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==Comparison of Brandenburg in 1871 and Modern Brandenburg== | |||
At the end of World War II, a large section of 1871 Brandenburg, the Neumark, was ceded to Poland. As the Neumark lay east of the Oder-Neisse line which formed the new border between Allied-controlled Germany and Poland, the region was put under Polish administration. Germans remaining in the region were expelled and their land and possessions confiscated. A small part of the German population, mostly technicians for the water supply companies, were retained and used for compulsory labour; they were allowed to emigrate to Germany in the 1950s. According to the Centre Against Expulsions, 40,000 Neumarkers were killed in action as soldiers, 395,000 fled to West or East Germany by 1950, and 208,000 died, disappeared, or were murdered during the course of flight or expulsion by Polish and Soviet troops.<br> | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumark--Wikipedia, "Neumark"] | |||
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'''Brandenburg Prior to Partition''' | |||
(Click on the map to see a larger version.) | |||
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[[File:Province of Brandenburg Kingdom of Prussia, 1905, Administrative Map-1.png|550px]] | |||
|'''Modern Brandenburg''' | |||
(Click on the map, and then click on link "Original version" to see a larger version.) | |||
[[File:Karte der Ämter in Brandenburg.png|550px]] | |||
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|'''Kreise of the Neumark in 1873'''<br> | |||
1. For the 1871 Meyers Gazettee and the Family History Library 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. | |||
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[[File:Neumark1818.jpg]] | |||
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===[[Hessen Genealogy|Hessen]] === | ===[[Hessen Genealogy|Hessen]] === | ||
==Hessen Refers to Several Different Localities== | ==Hessen Refers to Several Different Localities== | ||
When your ancestors reported their homeland as Hessen, it could have meant Hessen and Hessen-Nassau is the maps above. It also could refer to one of these territories. Basically, these are areas that went by other names prior to the unification of Germany in 1871. Then they were merged into [[Hessen, Germany Genealogy|Hessen and Hessen Nassau.]] | When your ancestors reported their homeland as Hessen, it could have meant Hessen and Hessen-Nassau is the maps above. It also could refer to one of these territories. Basically, these are areas that went by other names prior to the unification of Germany in 1871. Then they were merged into [[Hessen, Germany Genealogy|Hessen and Hessen Nassau.]] | ||