Die Geschichte der Ottmarsbocholt and Westfalische

My Back Kountry Theory

Events that happened in Ottmarsbocholt and Westphalia before 1710:

40,000 BC. Neanderthals roamed Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal. 2% of the blood of modern non-African humans are descended from Neanderthal blood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2mErfQi1mA&noredirect=1

1AD. Roman incursion. Around 1 A.D. there were numerous incursions through Westphalia and perhaps even some permanent Roman or Romanized settlements.

9AD. The Battle of Teutoburg Forest took place near Osnabrück (as mentioned, it is disputed whether this is in Westphalia) and some of the tribes who fought at this battle came from the area of Westphalia. The Teutoburg Forest (German: Teutoburger Wald) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which is believed to be the scene of a decisive battle in AD 9. Until the 19th century the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. The Lippe (German pronunciation: [ˈlɪpə]) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine and 255km (158mi.) in length. The source is located at the edge of the Teutoburg Forest in Bad Lippspringe close to the city of Paderborn. It runs westward through Paderborn, Lippstadt and then along the northern edge of the Ruhr area, crossing the city of Hamm and the towns Lünen, Haltern and Dorsten. The river finally enters the Rhine at Wesel. Due to industrial effluents and straightenings of the river's course the Lippe was in an ecological disastrous condition. Currently there are measures to revive the river fauna.

772-804. Charlemagne. Charlemagne is thought to have spent considerable time in Paderborn and nearby parts. His Saxon Wars also partly took place in what is thought of as Westphalia today. Popular legends link his adversary Widukind to places near Detmold, Bielefeld, Lemgo, Osnabrück and other places in Westphalia. Widukind was buried in Enger, which is also a subject of a legend.

795. The Bishopric of Münster was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western Lower Saxony. As with all the other prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, it is important to distinguish between the Prince-Bishopric of Münster and the Diocese of Münster although both entities were ruled by the same individual. The dioceses were generally larger than the corresponding prince-bishoprics and in the parts that extended beyond the prince-bishopric, the prince-bishop's authority was strictly that of an ordinary bishop and limited to spiritual matters. The Diocese of Münster was founded by Charlemagne towards the end of the Saxon War about 795, as a suffragan of Cologne. Most of the territory over which the bishop eventually exercised sovereign rights lay north of the River Lippe, extending as far as the upper Ems and the Teutoburg Forest.

800. When the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne around 800 the Saxon country (and thus Westphalia) conquered and friesischstämmige missionary Ludgerus (Frisian name Liudger [read well: Ljúdger or Lüdjer represents "people-spear"]) at the request of the emperor or the Christian mission took over. ecclesiastical structure of the conquered territories, was the Davert, a then inaccessible forest-bog area, as well as uninhabited. In the High Middle Ages, it was possible to achieve a new standard of living in many areas: one was clearing forests and Moore laid dry; you could feed more people from one area than in the past; expanding population grew the cities flourished Humanities (universities, scholasticism), Legal (Inquisition), art (Gothic) and culture ("courtesy" cult of the lady, minstrelsy) During this time the Davert was reclaimed, settled strengthened and got also an ecclesiastical structure.

950. In lift Register of Werden Abbey (950) Ottmarsbocholt is ("Atamaresbokholte") was first mentioned in records. 950. Ottmarsbocholt was first documented in lifting Register of Werden Abbey around 950 (Atamaresbokholte). 950-975. Ottmarsbocholt - this is a small place with a 1000-year history, located in the beautiful Münsterland region in North Rhine-Westphalia. The first mention OttmarBocholt found from the years 950-975 in 'BECOMING urbary'. In the document it says: "In Atmarasbokholte [Ottmarsbocholt] Benco XII Malter barley and VIII penny and army Schilling and Heermalder well. Ibid Tidgeld well. Ibid Milo XVI Malter barley and Ding X Malter and a sheep and army Schilling and Heermalder well. Ibid Oilind XVI pennies and army Schilling and Heermalder as well. " The more than 1,000-year-old name of our village has evolved from the Saxon "Autmara" and "Bock-Holt" and means something like "courtyard of Ottmar at Buchenwald". In this area the main courtyard Ottmarsbocholt there were four courtyards, each paid all Werden Abbey revenue in the form of kind. 980. First historical mention of Ottmarsbocholt is 980. Ottmarsbocholt located 18 km south-west of Münster on the edge of Davert, an extensive forest area in central Münsterland.

980. Ottmarsbocholt is around 980 for the first time in Become a lifting tab of the abbey at the Ruhr as Amarasbokholte mentioned.

1150. Around 1150 was the notation "Otmarsbukholte", later in the 12th century "Otmersbuochholte", in documents to 1300 "Oetmarsbuchholte". Illustrate the small change that has not changed as the common volume level of the place name as well since about the 14th century. The photo shows a copy of the document.

The name means Ottmar Bockholt = Ottmar Buchenwald.

1188. The church was first mentioned in 1188 as curia Oetemarsesbucholte documented in the list of goods of the Earl of Dale. The parish patron is the holy Pope Urban I. About the first church building is not known, nor on any other previous buildings to the Gothic church, which was demolished in favor of the moderns. The first or a later church was built on a foundation of boulders. The three-storey tower in stone is denoted by 1481. He is a tall, pointy helmet provided. 1481 was also a single-nave Gothic church Baumberger sandstone built, it is a predecessor of today's Church Gothic nave hall from 1887 to 1889 The Pillars of the new church stand on the foundations of the outside walls of the old church. The church, a light-filled space of worship, was from August Hanemann from Münster in bricks and stone built. The church contains a modern altar cross with a small crucifix from the late 14th century. 1188 erscheint der Name dann im Güterverzeichnis der Grafen von Dale (das heutige Dahl bei Bork an der Lippe) als "curia Oetemarsesbucholte". The name (today Dahl in Bork on the lip) 1188 will appear in the list of goods Count of Dale as "curia Oetemarsesbucholte". 1188. The parish Oetmersboecholte was mentioned in 1188 on a list by Count Henry Dale. 1188. The parish of St. Urban - first mentioned in the year 1188th. We celebrate in 2013 the 825-year anniversary. For the first time we hear of the existence of a parish or a parish in Ottmarsbocholt in a directory of income, rights and possessions of Count Heinrich of Dale from the year 1188th. Today this document is kept in Rijksarchiv in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The manuscript consists of four parchment leaves, whose eight sides are fully described with two columns. The original church was built around 1188, and was removed in 1885. 1188. The name (today Dahl in Bork on the lip) 1188 will appear in the list of goods Count of Dale as "curia Oetemarsesbucholte". It was a main or Fronhof with dependent courtyards. The curia Ottmarsbocholt was perhaps originally a fief of the Abbey of St. Autamar (St. Omer) in northern France. This connection could explain the anything unusual for the area place names. Autamarsbockholte / Ottmarsbocholt. It means “Ottmar Buchenwald”. But the name may also refer simply to a Ottmar, where the beech forest belonged, in or on which the village lay. 1188 has been the place so parochial rights. The parish patron is the holy Pope Urbanus I., who led the Church in the 3rd century and died a martyr. It is believed that the parish during the pontificate of Pope Urban II. Was built, the reputation of the Christian population of the Holy Land suffered for help against the Muslim conquerors and then called for a crusade. The enthusiasm which at that time also the Münsterland seized, presumably led to the fact that you chose the namesake of the Pope to parish patron. About the first church building is not known, nor how to discuss further possible predecessors to the Gothic church, which was demolished in favor of today. Anyway, it was built at the highest point around. The first or a later church was built on a foundation of boulders, the most part are still there today.

