German regional gazetteers and Wikipedia articles for Prussian-era and present-day localities

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For Frankenburg, Osterholz, Niedersachsen, Germany

"Frankenburg ist ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Lilienthal im Landkreis Osterholz in Niedersachsen. Der Ort bildete bis 1937 eine eigenständige Gemeinde; die Gemeinde Frankenburg hieß bis 1921 Torfmoor." — de.wikipedia "Frankenburg (Lilienthal)"

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For Kleinhakel, West Prussia, Germany

Klein Nakel, Deutsch-Krone, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Klein Nakel', unique in the 1912 empire and the nearest spelling to the recorded 'Kleinhakel'; the row's own birth event summary reads 'Klein Nakel'.

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For Denzin, Belgard, West Prussia, Germany

Denzin, Belgard, Köslin, Pommern, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Denzin 1)' (Type D., sw/d Persante, AG Belgard Persante, StdA Roggow, population 366). Meyers falls back to the Kreis seat for its coordinate; de.wikipedia 'Kreis Belgard' maps Denzin to Debczyno and pl.wikipedia 'Debczyno' gives 53.981111, 16.000833.

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For Lubtow, Pommen, PRE, Germany

"Lübtow is today known as Lubiatowo, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przelewice, within Pyrzyce County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship" — en.wikipedia "Lubiatowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship", corroborated by Kreis Pyritz (Pommern) church-record listings

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For Grünberg, Altenburger Land, Thueringen, Germany

"Grünberg ist ein Ortsteil der ostthüringischen Gemeinde Ponitz im Altenburger Land. Der Ort gliedert sich in die einst selbstständigen Orte Nieder- und Obergrünberg, die 1936 zusammengelegt wurden." — de.wikipedia "Grünberg (Ponitz)", coordinates 50° 51′ N, 12° 23′ O

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For Storkow, Randow, Germany

"Storkow ist ein Ortsteil der Stadt Penkun im Amt Löcknitz-Penkun im Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald... drei Kilometer ostnordöstlich von Penkun"; historically Kreis Randow, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern — de.wikipedia "Storkow (Penkun)"; Meyers Gazetteer "Storkow 5)" (Amtsgericht Penkun Kr. Randow)

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For Stangenberg, Westpreussen, Germany

Stangenberg, Stuhm, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Stangenberg 2)' (Type D. u. Rg., AG Stuhm, StdA Stangenberg, population 92). de.wikipedia 'Kreis Stuhm' maps Stangenberg to Stazki (Mikolajki Pomorskie); pl.wikipedia 'Stazki (powiat sztumski)' reads 'Stazki (dawn. pol. Sztembark, Sztemberk, Stepowo (do 1977), niem. Stangenberg)' and gives 53.835278, 19.245556.

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For Carlsruhe, West Preussen

Karlsruhe, Deutsch-Krone, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Karlsruhe 3)', the only Karlsruhe in West Prussia in 1912. Modern name and coordinate as for row 4010: de.wikipedia 'Kreis Deutsch Krone' and pl.wikipedia 'Lugi Waleckie'.

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For Karlsruhe, West Prussia, Prussia

Karlsruhe, Deutsch-Krone, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Karlsruhe 3)' (Type Gut with Vw. Paulshof, AG Deutsch-Krone, StdA Preussendorf, population 222). Meyers has no coordinate for it and falls back to the Kreis seat; de.wikipedia 'Kreis Deutsch Krone' maps Karlsruhe to Lugi Waleckie and pl.wikipedia 'Lugi Waleckie' gives 53.214722, 16.392222.

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For Klein Nakel, Deutsch Krone, Germany

"Klein Nakel (Polish: Nakielno) had a Standesamt district that existed from 1874 to 1945... located in Kreis Deutsch-Krone in the German province of West Prussia. Today this location is the town of Nakielno in Poland, in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Wałcz County." — AGOFF Standesamtsbezirk Klein Nakel; GOV NAKKELJO83DG; Meyers Gazetteer 10994102

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For Hakel, West Prussia, Germany

Klein Nakel, Deutsch-Krone, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Klein Nakel' (Type D. u. Rg., am Gross Boettinsee, AG Deutsch-Krone, StdA Klein Nakel, kath. Pfk. 1) - unique in the 1912 empire; there is no 'Hakel' in West Prussia at all. Modern place Nakielno is already row 11279 in the tree.

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For Stengenberg, West Prussia, Germany

Stangenberg, Stuhm, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Stangenberg 2)', the nearest spelling in the 1912 index to the recorded 'Stengenberg' and the only candidate in the family's own Kreis. Modern name and coordinate from de.wikipedia 'Kreis Stuhm' and pl.wikipedia 'Stazki (powiat sztumski)'.

