I was interested in the note about Calenberg. My family came from there in a little town just west of the Leine River. Where can I find out something about this principality (in English) and while I am at it, what exactly is a principality? I have used this word myself and haven't a clue as to what it means. Al in Music City ----- Original Message ----- From: <RID1541@aol.com> To: <NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 7:28 AM Subject: [NIEDERSACHSEN] Bohemia > If some one was from Boehemia, what part of Germany is that and how > close to Calenburg. Thank you. > > Bohemia (Boehmen, Sudetenland) today is part of the Czech Republic. At > one > time it was part of Germany. There were generations of German settlers, > who > were forced to leave after WW II. The settlers there were called > Sudeten-Germans, (Sudeten-Deutsche) > It is still a touchy issue today between the two countries. > I believe there is a message board for Sudetentland/Bohemia > > Calenberg was a principality, part of the Kingdom of Hanover under the > Welfen Dynasty, (Guelphs) in southern Niedersachsen now, around Goettingen > and the > region between the rivers Weser and Leine. > It is a fairly long journey from one area to the other. The capital of > Bohemia, Prague, was multi lingual at the time and had the first > University in > Europe, in 4 languages. > _http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa/dtlinks.htm_ > (http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa/dtlinks.htm) _ /_ > (http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de/) > _http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de/_ > (http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de/) > > My ancestors are from Calenberg, I do have Broeker in my familytree . > Have a nice weekend, greetings. > Ingrid Fetkoeter > > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin: mailto:NIEDERSACHSEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to: NIEDERSACHSEN-L-request@rootsweb.com > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >