Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Baden-Württemberg is a German state in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine,
which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. It is
the third-largest German state.
What is now Baden-Württemberg was
formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and
Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952
by the merger of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden, and
Württemberg-Hohenzollern. These states had just been artificially created by
the Allies after World War II out of the existing traditional states Baden
and Württemberg by their separation over different occupation zones.
Joseph Bentz was born there in 1797.
Paitzdorf, Germany
Paitzdorf is a German municipality in the Thuringian Landkreis of Greiz and
was first mentioned in writing in 1290.
Communities near Paitzdorf are
the City of Ronneburg and Rückersdorf in the Landkreis of Greiz.
In
1837, around 140 Paitzdorfers left for America, seeking religious freedom.
Along with immigrants from Saxony, they founded the communities of
Altenburg, Frohna, Wittenberg, Dresden, and Paitzdorf on the Mississippi
river in Missouri. This group would later found the Lutheran Church–Missouri
Synod.
Eva Hernann was born here in 1833.
Ronneburg, Germany
The town is built near a steep basalt cone, on top of which a castle was
built in the 13th century. Because of this, the area is called the
"Ronneburger Hügelland," the "Ronneburg Hill Country." The castle, and the
hill its sits on top of, can be seen in the town's coat of arms. The
municipality consists of three villages: Neuwiedermuß (pop. 650),
Altwiedermus (pop. 750), and Hüttengesäß (pop. 2200).
Hüttengesäß
first appears in historical records during the 13th century under the
control of the monastery of Sebold. In later times possession of Hüttengesäß
passed with the castle. In 1643 Wiedermus suffered destruction at the same
time the castle was sacked (see below) and was later rebuilt. The three
villages have different endings to their names because in the past they had
been divided among Prussia (Neuwiedermuß and Hüttengesäß) and the Grand
Duchy of Hesse (Altwiedermus) which had different spelling conventions.
Caspar Herman Telle was born here in 1830.
Fisher-Gunn Families Genealogy