1200s. Von Katzenelenbogen (1174-1203) claimed after the fall of Henry the Lion in 1180, the Duke of violence and the mounting right in his diocese and began the system of towns and castles, from which since the 13th century, the state government by the bailiff took place. He was put in chargedby Emperor Otto IV in between imperial princes. Ottmarsbocholt - With a number of very different events like procession, presentation and parish festival is celebrated in 2013 the anniversary "825 years St. Urban Ottmarsbocholt". From Sigmar Syffus. March 4 (Monday): At 19.30 clock the church historian Dr. Norbert Koster referenced in the parish hall of St. Urban, under the title "How Pope Urban came to Ottmar Buchenwald - a parish founded in turbulent times".

In 1226 Konrad I of Masovia appealed to the Teutonic Knights, a German crusading military order, to defend his borders and subdue the pagan Baltic Prussians. The Old Baltic Prussians who were defeated were, ironically, located in the same area that the many of the original German-speaking tribes were first found, nearby Northern Germany, and Southern Sweden.

1252. Ancient DNA has been used to show aspects of Neanderthal appearance. A fragment of the gene for the melanocortin 1 receptor (MRC1) was sequenced using DNA from two Neanderthal specimens from Spain and Italy, El Sidrón 1252 and Monte Lessini (Lalueza-Fox et al. 2007).

1358-1600s. In these areas, also, is where the Hanseatic League was formed, which represented a period of time of order, and when merchants were getting wealthy through trade. During this time, the lingua franca language of the Hanseatic League was Plattsdeutsch, the native tongue of Johann and Kate Gripshover, and children. Camillus Gripshover no doubt spoke a rudimentary form of Plattsdeutsch when he was very young (he was born in 1905). Today, modern German has replaced Plattsdeutsch as the lingua franca language of Germany proper, and Plattsdeutsch is only spoken in pockets of Germany, and it's usually associated with the uneducated. While it's association is with the uneducated, there's a small Plattsdeutsch movement that's seeking to revitalize the language, through associations, and through the youthful speakers of Plattsdeutsch through Hip-Hop.

1481. The foundational stone of St. Urban, in the three-storey late-Gothic tower shaft of stone, has the year 1481 imprinted on it (foundation stone next to the main entrance), and an octagonal spire of 1522.

1481 one-nave Gothic church was built from Baumberger sandstone, the tower still exists today.

In the thirty years war Ottmarsbocholt was ravaged and plundered. The pastor had it, so the chronicler, lacking both liturgical unit and on robes, so that he was unable “to respiciren divina.” As a result of looting were bought in the first Lutheran, then reformed become Lünen now there is no longer used equipment and clothes (a huge financial effort in difficult times). Of these, up to the present day is (probably) get Lünener monstrance and in regular use. The late medieval church was too small by population growth in the 19th century. They built a galleries whose stairs were moved outwards to save space. Considerations to extend the old church, led to no satisfactory result. About the first church building is not known, nor on any other previous buildings to the Gothic church, which was demolished in favor of the moderns. The first or a later church was built on a foundation of boulders. The three-storey tower in stone is denoted by 1481. It is equipped with a high, pointed helmet. 1481, a single-nave Gothic church was built from Baumberger sandstone, it is a predecessor of today's neo-Gothic hall church nave from 1887 to 1889 The Pillars of the new church stand on the foundations of the outside walls of the old church. The church, a light-filled space of worship, was built by August Hanemann from Münster in bricks and stone. The church contains a modern altar cross with a small crucifix from the late 14th century.

Duke Albert of Prussia established schools in every town and founded Königsberg University in 1544.

1549. The history of the windmill of Ottmarsbocholt can be traced back to the 16th century, where on June 30, 1549 Henry of mountain ash, permission was granted, “to build a windmill on its ground between his house and Byink Ottmarsbocholt”.

1600s, and 1700s. Parts of Westphalia came under Brandenburg-Prussian control during the 17th and 18th centuries, but most of it remained divided duchies and other feudal areas of power. In the early modern era, as a result of the Protestant Reformation, there is no dominant religion in Westphalia. Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism were on relatively equal footing. Lutheranism is strong in the eastern and northern parts with numerous free churches. Münster and especially Paderborn are thought of as Catholic. Osnabrück is divided almost equally between Catholicism and Protestantism.

The 1629-1630 witch trial of the Walboemsche in Ottmarsbocholt for sorcery. 1629-1630 trial of the Walboemsche in Ottmarsbocholt because Zauberei.Verfahren against Anne Buschmann, Margarethe Schwanemann, Else Eberschulte and Dietrich Averhage because Zauberei.1631 trial for witchcraft against Jobst Avermann to Ahlen, and Johann Henrich Avermann Apperdanien.1632 / 33 proceedings against the shoemaker Georg Deist from holders in Dülmen.1638 Note on the proceedings against Ahlen? Hardenberg and Knippen for manslaughter and Zauberei.1642 trial for witchcraft against the baker servant Johann Dovelhower in Ahlen, son of Merten Puningh, Ksp. Sendenhorst.Urteil in the criminal case (fight) against Bernd Schulte to Horst.oJ Writing process in cases against Zacharias and Gerd Nyper manslaughter of Franz Stilking.1693 suspicions of a 10-year girl from Borken against women Bernhard Hiller and his brother in law.

1648. The Peace of Westphalia of 1648, signed in Münster and Osnabrück, ended the Thirty Years' War. The concept of nation-state sovereignty resulting from the treaty became known as "Westphalian sovereignty".

The first 3 Gripshover generations I'm going with because of the highly detailed information that was punched in, and when it's discovered to have been incorrect, then I'll correct it as I live on.

The Patriarch

Bernard Gripshover Hegemann “Bernard the 1^st” (1710-1784). b. 1710. d. November 30, 1784 in Ottmarsbocholt at 74 years of age which is remarkable considering less than 1/10 of Germans during this time period lived beyond the age of 60. Bernard the 1^st marries Anna Wildeman (1720- ?).

Hegemann meaning: German: topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge or by the boundary of an enclosure. The German surname Hegemann, like many surnames, was taken from some geographical feature near the dwelling place of its first bearer. Coming from the Old Norse “haga”, or some local variation of the word, the name means “one who lives near a hedged or fenced enclosure”. First found in Bavaria, where the name was closely identified in early medieval times with the feudal society which would become prominent throughout European history. The name would later emerge as a noble family with great influence, having many distinguished branches, and become noted for its involvement in social, economic and political affairs. The earliest known bearer of the name was Walther vom Hage, recorded in 1345.

