Place:Powunden, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany

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NamePowunden
TypeVillage
Coordinates54.8956°N 20.5893°E
Located inOstpreußen, Preußen, Germany     (1285 - 1946)
Also located inKaliningrad, Severo-zapadny, Russia     (1946 - )
See alsoХрабровоsince 1946
source: Family History Library Catalog

From the prußische Po meaning near and wundan - water.

Built between 1265 and 1270 7 km west of Schaaken it became important as the parish churches for both Catholics and Protestants. In the 1960's it was rebuilt as Devau airport.

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Research Tips

PLEW, Patrick: Ortsfamilienbuch Powunden (Kreis Samland / Königsberg-Land) : 1738 - 1874. - Bremen, 2014.

Filmed Church records Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1738-1760 (r. & l. S.) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1760-1782 (r. & l. S.) - FHL INTL Film [ 1859623 ] Taufen 1782-1811 (l. & r. S.) Taufen 1812-1813 (l. & r. S.) - FHL INTL Film [ 1859624 ] Heiraten 1782-1819 (l. & r. S.) Tote 1782-1813 (l. & r. S.) - FHL INTL Film [ 1859694 ] Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1827-1846 - FHL INTL Film [ 582029 ] Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1847-1866 - FHL INTL Film [ 582030 ] Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1867-1874 Taufen, Tote 1813-1826 Heiraten 1817-1826 - FHL INTL Film [ 582031 ] Andere Filmung: Taufen 1813-1874 - FHL INTL Film [ 72549 ] Heiraten 1817-1874 Tote 1813-1874 - FHL INTL Film [ 72550 ]

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