Guten Tag, Ich habe hier, veilicht, das antwort.... Oh, I think I have an answer... Ober, in German, means upper (it also means waiter, garcon.. but that isn't important... <grin>) Amt means office or bureau (it also means trunk, but again that probably isn't important). When you put the two together, a very common German practice, for instance autobahn or volkswagen or fahrvergnugen. It loosley translates to the higher government office or something similiar to a county seat or place of registry. That, or a waiter trunk whatever that may be..... Hope this helps. Best regards, Ihre Freund, Ron Jeffers USA Retired German Linguist and Deutsche Bundeswehr Silber Schutzenschnurr awardee... <don't ask...> PS: Excuse the typos..... I don't get paid to translate anymore.. ----Original Message Follows---- From: " K Page" <klpage@access1.net> To: OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHMONROE-L] German places Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 14:01:48 -0800 Can someone tell me the meaning of Oberamt? When reading German places such as Owen, Oberamt Kirchheim, Wurtemberg , .... does the Oberamt refer to a parish district ? a registration district ? or what? I do not think it is county or canton because I have also seen places with a Oberamt and Canton in address. Thanks Karen ==== OHMONROE Mailing List ==== Homepage for this list is http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmonroe/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com