Events that happened in Ottmarsbocholt and Westphalia from 1710 – 1784:

In the late 1700s, wolves were frequently found in the woods. Major diseases bringing havoc on the German peoples was dysentery, measles, smallpox, and typhus. For those who couldn't afford to raise their children, “superfluous” children were the victims of infanticide, or of that semideliberate neglect known in Bavaria as “himmeln lassen”—letting children be taken up to heaven (History of Germany 1780-1918: The Long Nineteenth Century, pg. 3). 1/3 of all infants died their first year, and half would be dead before they reached 10 years old. Less than 1/10 of Germans lived beyond the age of 60. In Bremen, deaths exceeded live births in every decade from 1740-1799. In Bavaria, Wurttemburg, Hesse, and Saxony, standing armies grew, officials multiplied, and rulers tried to regulate and tax their subjects more effectively, against the inevitable opposition of estates and corporations (Blackbourn, 2003: 15).

1754-1763. While the English Protestants were murdering native Americans, and the French who defended them, the Seven Years' War took place in Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. In the historiography of some countries, the war is alternatively named after combatants in the respective theatres: the French and Indian War as it is known in the United States as well as among many English–speaking Canadians or the War of the Conquest as it is known in French-speaking Canada, while it is called the Seven Years' War by others in English-speaking Canada (North America, 1754–63), Pomeranian War (with Sweden and Prussia, 1757–62), Third Carnatic War (on the Indian subcontinent, 1757–63), and Third Silesian War (with Prussia and Austria, 1756–63).

1762. Candide: the protagonist of Voltaire's novella of the same name, resides in Westphalia in the beginning of the story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide

Munster finds a University in 1780.

The 2^nd Gripshover Generation

Bernardt Christoph Gripshover “Bernard the 2^nd” (1743-1814). b. November 13, 1743. m. September 1, 1778. d. October 12, 1814. Married Clara Margaretha Ackermann (1754-1811)

Clara Margaretha Ackermann (1754-1811). b. July 11, 1754 in Ottmarsbocholt. m. September 1, 1778. d. November 18, 1811 in Ottmarsbocholt.

Events that happened in Ottmarsbocholt and Westphalia from 1743-1814:

1762. Candide: the protagonist of Voltaire's novella of the same name, resides in Westphalia in the beginning of the story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide

In 1780s, German women were murdered for witchcraft.

In 1790, most princes in the Empire, including the rulers of Austria and Prussia, were more concerned about the Habsburg-Hohenzollern rivalry than they were about events in Paris (39). In Saxony, following successive harvest failures and harsh winters, peasants angry over seigneurial rents, labor services and hunting privileges began to protest in the spring of 1790. By August a large-scale insurrection of 10,000 peasants was underway. Landlords fled to Dresden, agents and officials were threatened, documents were burned, and peasants armed with stolen guns and pitchforks took physical control of central Saxony.

1778-1779. The Potato War. A Saxon–Prussian alliance fought the War of the Bavarian Succession (July 1778 – 21 May 1779) against the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy to prevent the Habsburgs from acquiring the Electorate of Bavaria. Although the war consisted of only a few minor skirmishes, thousands of soldiers died from disease and starvation, earning the conflict the name Kartoffelkrieg (Potato War) in Prussia and Saxony; in Habsburg Austria, it was sometimes called the Zwetschgenrummel (Plum Fuss). On 30 December 1777, Maximilian Joseph, the last of the junior line of Wittelsbach, died of smallpox, leaving no children. Charles IV Theodore, a scion of a senior branch of the House of Wittelsbach, held the closest claim of kinship, but he also had no legitimate children to succeed him. His cousin, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, therefore had a legitimate legal claim as Charles Theodore's heir presumptive. Across Bavaria's southern border, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II coveted the Bavarian territory and had married Maximilian Joseph's sister Maria Josepha in 1765 to strengthen any claim he could extend. His agreement with the heir, Charles Theodore, to partition the territory neglected any claims of the heir presumptive, Charles August.

April 11, 1795, the word “Caucasian” is made-up.

1802-1803. The Bishopric of Münster is acquired by Prussia in 1802–03.

1803. In 1803 the bishopric, with c. 310,000 inhabitants was secularized by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and broken up into numerous parts. The larger Eastern share was assigned to Prussia, which took possession in March 1803. Oldenburg gained the Northern part (Vechta and Cloppenburg). The other parts were given as compensation to former rulers of territories west of the Rhine: Arenberg, Looz-Corswarem, Salm and Croÿ. Within the following years all parts became French.

1807-1813. Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was a client state of the First French Empire from 1807 to 1813. This state shared only the name with the historical region, containing mostly Hessian and Eastphalian regions and only a relatively small part of the region of Westphalia.

The Napoleonic era ended the Holy Roman Empire and created new German-speaking states that would eventually form modern Germany. Napoleon I of France reorganized many of the smaller German-speaking states into the Confederation of the Rhine following the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. Essentially this enlarged the more powerful states of the region by absorbing the smaller ones, creating a set of buffer states for France and a source of army conscripts. Neither of the two largest German-speaking states were part of this confederation: the Kingdom of Preußen and the Austrian Empire remained outside the Confederation of the Rhine.

The Holy Roman Empire was formally disbanded in 1806 when the political makeup of Central Europe was reorganized by Napoleon. Voltaire also said about the Holy Roman Empire, it is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Voltaire said about the Preußisch army, “Whereas some states possess an army, the Preußisch army possess a state.”

In the Kingdoms of Italy, Westphalia, the Grand Duchies of Berg and Poland conscription was established, usually as part of wider political and social reforms. In the case of Italy and Westphalia, Napoleon himself wrote the decrees on conscription. It was instituted in Italy in 1802 upon the formation of the Republic of Italy by Francesco Melzi d'Eril (1753–1816), with Napoleon's approval, and was enshrined in the constitution of Westphalia when the state was established in 1807.

When Preußen was defeated in 1806/07 (Battle of Jena and Auerstedt against the French) the military reformers wanted “Wehrpflicht” for all. Since 1813 practically each male Preußen citizen was liable for military service until he turned 50 years old. 20-23 year old males now had to be on active duty for 3 years in times of peace. In times of war all males up to 50 years of age were called to active duty. In 1813/15 approximately 3% of Preußen males were enlisted.

