<WBL435@aol.com> schrieb:
Can someone inform me if the city of Hannover, Germany took over a small
village called Dortmund? I am looking for ancestors who I believe came from
the village since an address from 1925 shows "Dortmund, Hannover". Any
help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
Bill Leichter
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Hi, Bill Leichter,
There was no kingdom Hanover any more in 1925, so I doubt if it is meant a place Dortmund in Kingdom Hanover at this time. A possibilty one might see, is that a street inside the city of Hannover is given, because of the manor in which German Adresses are given: name, streetname and nr. and place name. Unfortunately there is no street called "Dortmundweg. -straße oder -gasse" today, the only similar streetname I can find is Dormannstraße. So. if your adress is handwritten and not typed maybe there is some place for an alternate reading.
If Province Hannover is meant and a place similar to "Dortmund" has to be searched, one might come on "Dornum", which is nearby Emden in Ostfriesland. Nothing else more closely available for the moment.
best wishes
Hans Peter Albers, Bienenbüttel