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Rail
and Roads Links from Emsland to Bremen in 1882
Railroad lines
existing in 1882 are shown in red.
Most emigrants, however, departed from their homes in Emsland
before that date. The portion of the rail system available
to them, if any at all, would have depended on their place
of departure.
The rail system on this map is based on the larger (241K), more
detailed FEEFHS map German Empire - West, Hanover, Prussia found on their
website: http://feefhs.org/maps/gerw/gw-hanov.html.
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Overland route
used in 1852 is shown in blue.
This route by road was used by letter carrier Karl Sasse
in 1852. He made frequent trips to and from America and
used what presumably would have been the most direct route
available at that time. It took Sasse a little under 24
hours to make the journey from Bremen
to Herzlake in Emsland. Emigrant families using the same
route in the opposite direction, slowed down by the transport
of luggage and the needs of their children, would have required
more time.
Information about Karl Sasse's journey was found in Walter Tenfelde's
book Auswanderungen und Awusanderer aus dem ehemaligen Kreise Lingen nach America,
p. 36, (Lingen, 1998.)
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