During the reforms of Preußen, from 1806-1813, the Preußisch Draft was instituted, and it stayed, even during peacetime. Preußen developed a conscript system based on the principle of universal service, which eventually became the model for the rest of Europe. Its major weakness was the state’s inability to afford, and the army’s inability to absorb, all the eligible men. Nevertheless, Preußen continued to employ this system after the Napoleonic era, so by the time of the Franco-German (Preußen) War (1870–71), it had a mass army of conscripts. Also, Prussia, unlike Amerika, which is protected from foreign invasion by the vast Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, was surrounded on all sides by enemies: France, Austria, Great Britain, and Russia. The militarism of Preußen would have been unbearable, and that would the biggest push factor to get the Gripshövers out of Preußen. The Preußischs Wars being fought were not fought by volunteers, but by soldiers drafted at the point of a bayonet. The Nazis weren't a departure for the Germans, but a continuation of a deeply embedded Preußisch militaristic culture. Militarism was practiced by the French, the British, and the Amerikans, who can claim the biggest genocide in all human history, with 100 million native Americans dead, which constitutes a genocide 10 times greater than Hitler's genocide; indeed Hitler looked at the asymmetrical warfare of the British colonists, and the subsequent Amerikans (George Washington genocided the first and oldest democracy in human history—the Iroquois) with awe and wonder. Hitler loved paying Cowboys and Indians. Lil Timmy would designate me as an “Indian” when we played Cowboys and Indians. He also made me a Simon Kenton to his Daniel Boone, so he saw the natives as inferior to the colonizing imperializing whites. Militarism even consumed the Catholic Teutonic Knights, the barbarians of the German-speaking tribes, as well as the Roman Empire. The history of the Preußins were vicious and bloody. Preußen were the first ones to adopt a national educational system, in order to develop obedient soldiers, and worker bees, who loved their Preußisch nation. Also, Prussia, unlike Amerika, which is protected from foreign invasion by the vast Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, was surrounded on all sides by enemies: France, Austria, Great Britain, and Russia. The militarism of Preußen would have been unbearable, and that would the biggest push factor to get the Gripshövers out of Preußen.

1812. The First edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales is issued.

Bernard the 2^nd was pretty old by 1814 (71 years old) considering the time period. Less than 1/10 of Germans lived beyond the age of 60, and he made it 11 years past that. Today in Amerika, the average lifespan of a person is 76 years old.

The “War of Liberation” against Napoleonic France 1813-14 reevaluated the soldier’s tragic death on the field of slaughter as the hero’s glorious sacrifice for the fatherland. Significantly, this fatherland was no longer defined in terms of the decentralized, pacific, non-aligned and cosmopolitan Holy Roman Empire, but increasingly by reference to blood, soil, language and Protestantism.

1814. The Second edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales is issued.

1814 is a weird date to die, however, since the French took over Westphalia under Napoleon in 1806, and then lost it, in 1813. Napoleon tried a comeback in 1815, and finally was defeated at Waterloo. During the 1806 French Occupation, Napoleon forced the Draft on those in Westphalia, for those folks, up until they were 50 years old. Bernard would have been too old for this, although, that doesn't mean the war didn't come to his door during this time. He could have been killed by the French, though, in all likelihood, he died of old age.

1815-1946. The Province of Westphalia (German: Provinz Westfalen) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946. Although Prussia had long owned territory in Westphalia, King Frederick William III had preferred to incorporate the Kingdom of Saxony first. It was not until the Congress of Vienna in 1815 that the Province of Westphalia came into being. The province was formed from several territories:

• regions in Westphalia under Prussian rule since before 1800 (the Principality of Minden and the counties of Mark, Ravensbergand Tecklenburg)
• the Bishopric of Münster and Bishopric of Paderborn, acquired by Prussia in 1802–03
• the small county of Limburg, acquired in 1808
• the Duchy of Westphalia, placed under Prussian rule after the Congress of Vienna. The northernmost portions of the duchy, including the town of Osnabrück, became parts of the states of Hanover and Oldenburg.

Universal compulsory service was suggested by the Italian statesman, historian, and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli (Steven Colbert?) in the 16th century. In 1808, Preußen instituted a system of universal conscription and, after 1815, put it into practice fully, without exemption because of social class or payment. All young men served a specified term of duty for military training.

The 3^rd Gripshover Generation

Johann Bernard Gripshover the Elder (1784-1838) b. August 26, 1784. m. February 27, 1808. d. November 13, 1838 in Germany. Married Catharina Anna E. Koning.

Catharina Anna E. Koning (1780-1838). b. 1780. m. February 27, 1808. d. November 13, 1838 in Germany.

Johann Gripshover the Elder may have had up to 4 other children in addition to Johann the Younger (1811-1887), including Albert HAG, Anna G., Johann GW, and Anton Gripshover.

It looks like both of them died on the same day, but I'm suspect of this, because it's happened before, when the wrong date is written in for somebody else. Nevertheless, without evidence to the contrary, perhaps they both died on the same day.

Events that happened in Ottmarsbocholt and Westphalia from 1784-1838:

In 1780s, German women were murdered for witchcraft.

1824. October 12, 1824. Carl Wilhelm Emil von Manger, architect and builder in the diocese of Münster, born October 12, 1824 in Ottmarsbocholt, died 23 March 1902 in Oelde.

Also, Prussia, unlike Amerika, which is protected from foreign invasion by the vast Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, was surrounded on all sides by enemies: France, Austria, Great Britain, and Russia. The militarism of Preußen would have been unbearable, and that would the biggest push factor to get the Gripshövers out of Preußen.

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While the above was only referenced by other ancestry.com member trees, the information below is double vouched by member trees, and documentation, such as birth and death certificates, US Census's, and other sources.

The 4^th Gripshover Generation: The Pioneers

Johann Bernard Gripshover the Younger (the 2^nd) (1811-1887). b. March 18 or August 31, 1811. m. November 7, 1848. d. December 30, 1887.

Anna Katharina “Kate” Gripshöver the Elder (nee: Brueggemann) (1824-1900). B: 11 Dec 1824 in Sudkirchen, Coesfeld, Nodrhein-Westfalen, Germany. M: 7 Nov 1848 in Austria? D: 20 Aug 1900 on Turketfoot Road, Kenton County, Kentucke. The Brueggemann farm (of Anna Katharina's father aka Kate the Elder) was close to the Gripshover farm.

Westphalia, in 1869, was nestled in between Belgium, Netherlands, Saxony, Hannover (or Hanover), Alsace-Lorraine, and Bavaria. Belgium and the Netherlands is located to the West and Northwest of Westphalia. Saxony is located to the west of Westphalia. Alsace-Lorraine and Bavaria is on Westphalia's southern border. Wurttemburg and Baden is located just south of Bavaria.

Johann farmed on estate in the village peasantry he had inherited from his father, Johann the Elder. His brother found a buyer in Asheberg by the name of Ferdinand Bücker. Bücker was looking for a larger farm. From the deed to Johann Gripshöver's farm in Germany, and an article accompanying it, we learn that Johann Gripshover the Younger sold the Gripshover farm on 23 Dorfbauerschaft Lane in Germany to Ferdinand Bücker, who was from Westerbsch, Ksp. Asheberg. 23 Dorfbauerschaft is the address of the original Gripshover farm in Germany. Dorfbauerschaft means “Village Farmer's Association”.

