ANGERN
[For the locations of Angern, Rogaetz, Loitsche and Wenddorf
see the map on the "Introduction" page]
My father and I met Mrs Ilse Mueller in Angern in 1986
My grandfather used to say that his ancestors lived
in "Angern and Rogaetz". Angern is about 25km north of Magdeburg and
Rogaetz 20km north.
My father and I met Ilse Mueller (born
Mittelstedt) in 1986 while stopping an hour in Angern. She was born in
1916 and managed the local bakery -- Baeckerei Mueller. She showed us
her photo
collection but we were unable to establish the degree of relationship
between her and my father. Her parents and grandparents had lived in
Loitsche (about 15km north of Magdeburg).
Mrs Mueller supplied the following details:
Her grandfather Fritz Mittelstedt (17/3/1856 - 17/7/1940) was a painter
in Loitsche, and had a brother
named Heinrich Mittelstedt (c.1851-1921) who died in Angern.
Fritz's son Willi Mittelstedt (5/9/1885 - 17/31976), i.e. Mrs Mueller's
father, was born in
Loitsche and was a painter by trade and musician as a hobby. Mrs
Mueller had one sister born in 1911 but deceased.
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Fritz Mittelstedt
Willi Mittelstedt (right) at age 88 in 1973 |
Mrs
Mueller gave us a copy of the book ANGERN UND WENDDORF Bilder und
Skizzen zur heimatkunde [Angern and
Wenddorf Pictures and Sketches of local history],Wilhelm Luehe,
1906.
This book is a history of Angern and Wenddorf and mentions the
"Mittelstedt" name on the following pages:
45 "Buried in 1646: ...
Mathies
Mittelstedt's 2-year-old son"
46
"In the year 1647 five childdren were
baptized including a son of Mathies Mittelstedt in Angern"
Pages
60-62 has a list of property owners of Angern in 1776, 1820 and
1906 and includes five Mittelstedts:
1776
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1820
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1906
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Albrecht
Mittelstedt
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Andreas Mittelstedt |
Heinrich Mittelstedt |
Jurgen
Mittelstedt
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| Simon Mittelstedt |
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83 "Around Christmas time of 1812
exciting
news reached our community... Napoleon's army was destroyed... In
January 1813 refugees from that
great army arrived in our region... Three persons from Angern, as far
as we know, took part in that invasion of Russia: Heinrich, Mittelstedt
and Christian Nollenberg. The first two did not return."
86
"In the year 1820 Angern had 997 inhabitants..." including:
Halbspaenner Mittelstedt
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Halbspaenner Mittelstedt
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Kossat Mittelstedt
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"Halbspaenner" refers to the size of the farm. Farmers around Angern
were distinguished by the size of their farm. There were "Vollspaenner"
[Full], "Dreiviertelspaenner" [3/4], "Halbspaenner" [1/2], and
"Viertelspaenner" [1/4] also called "Kossat".
None of the names in the book coincide with any names on the "Genealogy
Chart 1650-1845" except possibly Heinrich Mittelstedt listed as a
property owner in 1906. This could be my great grandfather who shot
himself in 1906; or the brother of Ilse
Mueller's grandfather; or someone else since "Heinrich" was a common
name.
