German Genealogy
Schaumburg-Lippe
(Fürstentum / Principality) [Presently in Niedersachsen]
Some basic facts about Schaumburg-Lippe: (from Uncapher, Wendy K. and Linda M. Herrick. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Janesville, Wisconsin: Origins Books, 2002)
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Size: 131 square miles
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Population: 1839 - 27,468; 1848 - 28,840; 1855 - 29,848; 1864 - 31,382; 1871 - 32,059
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Dominant Religion: Protestant (1871 - Evangelical - 31,216; Catholic - 386; Other - 23; Jewish 351; and Non-Christian - 13)
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Since 1949 part of: Niedersachsen
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Formerly: Principality
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Prussian: No
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Principal crops: potatoes, sugar beets, hay, rye, oats, wheat, barley
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Livestock: cattle, horses, sheep, pigs
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Industry: timber, starch, paper, sugar, tobacco, weaving, beer
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Minerals: salt, coal
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Rivers: Weser, Werre
Resources
Schaumburg-Lippe - Genealogy.net
- Matzke, Heike. Schaumburger Auswanderer, 1820-1914 :
Ergänzungen / bearbeitet von Heike Matzke. Melle : E. Knoth,
1995. xiv, 416 p. ; 24 cm. (Schaumburger Studien ; Heft 54) A
supplement to Schaumburger Auswanderer, 1820-1914, edited
by Heinrich Rieckenberg.
- Rieckenberg, Heinrich. Schaumburger Auswanderer,
1820-1914. Bösendahl, 1988. x, 535 p. ; 24 cm. (Schaumburger
Studien, ISSN 0581-9660 ; Heft 48) Emigrants are listed by year,
with a name index. (FHL 943.59 H2ss v. 48)
- Schaumburg-Lippe.
Links to additional sites and information.
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Schaumburger Auswanderer 1820-1914