Fred,
My apologies, but my German vocabulary is limited to 3 years of classes over
35 years ago. This is my first attempt at posting to a list in German. I
am actually thrilled to be able to communicate at all! The fact that you
even recognized the town, and interpreted my message makes me happy. I have
only seen posts in German thus far. But thank you.
you might want to include the original in English if you're going
to use a translator program. The read is not exactly easy with
the results.First of all we must assume that you mean Bieste not Beiste.
Big difference.Neuenkirchen:
Mit den Ortschaften Amtern, Bieste, Diekhausen,
Fladderlohausen, Gramke, Grandorf, Grapperhausen,
Handorf, Holdorf, Ihorst, Im Bruche, Kokenwahlde,
Narberhausen, Nellinghof, Neuenkirchen, Neustadt, Wahlde
(Bauerschaft Grandorf), Wahlde (Bauerschaft
Grapperhausen), Wanstrath, Wenstrup, Westerhausen,
Wildenhorst
4.150 Einwohner (1933)
4.578 Einwohner (1939)A quick check via google gives many links but basically it tells
us that Bieste is part of the parish and community of
Neuenkirchen as above. The area is really better covered in
the hannover list as that is where Neuenkirchen is. It is part of
the old Landkreis Bersenbr�ck. Bieste had a pop. of 255 in
1933. But the area is border territory between Oldenburg and
Hannover so you might find some confusion there. There is a
Marienkapelle in Bieste which is about 75 years old.
I forwarded your question to mai: Heinrich.Poehlking@t-online.de
He is the head of the heritage society in Bieste/Oldenburg.See also www.bieste.de
Good luck,
Werner
Thank you Werner! That is what I had hoped to find - someone in the village
who could point me in the right direction. Your own website has been
extremely helpful in my research, and I am happy to find you on this list.
Linda
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