The Deed was signed on July 7, 1869, and Johann and fam wasn't allowed to use the land past September 27, 1869, but Johann and family didn't need to, since Johann his $71,000+, and headed onto Amerika before then.

The purchase price for the farm was six thousand seven hundred Vereinsthalers (silver coins), and for the fertilizer and the church seats in the Catholic parish in Ottmarsbocholt, it was fixed at three hundred Vereinsthalers. 7,000 Vereinsthalers multiplied by 16⅔ grams of silver equals 116,666 2/3 grams. On October 20, 2014, silver's price per ounce was equal to $17.33. 1 ounce = 28.3495 grams, and 116,666 2/3 is equal to 4115 ounces, therefore, Johann Gripshöver received $71,318.13 total for his land, fertilizer, and church seats from sale of property.

Austria-Hungary stopped issuing Vereinsthaler coins in 1867, following the Austro-Prussian War.

Events from 1811-1869:

1843. Horace Mann comes to Prussia, and likes the Preußisch educational system, he gets it established in the US in 1852.

1856 or 1858. The old windmill collapsed, and was reconstructed in the same Dutch windmill form. The grain windmill is the landmark of St. Urban.

The 3 reasons Johann and Katharina Brueggeman-Gripshöver left Preußen was:

1- Preußen was poor, violent, and shitty (half of their income was spent on bread and potatoes, at least in 1848; to get a feel for the outright poverty of Preußen at the time, check out Grimm's Fairy Tales; in Hansel and Gretel, their mother takes her children out into the woods, so they'd die, and she wouldn't starve to death), there were no jobs, and the promise of American land and freedom.

2- They were Catholics, and the Protestants were taking over. The founding of Preußen was founded on Martin Luther's Protestantism. Otto Von Bismarck's 1871-1878 Kulturkampf (which didn't extend to Bavaria) would abolish Catholicism, which represented 36.5% of the German population, including Poland, in the majority Protestant nation (62%).

3- The Gripshövers fled from the Preußisch Draft. Bernard the 5^th fought in the Austrian-Preußen War, most likely. Even if not, he would have definitely fought in the Franco-Preußen War, along with 1 or 2 of his brothers, had the Gripshövers not left. All 6 Gripshöver boys would have been conscripted at some point or another, since serving in the Preußisch military was a national requirement of all Preuße's loyal citizens, under the royal monarchy, who gained their crown just because they were born in the “right” family (House of Hohenzollern).

Teresa Gripshöver hid Charlie Gripshöver from the authorities when he was drafted to fight in Vietnam.

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Anti-Catholic discrimination happened during Otto Von Bismarck's Kulturkamf.

Priests and bishops who resisted the Kulturkampf were arrested or removed from their positions. By the height of anti-Catholic legislation, half of the Preußenn bishops were in prison or in exile, a quarter of the parishes had no priest, half the monks and nuns had left Preußen, a third of the monasteries and convents were closed, 1800 parish priests were imprisoned or exiled, and thousands of laypeople were imprisoned for helping the priests

The May Laws (Maigesetze), or Falk Laws, of 1873 gave responsibility for the training and appointment of clergy to the state, which resulted in the closing of nearly half of the seminaries in Preußen by 1878. During the discussion of these laws, Rudolf Virchow first used the word “Kulturkampf.” The Falk Laws were named after education minister Adalbert Falk, and they were passed in 1873 were legislative bills enacted in the German Kingdom of Preußen during the Kulturkampf conflict with the Catholic Church.

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The 3 Wars for German Unification were:

1- The 1864 Denmark-Preußenn War aka Second Schleswig War (February 1, 1864 – October 30, 1864)

2- 1866 Austrian-Preußenn War (June 14, 1866 - August 23, 1866)

3- 1870-1871 Franco-Preußenn War (July 19, 1870 - May 10, 1871)

August 21, 1869 is when the Gripshövers reached Amerika. That would place the Gripshöver's immigration along with a massive wave of German immigration in the late 19^th Century, which our US History textbooks talk about. The Gripshövers would have lived through the Denmark-Preußen War of 1864 and Austrian-Preußen War of 1866, and they would have noticed the war fervor and the Preußisch military machine pumping up, gearing up with war with France, but left before that happened. German unification would happen on January 18, 1871 is when King William the First of Preußen was proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors in the Chateau de Versailles.

“There is, in political geography, no Germany proper to speak of. There are Kingdoms and Grand Duchies, and Duchies and Principalities, inhabited by Germans, and each separately ruled by an independent sovereign with all the machinery of State. Yet there is a natural undercurrent tending to a national feeling and toward a union of the Germans into one great nation, ruled by one common head as a national unit.” – article from the New York Times published in July 1, 1866

Conscription for Preußins would last up until they were 50 years old, and while I'd like to think they limited their conscription powers to only 20 years of age, it was most likely 18, or maybe, even 16 or 15 years old, when the boy became a man, he would be fit to serve the Preußisch army, and the Preußisch army would want to conscript every able bodied man. The youth are the easier to manipulate, and trick into fighting, considering the royalists monarchist preaching about the young Preußisch's patriotic duty, and of man's love of battle, war, and heroism (which World War 1 would show us all is just utter and complete horseshit).

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Germans brought hot dogs and hamburgers to Amerika. They also brought the Christmas tree and Kindergarten (“garden for children” in English), as well as their entire educational system.

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The South during the Civil War was fought for 30,000 slave owners. The British press was more Southern than the South was.

In 1871 the House of Hohenzollern family was given the additional title of German Emperor (not “Emperor of Germany”).

by the 1900s, major elements of the Frankfurt constitution became models for the Weimar Constitution of 1919 and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany of 1949.

Following Germany's defeat in World War I the royal and imperial titles were both abolished in 1918. In November 1918, the monarchies were abolished and the nobility lost its political power. Prussia was effectively abolished in 1932, and officially abolished in 1947

The Amerikan Gripshöver Tribes

The Raccoon Tribe

Kate Gripshöver the Younger (1849 – 1891).

20 year old Kate Gripshöver (Catherine Brueggeman-Gripshöver's eldest daughter) within a year of coming to Amerika in August 1869, had moved out of the family house, and married a grocer by the name of Lawrence Verkamp (b. 1844 in Hanover, Germany). Kate and Lawrence Verkamp lived in Covington on Bachelor St in 1880 and had 2 kids with him, Mary and Annie Verkamp. Lawrence dies. She'd later on have 1 more child with another man. Kate marries John Teben? and has 1 more child.

The 3 children of Kate Gripshöver: 1[Mayme “Mary” Verkamp-?; b. 1876]; married Strew or Strubbe. 2[AnnieVerkamp-?; b. Oct 1879]; 3[John Teben].

Kate Gripshöver the Younger (not the crazy psycho child of Henry I; that's a different Kate Gripshöver, maybe Kate Gripshöver the 3^rd) died when she was 42 years old in in 1891 on Turkeyfoot Road, Erlanger, Sandfordtown.

The Wolf Tribe

Lawrence Bilz. b. 1826 in Hannover, Stadt-Hannover, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). d. 1871 in the US.

