Audrey... Prussia no longer existed in the year 1892. Matter of fact, it existed only as Ostpreussen (East Prussia) and Westpreussen (West Prussia) after 1871 as provinces in the New Germany. Before 1871... that's another story at Prussia extended from Lithuania on the East to France on the West. This also includes your area around Köln (Cologne). I believe this area was previously known as the Rhineland. Could be that your 1892 map is mislabeled? Regards, Robert Lipprandt (South Florida) ============== Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] RITTBERG > thank you for all the help in finding RITTBERG > I went to the Seattle main library and found the Myers orts book > and the Myers book that shows the old German alphabet > The earliest map of Prussia was 1892. I am trying to find earlier maps > Rittbrerg is North of BONN and E of COLOGNE S of BERGLSCH in the > Westphalia district of Germany near EDDK airport > thanks > Audrey Bowne > Seattle > acbowne1@yahoo.com >

Robert, > Audrey... Prussia no longer existed in the year 1892. Matter of fact, it > existed only as Ostpreussen (East Prussia) and Westpreussen (West Prussia) > after 1871 as provinces in the New Germany. Sorry to correct you, but Preussen was indeed a state ("Land") inside the German Reich, divided up into provinces. see my posting from January: > The existence of Prussia as a state of its own inside the German Reich ended > in 1945. The very western parts used to belong to West Germany, the central > part to Eastern Germany, both now Germany, the eastern including Pomerania, > West- and East-Prussia belongs to Poland nowadays. > The word Prussia is a term no more used in Germany except for historical > reasons. Chris