Control of Oldenburg

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Hello,
Oldenburg was ruled by Denmark only from 1667 until 1773. Before that,
Oldenburg was independant. But a count of Oldenburg became king of Denmark in or
around 1448.

But history is more complicated. Oldenburg changed significantly during all
these years. Parts of 19th century Oldenburg therefore have a history
different from the core 'Grafschaft'.

Gerold Diers

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Hi; It has always interested me, while researching, especially on maps that Oldenburg has historically remained free from what was going on and changing around them. Is there any explanation for it? Would it have anything to do with Bremen and Bremenhaven? Wonder if there was a story on the drawing of emigrants to the Oldenburg area? What industries did the people waiting to get on ship work at? Was there more farming in that area than other areas of Prussia/Germany? I am addressing these questions to the era of 1800-1850. Thank you. Jenifer (Kuester) Nelson

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If anyone knows of books or websites with good information on this subject please let us know.

D

4

Hi Darren,

on the website that URL is shown below you will find an excellent historical
explanation:

for example:

a.. History:
1108 � first mention of the County of Oldenburg
1667 � expire of the house Oldenburg, the County of Oldenburg comes to
Denmark
1773 � reconstruction of the county under the house Holstein-Gottorp
1777 � elevation to a duchy
1810-1813 � to France
1815 � extensions of territory, elevation to a grand duchy
1866 � in the brother war on the hands of Prussia, joining to the North
German Confederation
1871 � joining to the German Empire
1918 � overthrow of the monarchy
1919 � Free State of Oldenburg
1945 � occupied by British and US-American troops, to the British
occupation's zone
1946 � incorporation into the Country of Lower Saxony

You also can put in a searchingmachine (GOOGLE) this words:

1. dutchy oldenburg
or
2. grand dutchy oldenburg
or
3. count oldenburg

There will listed very many pages.

best regards

Heinz

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Here you can find some maps and informations:

http://www.honkomp.de/atlas/niedersachsen/index.htm

http://www.oldenburghorse.com/history.html

http://www.oldenburghorses.com/

Werner

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Danke! That's helpful (and fun) information, I had no idea how many hands the "Old Country" had been through. My family (Wendts) is from Grossenkneten, but I guess saying they were in "Germany" doesn't begin to tell the whole story.

Darren Hellwege

heitow <heitow@nord-com.net> wrote:Hi Darren,

on the website that URL is shown below you will find an excellent historical
explanation:

for example:

a.. History:
1108 � first mention of the County of Oldenburg
1667 � expire of the house Oldenburg, the County of Oldenburg comes to
Denmark
1773 � reconstruction of the county under the house Holstein-Gottorp
1777 � elevation to a duchy
1810-1813 � to France
1815 � extensions of territory, elevation to a grand duchy
1866 � in the brother war on the hands of Prussia, joining to the North
German Confederation
1871 � joining to the German Empire
1918 � overthrow of the monarchy
1919 � Free State of Oldenburg
1945 � occupied by British and US-American troops, to the British
occupation's zone
1946 � incorporation into the Country of Lower Saxony

You also can put in a searchingmachine (GOOGLE) this words:

1. dutchy oldenburg
or
2. grand dutchy oldenburg
or
3. count oldenburg

There will listed very many pages.

best regards

Heinz

7

Thank you for the reply. I feel I am getting closer to my Kuester/Kuster family. Jenifer (Kuester) Nelson

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Here you can find some maps and informations:

http://www.honkomp.de/atlas/niedersachsen/index.htm&lt;http://www.honkomp.de/at
las/niedersachsen/index.htm>

http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/xoldenburg.html&lt;http://www.zum.de/wh
kmla/region/germany/xoldenburg.html>

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11237b.htm&lt;http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/1
1237b.htm>

http://www.oldenburghorse.com/history.html&lt;http://www.oldenburghorse.com/his
tory.html>

  http://www.oldenburghorses.com/

  Werner

  > Hi; It has always interested me, while researching, especially on maps
  > that Oldenburg has historically remained free from what was going on and
  > changing around them. Is there any explanation for it? Would it have
  > anything to do with Bremen and Bremenhaven? Wonder if there was a story
  > on the drawing of emigrants to the Oldenburg area? What industries did
  > the people waiting to get on ship work at? Was there more farming in
that
  > area than other areas of Prussia/Germany? I am addressing these
questions