Valentine and Lawrence Bilz were farmers in “Bavaria”.

Neidersachsen is known as Lower Saxony today, and that's not even close to Bavaria, so I don't understand... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Saxony. Hannover, and Stadt-Hannover are both in Lower Saxony, so that makes sense. Reading about Germany's past, knowing these districts are mas importante. Lower Saxony and Bavaria would unionize together during military conflicts, and therefore, they could consider themselves “Bavarian”, even if they weren't living in where traditional Bavaria is.

Catherine Deck-Bilz. b. December 15, 1832 in Hanover, Neuenstadt, Rheinpfaltz, Bavern, Germany. She immigrated to Amerika in 1854. d. October 28, 1914 in the US of ?eumia Prank? (unreadable) Nephritis. Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephritis. Catherine's father was Casper Deck, and mother was Margerete Kling, both of whom were born in Germany. Catherine Deck-Bilz's death certificate is located in Minster, Ohio.

While Catherine Deck-Bilz's birth was said to be in both Neuenstadt and “Bavaria”, that's misleading. Rheinpfaltz is more accurate of the area Catherine Deck-Bilz (just Deck at the time) was from. Historically, Rheinpfaltz and Bavaria would join together to fight in wars. Rheinpfaltz means Rhenish Palatinate in English, and today, that area is just simple called the Palatinate, or “die Pfaltz” in German. I like the name Rhenish Palatinate personally. The Rhenish Palatinate is located in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The Rhenish Palatinate is located adjacent to the west of Bavaria, which is located in South Germany, and also South of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Amerikan Gripshovers are from. The Decks and the Bilz's and the Gripshovers most likely never crossed paths with each other in Germany. It was only in Amerika in German towns where they met, and fell in love, and started making mixed German ethnic babies. Currently there are 1.4 million Germans who live in Rhenish Palatinate.

Mary Bilz is the first of my “Gripshover” (in quotes since she wasn't a Gripshover, but produced a bunch of Gripshovers) ancestors born in Amerika.

Bernard Wilhelm Gripshöver [“Bernard Gripshöver the 5^th”]. (1851-1938). b. December 10, 1851 in Ottmarsbocholt. M: 6 Sep 1881. d. February 1938 in Kenton County.

Bernard the 5^th married Mary Margaret “Maggie” Bilz (1859-1928). b. September 9, 1859 in Cheviot, Cincinnati. M: 6 Sep 1881. d. December 31, 1928 in Kenton County.

Bernard the 5^th and Maggie Bilz has 4 children (Bernard, Lawrence, Elizabeth, and George), only 1 bearing children, many children: George Anthony Gripshöver.

George Anthony Gripshöver (1889-1955). b. July 6, 1889 in Kenton County. d. October 6, 1955, buried at St. Mary Cemetery, Kenton County. George Gripshöver lived Stephenson Road. George Gripshöver's farm name was Cloverleaf. George married Mary Ann Domaschko.

Mary Ann Domaschko (1896-1947). b. March 3, 1896 at 30 Wimmer Gasse, Vienna, Austria. m. December 1, 1920 an St. Henry Church, Elsmere. d. September 18, 1947, buried at St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell, Kenton.

Maximilian Domaschko. b. September 20, 1874 in Vyssi Brod (“Hohenfurth” in German).

Marie Waginger. b. June 7, 1874 in Vienna, Austria. d. December 17, 1950 in Kenton County of Acute Myocardial failure (for 3 days) due to Chronic Myocarditis (Heart Attack). Marie Waginger's father was John Waginger, and her mother was Marie Haller.

Bernard the 5^th and Mary Bilz are Teresa Gripshover's grandparents. Her parents are George Anthony Gripshover and Mary Ann Domaschko.

Mary Ann Domaschko was daughter to blue eyes and brown-haired Maximilian Domaschko and Mary Waginger. Maximilian was Bohemian, and married an Austrian, Mary Waginger, in Vienna. A drawing of “Europa” had Bohemia as being it's heart; Bohemia is the the heart of Europa. Jan Hus was a Bohemian, who was burned at the stake as a heretic by the Catholic Church because he opposed indulgences, and he believed that the people could read the Bible and interpret it for themselves. The Catholic Church hated that.

A Gripshover-Arlinghaus Connection (Wolf Tribe):

Anna Marie Gripshöver. B: 25 Jan 1925 in Crescent Springs, Erlanger, Kenton County, Kentucke.

Anna Marie married Albert Herman Arlinghaus. b. 2 Sep 1922, Covington, Kentucke. m. 3 Jan 1948 in St. Henry Church, Elsmere, Kenton Co, Kentucke. d. 19 Aug 2000 in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucke. Buried St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell, Kenton Co, Kentucke.

The Wildcat Tribe

Bernard Heinrich Gripshöver [“Henry Gripshöver the 1^st”]. (1854-1943). b. January 5, 1854 in Ottmarsbocholt. d. January 15, 1943. Married Katherine “Kate” Dickmann (1848 or 1853 - 1915).

Kate Dickmann (1848 or 1853 – 1915). b. November 1848 or 1853 in Kenton County. m. October 21, or 24, 1874. d. 1915 in Kenton County.

Henry and Kate had 3 children: Herny the 2^nd, Mary, and Kate, with only Henry having a bunch of kids.

Henry Bernard Gripshöver II [“Henry Gripshöver the 2^nd”] (1875-1935). b. August 8, 1875 in Kenton County. d. December 18, 1935. Henry the 2^nd marries Mary Mayme Louise Bischoff/Bishop.

Mary Mayme Louise Bischoff/Bishop. B: 28 Aug 1897 in Kenton County. M: 10 Jun 1914. D: 1992 in Kenton County. Mayme was left St. Elizabeth Hospital's door step.

The Bear Tribe

Theodor Bernard Gripshöver the 1^st (1858-1901). B: 10 Oct 1858 on 23 Dorfbauerschaft, Ottmarsbocholt, Coesfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Prussia. D: 18 May 1901 in Sandfordtown, Kentucke.

Thedor married Frances Bridget Kunkel-Gripshöver-Evers. B: 4 Jul 1842. M: 1 May 1888 in Sandfordtown. D: 10 Apr 1926 or 3 Apr 1924.

Another Arlinghaus-Gripshover Connection (Bear Tribe):

Anna “Annie” Catherine Gripshöver. B: 19 Feb 1889 in Kenton County. D: 28(27?) Mar 1968 in Latonia, Kenton County, Kentucke. Buried Mother of God Cemetery, Latonia, KY.

Annie Gripshover married Albert Charles Arlinghaus. B: 11 Apr 1885(1886?) in Cincinnati, Clermont, Ohio. M: April 1886. D: 22 Sep 1933 in Covington, Kenton, Kentucke.

Theoder had several boys.

