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In response to the posting on 18 Nov 1993 by Eric Schmidt
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> I have a patron who is searching for a LAT/LONG for a town which
> may or may not still exist. It is/was in Germany, and is/was called
> Asphe.
> There is a reference to NiederAsphe as well, but I don't know that that
> would be an actual town name. If you know of the place, or can find the
> LAT/LONG for it, please respond directly to me if possible. Thanks in
> advance.
Eric,
With reference to your posting on 18 Nov 1993, Oberasphe and Niederasphe
are villages northwest of the city of Marburg, in what was in the 1850's
the electorate of Hesse (also known as Hessen-Kassel); the electorate was
annexed by Prussia in 1866, and was incorporated into the new Prussian
province of Hessen-Nassau. The villages are now incorporated into the
civil parish of D-35117 M"unchhausen am Christenberg.
None of my atlases shows latitude and longitude, but a motorist reaches
the villages from Marburg by the following route:
north of Marburg on federal (trunk) road #3 7 km to the junction with
federal road #252
north-northwest on federal road #252 13 km to Obersimtshausen
west from Obersimtshausen 3 km to Niederasphe; Oberasphe is another
4 km north-northwest of Niederasphe.
I have no details on the population of Ober- and Niederasphe in 1850, but
in 1930 the population of Oberasphe was 326, and of Niederasphe 817. The
population is overwhelmingly Protestant: the registers of the Lutheran
church, in Niederasphe, begin in 1575, with gaps for the years 1611-1621
and 1630-1640. Residents of the Reformed persuasion attended the Reformed
church in M"unchhausen, whose registers begin in 1693.
Michael Palmer
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