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From: gary <>
Subject: Re: Suppringen, Bayern
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 01:55:58 GMT
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Thanks ... thats what I thought also ...

Henning Boettcher wrote:

> "Molan, Gary" <> schrieb
> > ......
> > "Joseph Schmiedel, ..., geb. den 19. März 1866 zu Suppringen,
> Bayern " ...
> >
> > We have been through the Bavarian Gazetteer, Myers Orts Gazetteer
> and
> > Mullers Gazetteer without luck ... we find Supingen, Supplingen,
> Suppingen,
> > Süpplingen, and Süppingen but none in Bavaria.
> > The Family tradition is that the town was close to the border with
> Austria.
> > Given the -ingen name, it sounds as if the town should be in the
> Württemberg
> > or Swabia area of Germany.
> > The closest candidate is a Laichingen-Suppingen in
> Baden-Württemberg.
> > Unfortunately, he was not in their Lutheran Church books.
> > Would Laichingen-Suppingen have been part of Bavaria, such that a
> person
> > would say Suppingen, Bayern ?
>
> Laichingen-Suppingen could (!) have been for a short while a
> Bavarian area (1806-1810) but not in 1866. In 1866 it was part of
> Kingdom of Württemberg.

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