The Panther Tribe

Ferdinand Gripshöver the 1^st ( )

Ferdinand Gripshöver. B: 3 May 1863 in Alsace-Lorraine, 23 Dorfbauerschaft, Ottmarsbocholt, Prussia, Germany. M: 23 Nov 1886. D: 11 Jul 1950.

-Elizabeth Hellman. B. 10 June, 1862. M: 23 Nov 1886.

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hellman. b. June 10, 1862 in Covington, Kentucky. Elizabeth Hellman was the first Kentucky born “Gripshover” ancestor (of the Orphaned “Pig Tribe” of Camillus and Teresa's).

Lizzie dies of Myocarditis and Endocarditis, and Nephritis and Gall Stones, contributed by an Exophthalmic Goiter. Exophthalmic is a protrusion, usually of the eyeball, caused by disease, especially hyperthyroidism, or injury. A Goiter is an abnormal enlargement of your thyroid gland. Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck just below your Adam's apple. Although goiters are usually painless, a large goiter can cause a cough and make it difficult for you to swallow or breathe. The most common cause of goiter worldwide is a lack of iodine in the diet. In the United States, where the use of iodized salt is common, a goiter is more often due to the over- or underproduction of thyroid hormones or to nodules that develop in the gland itself. Treatment depends on the size of the goiter, your symptoms and the underlying cause. Small goiters that aren't noticeable and don't cause problems usually don't need treatment.

Ferdinand Gripshover dies of Bronchial Pneumonia due to Senility.

Camillus Gripshover returned home from World War 2 on June 29, 1945 in New York, New York.

Ferdinand had several boys.

The Lion Tribe

Josef F. Gripshöver the 1^st (1865 – 1929). B: 2 Dec 1865 on 23 Dorfbauerschaft, Ottmarsbocholt, Prussia, Germany. D: 22 Aug 1929 in Kenton County, Kentucke of Stomach Cancer. Built Houses and Raised Strawberries.

Gertrude Lehman. B: 15 Dec 1873 in Bayern, Germany. M: 25 Oct 1899, St. Aloysius Church, Covington, KY. D: 23 Apr 1958 in Campbell County. [note: Joann: “She fixed beef stew and mashed the vegetables on our plate with a fork”].

Josef had several boys.

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William Gripshöver produced no offspring, and therefore, the Gripshöver name died with him, and he has no tribe.

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1880s. In the 19th century strontianite was found in our area, which was used in the 1880s for the production of sugar. The Strontianitbergbau (the tunnels exist until today) had the population Ottmarbocholt swell on; there was a veritable gold rush. In place at that time, there were ten public houses, three of which have survived to this day.

1886-1889. The Catholic parish church of St. Urban, with its beautiful tower Baumberger sandstone is the most striking building Ottmarbocholt. It was built 1886-1889 and consecrated on June 9, 1891. The Patron is Pope Urban (222-230), patron saint of winemakers.

1888 Carnival in Ottmarsbocholt: From the history out of the carnival in Ottmarsbocholt at the time was only reserved for bachelors. After the part of the bachelor club - as usual at the time - was revived in 1888 for the financing of the carnival a play, it coincided with the performance on 29 January 1888 to such excesses in the village that the other performances were banned.The policeman even spoke of a "revolt in Ottmarsbocholt". In the newspaper report of the “Lüdinghauser Gazette” of February 6, 1888 states: “After this year's carnival elevator and on the 2nd of the month, announced theater performance despite the police ban, and although the former had taken place with demonstrations against the common council was, indeed refrained am yesterday on the intended repetition of the theatrical performance, but in the way demonstrated against community leaders and police servants of the place, that out of a lot of people these gentlemen simulated characters to the place, strung up there and were buried under singing in a cesspool. The fact is evidence of a dubious excitement and can legally have bitter consequences for some.”

1891. It had to be rebuilt, and so in 1887, begun in 1891, consecrated today's church hall, are the pillars on the foundations of the outside walls of the old church was built (stood the altar of the old church about where now hangs in the church center of the chandelier). The Münster architect August Hanemann has created an elegant, light-filled space of worship, the enveloped the worshipers in a spiritual atmosphere even after the usual iconoclastic modernity.

1824. Carl Wilhelm Emil von Manger (born October 12, 1824 in Ottmarsbocholt, † 23 March 1902 in Oelde) was a German architect and builder in the diocesan cathedral. Carl Wilhelm Emil von Manger was born on 12 October 1824 in Ottmarsbocholt in Coesfeld. His father Jacob Georg Christian von Manger was a surveyor, his mother was Aletta Manger, born Schulten. On 28 October the same year he received the Protestant baptism. From Manger training made ​​the master mason and did his military service in the artillery in Wesel. 1852 took over from Manger on the activities for the diocese of Münster and initially worked with Kaplan Bernhard toe and Georg Gottfried Kallenbach.

The Münsterland is a region in northwestern Westphalia in North Rhine-Westphalia. Center of the Münsterland is the Westphalian city and former provincial capital Münster. Depending on the historical, geographical, social or political context, it can not be restricted differently, an approximate frame form the Teutoburg Forest in the northeast, the lip in the south and the Dutch border in the west. As a historical region of the Münsterland is in the tradition of the Bishopric of Münster, the former secular dominion of the Munster bishops. In addition, be summarized as a political region Münsterland circles Borken, Coesfeld, Steinfurt, Warendorf and the county-Munster, often firmieren their cooperation and joint activities under this term. Scenic Münsterland is part of the Westphalian bay. The regional awareness of the population is strong, reflecting to a socially rather to the different historical boundaries. Connective work alongside the long common history, especially the predominant Catholic confession (except the region Tecklenburger country) and the Low German language in the forms Münsterländer, West Münsterländer Platt and Tecklenburger. Most rural structure, and specific cultural landscape features, such as the many places park-like landscape and the numerous moated castles, represent additional regional peculiarities.

From 1843 to 1974 there were offices in Westphalia. Westphalia was initially as a province of Prussia. 1946 made ​​it along with the northern part of the former Prussian Rhine province of North Rhine-Westphalia. 1947 was added the former country lip. The Prussian municipal code for the Province of Westphalia of 1841 replaced the in the French period (1806-1813) introduced cantons, with effect from 1843 through offices. Offices were the administrative body below the county level and above the municipal level. Initially they were later led by bailiffs, mayors office. After the Second World War were the names of heads of offices Office Directors. From 1874, the Office areas have been designated as districts. It should be listed in offices according to the state of 1858 exemplifies the breakdown of Westphalia. In Arnsberg, there were 1858 counties listed the following offices (with the listed office belonging to a district): Kreis Altena Official Altena with the communities Kelleramt and Wiblingwerde Official Halver with the community Halver Official Hershey with the community Hershey Office Kierspe with communities Kierspe and Rönsahl Official Lüdenscheid with communities Hülscheid and rural community Lüdenscheid Official Meinerzhagen with communities Meinerzhagen and Altenvalbert Official Neuenrade with communities Dahle, Neuenrade, Ohle and Werdohl Official Plettenberg with the rural community of Plettenberg Cities Altena, Lüdenscheid and Plettenberg were amt free.

