Monday, September 28, 2009

Jansons & Fuchs from Balzfeld and Dielheim, Germany

#1 below is a map of Germany as it is today. The arrow points to the "state" of Baden-Wurttemberg, which is larger in #2...and #3 is the part where our folks came from in 1883: Rhine-Neckar Kreis.
If you've looked for Jansons online, the "where" part is often confusing. Some webpages connect Balzfeld/Horrenberg with Heidelberg, some with Neckar Kreis, some just with Baden, or Baden-Baden.

According to My German City, the town of Heidelberg is a separate governmental unit, tho it may not have been back then. Balzfeld is just down the road from Horrenberg and Dielheim.

SO, I'd say the 1882 place-of-origin would be Balzfeld, Heidelberg, Germany, but the current place of origin would read:

Balzfeld, Rhine-Neckar Kreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe, the earth, the solar system, the mind of God...

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