Town/Stadt of Brackhorst

hannover-l
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Hallo Listies,
?? I need to find out where the town "Brackhorst im Stift Corvey" was.? A town by that name no longer exists.? Supposedly, Brackhorst existed in the 1500's.? I need to look there next to find my descendant Anton Wedemeyer.

??? Many thanks,

??? Nicole?? Champaign, USA

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Hello ??? Nicole?? Champaign, USA

Brackhorst seems to have been an influencial family.
Corvey/Korvey can be pinpointed to the region Minden/H�xter in Westfalen (Westphalia).
(I could find no connection between "Brake" (in the above region) and Brackhorst ...)

So the WFA-List might be a better place to ask your question (however, only German spoken ...).

Do you intend to try ... or should I pass on your question ???!?

Sincere Greetings,

!!!!!!!! Hanno, Achenheim, France, Old Europe

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Bonjour Hanno,

Vous etes tres gentil. Merci pour votre assistance. I would be very happy if you could forward my question because I already belong to two list servs, Oldenburg and Hannover. And while I know some French, I don't know enough German to form complete sentences!

    Sincerely,  Nicole
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Hi Nicole,
    I found this website:

http://www.ortech-engr.com/users/dohmann/default.html

  Go to the Early Dohmann Family history:

http://www.ortech-engr.com/users/dohmann/history1.html

  There is information there about the town of Höxter where there is the
Kloster Corvey. I see it on a map. The article tells about the Stift Corvey
(Roman Catholic monastery) and the Dohmann family.

  I searched on Google for Stift Corvey Brackhorst and there is nothing -
but the name of Bronckhorst is suggested. There you will find several
articles with that name and place.

   Names are often spelled several different ways - this may be what you are
looking for--or maybe not....

Barbara

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Hi Barbara,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I already tried googling it many ways. And funny you should mention the Dohmann website--I finally emailed him 2 days ago. He is going to try to look in a couple books for me.

I think my answer is not online, but buried in very old atlases or gazeteers. I went to the U. of Illinois, but their map library only has sources back to 19th century Germany, and so did not contain an answer for me. Sigh.

 Regards, Nicole