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Other German Principalities - Sonstige Deutsche Fűrstentűmer
| Kleinheubach |
75 km SE/SÖ Frankfurt – on the / am Main |
| Territory: |
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort |
| Name(s): |
Conrad, |
Lorenz, wife/Ehefrau, 6 children/Kinder |
| Haun, [Hawn, Haughn], |
Johann Georg, wife/Ehefrau, 4 children/Kinder |
| Hirschmann [Hirshman], |
Ludowyk |
| Morasch [Morash], |
Johann Michael Johannes |
| Rodenhauser, [Rothenhauszen, Rhodenizer] |
Philipp, wife/Ehefrau, 4 children/Kinder
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| Sauer, |
Matthäus |
| Schnerr [Schnare, Snair],
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Ludowick |
| Zinck, |
Caspar |
 More foreign Protestant settlers came from Kleinheubach than from any other community.
Originally a Frankish settlement, it controlled a ford across the Main river which was important
for military purposes, as well as trade. In the 18th century, this ford limited navigation upstream
for larger river boats from the Rhine (which were tiny by today's standards). Hence Kleinheubach
. . . became an assembly point for emigrants from neighbouring communities and from upriver
in Franconia. Each emigrant barge could carry up to 50 families, who would assemble for a farewell
church service in Kleinheubach. The wharf was (and still is) located just behind the church.
Protestant St. Martin’s church in Kleinheubach (1706-1710). View from across the Main river.
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| Ortenberg |
40 km NE/NÖ Frankfurt |
| Territory: |
jointly held by Counties / Gemeinbesitz der Grafschaften
Königstein, Stolberg-Roßla, Hanau-Münzenberg |
| Name(s): |
Hiltz, |
Johann Heinrich, wife/Ehefrau, 8 children/Kinder
Johann Daniel |
 A picturesque town, with a very well-preserved old town-centre, Ortenburg is located in the
hilly, wooded countryside of Hesse. The surname, Hilss, still exists here.
Old City Hall, first mentioned about 1450, rebuilt 1605-08. The foundations of the old buildings
are of red sandstone, quarried in Kleinheubach and shipped here along the Main and the Nidda.
Note that slate is used only on the side exposed to the weather.
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