On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:46:23 +0000 (UTC), gab
...@webtv.net (GAB)
wrote:
>My GGGrandfather Gerhard Bender was born in H.Homburg,Germany 1825 his
What do you mean by "H.Homburg"?
>wife Anna Maria Kloss/Gloscz Bender in Alsace,France 1832.I am trying to
>establish the Location/distance of Homburg (which I believe is the one
>in the Saarland although H. Homburg could be the Landgraviate of
>Hessen-Homburg which would put it further away from Alsace) to a list of
>the closest villages of Alsace(within 10 miles)?I would think that they
>were married because their villages were close.Is that a reasonable
>assumption?Hopefully I can find her village also?They were Catholic and
>I believe they were married before they came to the U.S. in 1852 as the
>birthdate for their first son George was Sept.1852/54.
>I've heard Homburg is close to the river Saar.Does that divide Germany
That is in favor of Homburg/Saar. (see:
http://www.homburg.de)
>from France and is Homburg home to the German medical university?
In Homburg/Saar there's today a large medical facility (university
clinicum), AFAIK it existed even before WW2.
The Saar is a river coming from Alsace/Vosges (today in France),
crosses the border to Germany near Saarbrücken where it is also the
border for a few kilometers. It ends up into the Mosel river near
Trier.
Homburg isn't really near the Saar river but belongs to the political
region "Saarland", that's where the suffix comes from.
>I would appreciate any help as this is one of the first times I've tried
>to find out about my family in Germany,
> Greg Bender
Perhaps the following map from 1880 is of help to you? Homburg is in
the square E4.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/Large/Map7NW.pdf Carsten.
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