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''[[Germany]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Germany Empire and Current States''' | ''[[Germany]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Germany Empire and Current States''' | ||
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|'''Kreise of the Neumark in 1873'''<br> | |'''Kreise of the Neumark in 1873'''<br> | ||
1. For the 1871 Meyers Gazettee and the | 1. For the 1871 Meyers Gazettee and the FamilySearch Catalog, these counties will be listed as part of Brandenburg.<br> | ||
2. When dealing with modern locations, archives, and parish correspondence, they will be part of Poland. | 2. When dealing with modern locations, archives, and parish correspondence, they will be part of Poland. | ||
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===Brunswick (Braunschweig)=== | ===Brunswick (Braunschweig)=== | ||
'''The enclaves of Calvorde and Blankenburg are now in Saxony-Anhalt. The rest of Brunswick is now in the state of Lower Saxony.''' | '''The enclaves of Calvorde and Blankenburg are now in Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt. The rest of Brunswick is now in the state of Lower Saxony.''' | ||
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'''After World War II, Brunswick was divided into the state of Lower Saxony, West Germany (dark gray background), and Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany (light gray background).'''<br> | '''After World War II, Brunswick was divided into the state of Lower Saxony, West Germany (dark gray background), and Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt, East Germany (light gray background).'''<br> | ||
[[File:Brunswick post WW II.png|700px]] | [[File:Brunswick post WW II.png|700px]] | ||
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[[File:Modern Nordrhein-Westfalen.png]] | [[File:Modern Nordrhein-Westfalen.png]] | ||
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===Prussia=== | ===Prussia=== | ||
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*mostly in [[Poland Genealogy|Poland]] | *mostly in [[Poland Genealogy|Poland]] | ||
*[[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|'''The Hlučín Area of Moravian-Silesian Region''']]: <br> | *[[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|'''The Hlučín Area of Moravian-Silesian Region''']]: <br> | ||
:[[ | :[[Czechia Genealogy|Czechia]] | ||
*the small [[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|'''Lusatian strip''' west of the Oder-Neisse line]]: <br> | *the small [[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|'''Lusatian strip''' west of the Oder-Neisse line]]: <br> | ||
:[[Saxony, Germany Genealogy|Saxony]] | :[[Saxony, Germany Genealogy|Saxony]] | ||
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<center>'''Modern Saarland and Former Areas Now in Saarland'''<br> | <center>'''Modern Saarland and Former Areas Now in Saarland'''<br> | ||
'''Saar-Pfalz-(kreis or county) Was Bavarian'''<br> | '''Saar-Pfalz-(kreis or county) Was Bavarian'''<br> | ||
'''All Other Counties Were Prussian'''</center> | '''All Other Counties Were Prussian (Rheinland)'''</center> | ||
[[File:2000px-Saarland, administrative divisions - de - colored.svg-1.png|500px]] | [[File:2000px-Saarland, administrative divisions - de - colored.svg-1.png|500px]] | ||
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'''"Old Saxony"' is the original homeland of the Saxons in the northwest corner of modern Germany and corresponds approximately to the modern German states of:<br> | '''"Old Saxony"' is the original homeland of the Saxons in the northwest corner of modern Germany and corresponds approximately to the modern German states of:<br> | ||
*[[Germany Historic and Current States#Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)|'''Lower Saxony''']] | *[[Germany Historic and Current States#Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)|'''Lower Saxony''']] | ||
*[[Anhalt Genealogy|'''Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt''')]] | *[[Anhalt Genealogy|'''Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt''')]] | ||
*[[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy|'''Westphalia (Westfalen)''']] | *[[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy|'''Westphalia (Westfalen)''']] | ||
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===[[Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Genealogy|Saxony-Anhalt]]=== | ===[[Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt, Germany Genealogy|Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt]]=== | ||
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'''Historic areas'''<br> | '''Historic areas'''<br> | ||
'''now in Saxony-Anhalt: ''' <br> | '''now in Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt: ''' <br> | ||
*'''Free State of Anhalt''' | *'''Free State of Anhalt''' | ||
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:25px"| | |style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:25px"| | ||
<center>'''Former States Now in Saxony-Anhalt'''<br> | <center>'''Former States Now in Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt'''<br> | ||
</center> | </center> | ||
[[File:Sachsen-Anhalt Landesteile Beschriftet.png|315px]] | [[File:Sachsen-Anhalt Landesteile Beschriftet.png|315px]]<br> | ||
<span style="color:green">Green: Anhalt</span> | <span style="color:green">Green: Anhalt</span><br> | ||
<span style="color:GoldenRod">Orange: Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen)</span> | <span style="color:GoldenRod">Orange: Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen)</span><br> | ||
<span style="color:SaddleBrown">Brown: Brunswick | <span style="color:SaddleBrown">Brown: Brunswick | ||
(Braunschwieg): ''' | (Braunschwieg): '''<br> | ||
Blankenburg and Calvorde enclaves</span><br> | Blankenburg and Calvorde enclaves</span><br> | ||
Yellow: Thüringen | Yellow: Thüringen | ||
|style="vertical-align:top"| | |style="vertical-align:top"| | ||
<center>'''Modern Saxony-Anhalt'''</center> | <center>'''Modern Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt'''</center> | ||
[[File:Modern Sachsen-Anhalt.png|280px]] | [[File:Modern Sachsen-Anhalt.png|280px]] | ||
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*Gotha, part of Saxe (Sachsen)-Coburg-Gotha | *Gotha, part of Saxe (Sachsen)-Coburg-Gotha | ||
*Saxony (Sachsen)-Meiningen | *Saxony (Sachsen)-Meiningen | ||
* | *Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) | ||
*Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | *Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | ||
*Schwarzburg Sondershausen | *Schwarzburg Sondershausen | ||
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