10th century. “Atmarasbokholte”

1150 “Otmarsbukholte”

12th century “Otmeresbuocholte”

1188-1300 “Oetmaresbucholte”

1251 "Hermannus de Otmersbocholte" 10th century had Werden Abbey in Ottmarsbocholt possession.

• 1271 was the Münstersche Bishop Gerh. the section of the old cathedral from the noble Konrad v. Velen resigned tenth of a yard in 0ttmarsbocholt.
  • Sources of early mention: (Westphalia Urkundsbuch III # 527, 897, Kötz p 78; 203, 264....)

In the list of goods of Count Heinrich of Dale (1166-1188), the church in 0ttmarsbocholt is mentioned: (source:. Philippi, Agreem v Dale, S. 388.)

• The counts of Dale, owner of the main courtyard, founded a private church in Ottmarsbocholt. The parish is expected towards the end of the 11th century. Of mountain ash have been separated.
• During the construction of the parish church of St.. Urban 1889 was the old tower of 1481 received.

1769. Stock book Werne Office (historical) 1769. Stock ledger of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster in 1769 , Building Statistics by Hofgrößen, horse numbers in the parish Ottmarbockholt.

Note to the table:

• 1) = Freye houses
• 2) = Schatzbare houses
• 3) = sum of the houses
• 4) = Therein are
• 5) = Simple estimation

Official Werne, court Davensberg

[insent photo of horsecount here]

In the 1769 estimate counts 1 Reichstaler 28 shillings and 1 shilling 12 cents.

• Source: stock book Bishopric of Münster in 1769
  • Source processing Bodo Stratmann (2012)

Sovereigns

1802. Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Werne Office (historical), court Davensberg

• 1807-1813. The Peace of Tilsit in the Grand Duchy of Berg, Ruhr Department, Canton Luedinghausen, Mairie Ottmarsbocholt

1813-1815. Prussian province Weser-Rhine, Weser-Rhine Prussian Government/Government Commission Münster

January 8, 1816-1946. 01.08.1816-1946. Prussia, Province of Westphalia, Münster Region, District Luedinghausen, Office Send.

1823. Mayor 1823: Hr. Christoph von Notz to Ottmarsbocholt. Bürgermeistereibezirk Ottmarsbocholt. 1823 Scope: parish Ottmarsbocholt and Venne. Source: address-calendar for the district of the Royal. Preuss. Government in Münster in 1923, Coppenrathsche book printing. 1832/35 Bürgermeisterei Ottmarsbocholt 6,514 inhabitants, of which Ottmatsbocholt 1,451 inhabitants Councillor: Schulz to Ottmarsbocholt.

The Nazis weren't an aberration of history of Europe, but a continuation of a long tradition of unnecessary warfare, brought upon the peoples of Europe, by competing land claims from the ruling classes, who only got their initial power through bloodshed and military might, and by convincing the people of the illusion of their “noble” births—the divine right of Kings—plus monarchies made it easier for historians to write about the history of nations, when they were attached to one name, instead of a bunch of names of individual citizens, and what they were doing in the region. Hitler considered his reign of power the 3^rd Reich, which he considered Otto Von Bismarck's unification of Germany in 1871—the Hohenzollern Republic (1871-1919) was the 2^nd Reich—and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the 1^st Reich. The period of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), when the German Revolutionaries took over, Hitler only considered than an “Interim Republic”. After the Germanic tribes defeated Roman armies at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9AD. Rome fell shortly thereafter, and Europe experienced “The Dark Ages” (400-1400) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages, which roughly correspond to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (800-1806) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire. While the Dark Ages isn't as bad as it sounds, http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html, it was still before the Age of Enlightenment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment, which sought to understand the world in rational and scientific terms, and the Age of Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Revolution, which sought to give power to the people. The Holy Roman Emperors claimed their right as Emperor came straight from the Roman Empire itself, and an evolution of the institutions and principles comprising the empire, a gradual assumption of the imperial title and role was made. The Holy Roman Emperor was only as strong as his army and alliances made him. The Holy Roman Empire wasn't a nation-state, or a modern territorial state of any kind. It was a product of historical accretion, loosely draped over an array of independent, highly diverse territories. Some of the dynastic states within the Empire were, had been, or aspired to become major players on the European stage. They included Prussia, Austria, Saxony, Bavaria, Hanover, and Wurttemberg. (Blackbourn, 2003: 10). “Prussia was hatched from a cannonball,” said Napoleon. “Prussia was not a country with an army, but an army with a country,” said Friedrich von Schrotter (Blackbourn, 2003: 17).

1887. Every year, a week before the Sunday of Carnival is in Ottmarsbocholt - take second largest carnival parade in Münsterland - after in Münster. Since 1887, the move is an integral part of village life.

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1946. The present state of North Rhine-Westphalia was created by the British after World War II from the former Prussian province of Westphalia, the northern half of the former Prussian Rhine Province, and the former Free State of Lippe. North Rhine-Westphalia is subdivided into five government regions (Regierungsbezirke), so Westphalia today consists of the Regierungsbezirke of Münster, Detmold and Arnsberg. Inhabitants of the region call themselves Westphalians and call their home area Westphalia even though there is no governmental unit by that name. 1946 State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster Region, from 1976 Coesfeld.

1947. Manfred Wennemer, former CEO of Continental, born September 19, 1947 in Ottmarsbocholt

1975. Ottmarsbocholt is located in Senden, a region, not the city; Senden is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Th municipality of Senden consists of 4 villages: Bösensell, Ottmarsbocholt, Senden, Venne. On January 1, 1975, these four formally autonomous municipalities became parts of the present municipality of Senden. Near Bösensell there is an exit to the Autobahn A 43. Two important bus lines serve the municipality. A local bus line connects the villages of Bösensell, Senden and Ottmarsbocholt. A high speed bus line, which connects Münster and Lüdinghausen via the A43 runs through Senden. There is a small harbour at the Dortmund-Ems Canal. The village of Bösensell has a railway station at the line between Münster and Essen. The municipality of Senden has got 7 schools: Bösensell: 1 primary school. Ottmarsbocholt: 1 primary School. Senden: 2 primary schools. A Hauptschule. A Realschule. A Gymnasium.

2013. Another time was the mill then on 12.12.2013 in flames. In the early morning the mill burned down by the fire of the dome of the mill was completely destroyed. That the mill is now used only as a residence, is situated on the changing times. A fire destroyed the dome of the listed Ottmar Bocholt windmill early Thursday morning. Using the turntable ladder vehicle, the military fought the fire at 15 meters height. It is a landmark Ottmarbocholt, the windmill built in 1858. But since Thursday morning, the listed building since without a dome. A fire has destroyed the top wooden structure completely. "When we came, the dome was already well ablaze. And there were a lot of sparks by trickling down wooden parts, "said Ottmar Bocholt Löschzug leader Manfred Overbeck, who had engaged to 5.35 clock with 18 firefighters on the fire.