Papenburg - St.
Antonius Parish |
This map of Kirchspiel Papenburg simply shows the town's
location with relationship to the neigboring parish of Aschendorf and to the northern
border of Emsland with Ostfriesland. The size of the town on this map reflects its present
size, not how large it was in the 19th century.
For a current detailed map of this area search on the town name using MapQuest or click on location with http://www.vukv.weser-ems.de/stadtplan/stadtplan.htm.
The image of St Antonius church (at right) was taken from the
website http://www.juergen-koerner.de/papenbg.htm
which also has photos of other places in Papenburg. |
Kirchspiel (parish) Papenburg did not include any neighboring villages
in the 19th century.
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St.
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| Located on Emsland's border with Ostfriesland,
Papenburg was the most distant fortress of Niederstift Muenster. It was referred
to twice in mid-15th century documentation at which time it was located in Kirchspiel
Voellen in Ostfriesland. Catholic services were held in Papenburg from 1668 until 1671 by
the Meppen-based Jesuits and from 1680 on through Aschendorf-based Franciscans. The first
Catholic church was built in Papenburg 1674-78 and named St Antonius von Padua
after the patron saint of the Aschendorf-based Franciscans. This became a parish in 1680.
The church, which was enlarged in 1777/78, was used until a new church was built 1873-77.
St. Antonius Parish records for baptisms, marriages and deaths exist from 1677-78. Today
there are additional churches serving the city of Papenburg. St Michael dates from 1869 as
a parish but existed earlier as a chapel serving the Obenende section of the city.
Marriage records begin there in 1869 but the parish has baptism and death records from
1807. More recently established parishes are St Marien on the Splitting Canal which dates
from 1954 and St Josef in Vosseberg from 1978.
This information for the parishes in Papenburg was taken from the Handbuch
des Bistums Osnabrueck, compiled by Hermann Stieglitz and published by Bischoefliches
Generalvikariat Osnabrueck.
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Papenburg
Parish Emigrants
At present only one emigrant from Papenburg
has been
identified as someone who settled in the Mid-West.
To link to a fuller entry for the person named
below use the surname index.
The last update made to the list was Jul 2003.
Emigrant
|
Born |
Parents'
Names |
Village
of Birth |
Emi-
gration |
Known
USA location(s) |
| Schwennen |
Anna |
1827 |
Schwennen, Gerhard
Rose, Thecla |
Papenburg |
After
1857 |
Adams Co, IL |
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