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For Brotzen, Westpreussen, Germany

Brotzen, Deutsch-Krone, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Brotzen 2)' (Type D. u. Rg., ev. Pfk. 1, population 596), 1912 coordinate 53.52588757 / 16.31062467. de.wikipedia 'Kreis Deutsch Krone' maps Brotzen to Broczyno; pl.wikipedia 'Broczyno' gives 53.523889, 16.310278.

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For Hohenstein, West Prussia, Germany

Hohenstein, Deutsch Krone, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Hohenstein 10) Kr. Deutsch Krone' (Type D. u. GutsB., AG Maerkisch Friedland, StdA Petznick, population 117). Meyers holds no coordinate for this village and falls back to the Kreis seat, so the coordinate proposed is the modern successor's: de.wikipedia 'Kreis Deutsch Krone' maps Hohenstein to Gornica (Walcz), and pl.wikipedia 'Gornica (wies w wojewodztwie zachodniopomorskim)' gives 53.355833, 16.288611.

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For Kuschten, Posen, Prussia

Kuschten, Meseritz, Posen, Posen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Kuschten' (Type D. u. Rg., AG Bentschen, StdA Kranz, kath. Pfk. 1, population 670) - the only Kuschten in the 1912 empire. pl.wikipedia 'Kosieczyn' states the Prussian administration introduced the germanised name 'Kuschten' for the village, and gives 52.229444, 15.82.

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For Altstadt, Kreis Mohrungen, West Prussia

Altstadt, Mohrungen, Königsberg, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Altstadt 4) Kr. Mohrungen'. de.wikipedia 'Kreis Mohrungen' lists the Kirchspiel and Amtsbezirk Proekelwitz village Altstadt as Stare Miasto (Stary Dzierzgon); pl.wikipedia 'Stare Miasto (wojewodztwo pomorskie)' gives 53.886667, 19.365556.

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For Meseritz, Posen, Preußen

Meseritzer Schlosswäldchen, Meseritz, Posen, Posen, Preussen

The 1912 index places Kreis Meseritz in Regierungsbezirk Posen, Province of Posen (quoted here from the entry 'Meseritzer Schlosswaeldchen', which names the Kreis and province). de.wikipedia 'Kreis Meseritz' gives the Kreis town as Miedzyrzecz; pl.wikipedia 'Miedzyrzecz' gives 52.447222, 15.578333.

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For Stangenberg, West Prussia, Germany

Stangenberg, Stuhm, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Stangenberg 2)'. Modern name and coordinate from de.wikipedia 'Kreis Stuhm' and pl.wikipedia 'Stazki (powiat sztumski)'.

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For Stangenberg, West Prussia

Stangenberg, Stuhm, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Stangenberg 2)'. Modern name and coordinate from de.wikipedia 'Kreis Stuhm' and pl.wikipedia 'Stazki (powiat sztumski)'.

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For Belgard, West Prussia, Germany

Belgard, Köslin, Pommern, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Belgard 1) Persante' (Type KrSt.). There is no Belgard in West Prussia in the 1912 index; the two Belgards are both in Pommern. Coordinate from pl.wikipedia 'Bialogard': 54.008056, 15.985833.

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For Westpreussen, Germany

Stangenberg, Stuhm, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Quoted only to show the 1912 form of the province name: every Westpreussen entry in Meyers lies in territory that is Poland or Russia today, so a pin inside Germany cannot be right. The coordinate proposed is the one the tree already uses for its other West Prussia province rows, near Danzig.

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For Kreis, Schwerin, Posen

Schwerin, Posen, Posen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Schwerin 5) Warthe' (Type KrSt., 6368 ha, a/d ObraMdg. i/d Warthe, LrA/AG/StdA Schwerin 5) Warthe) - the Kreisstadt of Kreis Schwerin a.d. Warthe. Coordinate from pl.wikipedia 'Skwierzyna': 52.598889, 15.505833.

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For Posen, Germany

Posen, Posen, Posen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Posen 1)' (Type StKr., a/d Bogdanka- and ChbinaMdg. i/d Warthe), 1912 coordinate 52.40692 / 16.92993, i.e. Poznan. The 1912 index also holds 'Posen 3), Neustadt, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach', which is where this row was pinned.

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For Finkenstein, West Prussia, Germany

Finckenstein, Rosenberg, Marienwerder, Westpreussen, Preussen

Meyers Gazetteer entry 'Finckenstein' (Type Rg., AG Rosenberg Westpr., StdA Finckenstein, ev. Pfk. 1, population 1543); neither of the two exactly-spelled Finkensteins in the 1912 empire is in West Prussia. de.wikipedia 'Kreis Rosenberg in Westpreussen' maps Finckenstein to Kamieniec (Susz); pl.wikipedia 'Kamieniec (wojewodztwo warminsko-mazurskie)' reads 'Kamieniec (niem. Finckenstein)' and gives 53.764167, 19.371667.