 943 E5kp.) - multiple volumes.  
Book: Königlich Preußisches Statistisches Landesamt. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/14875 ''Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen'']. Berlin : Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts, 1907-1909. (FHL book 943 E5kp.) - multiple volumes.  


Online: This gazetteer is also available online at Ancestry.com in the database [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=34415 Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen]. Enter place names into the "keyword" field for best results, and ignore diacritical marks (Umlaute) or browse images by volume. Various volumes are also available on GoogleBooks and the DigiBib (Digital Library) on [http://compgen.de/ Compgen.de].  To see translations of the Hessen-Nassau headings for this gazetteer [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/a/a2/Preussen_Hessen2_gaz_headings.pdf click here.] For headings for the other Prussian regions [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prussia-Posen_Gazetteers click here]  
Online: This gazetteer is also available online at Ancestry.com in the database [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=34415 Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen]. Enter place names into the "keyword" field for best results, and ignore diacritical marks (Umlaute) or browse images by volume. Various volumes are also available on GoogleBooks and the DigiBib (Digital Library) on [http://compgen.de/ Compgen.de].  To see translations of the Hessen-Nassau headings for this gazetteer [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/a/a2/Preussen_Hessen2_gaz_headings.pdf click here.] For headings for the other Prussian regions [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prussia-Posen_Gazetteers click here]  
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