Eckweiler, Preußen - German location name? [closed]

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I'm adding the husband of my 2nd G Grandaunt who was born in Eckweiler, Preußen in 1843,  Going nuts trying to figure out the proper location name and subsequent German Roots Sticker.  Can't find anything specific on Eckweiler online except it is near Sobernheim in the Bad Kreuznach district. Am I reading too much into this or is Eckweiler, Preußen sufficient?

Edit: When I put the name in the location field, I get a few different locations.
Thanks in advance
WikiTree profile: Charles Midnight
closed with the note: Thanks Dieter
in Policy and Style by LJ Russell G2G6 Pilot (229k points)
closed by LJ Russell

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The correct administrative order in 1843 was (since 1822):

Eckweiler, Kreis Kreuznach, Regierungsbezirk Koblenz, Rheinprovinz, Königreich Preußen, Deutscher Bund.

In the WikiTree location fields I would write:

Eckweiler, Kreuznach, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutscher Bund

The correct German roots sticker is Rheinland-Pfalz.
by Dieter Lewerenz G2G Astronaut (3.2m points)
selected by LJ Russell
Thanks Dieter, if anyone would know, you would!!!!
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Try this wikipedia entry (in German):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckweiler

Looks like it's essentially a ghost town now.
by Scott Fulkerson G2G Astronaut (1.6m points)

Yes, saw that, but I am trying to find the correct name for 1843.

Thanks for checking.smiley

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LJ,

Depending on how many politial levels you want to show here is what I found:

Eckweiler, Winterburg, Bad Kreuznach, Koblenz, Rheinprovinz, Preussen, Deutscher Bund

You can find this information at gov.genealogy.net.  Type in Eckweiler and it will provide you the details.
by Dennis Heltemes G2G6 (6.0k points)
Yes thank you for the answer and that link as well.
I would suggest: Be careful with those hierarchical chains ... :-) It's better to check it ...

I found mistakes and gaps in the standardized locations of FamilySearch, and I found mistakes and gaps on gov.genealogy.net.

For example: "Eckweiler, Winterburg, Bad Kreuznach, Koblenz, Rheinprovinz, Preussen, Deutscher Bund"

GOV says that Landkreis Bad Kreuznach existed at least from 1817 to 2019.

Wikipedia says:
1816 – 1969 Kreis Kreuznach
1969 – today Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

And that's not only hairsplitting ... :-)

To get a correct location hierarchy at a special time is hard ...
I agree Siegfried on being careful which is why I put this question out.  From what I have found, close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, thermonuclear weapons and historical Deutschland location names. wink, wink
I just tried with a place of whose existence I only recently became aware of: Hörden, near Rastatt, Baden. GOV says "Hörden, Gaggenau, Rastatt, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland", which is definitely wrong for the period with which I am working, 1750 to 1870.

<rant>From what I have been able to glean, it seems that up to 1771 Hörden was located in the Margraviate of Baden-Baden, 1771-1803 in the Margraviate of Baden, 1803 to 1806 in the Electorate of Baden, thence to 1918 in the Grand Duchy of Baden. The "Baden" entity belonged to the Holy Roman Empire until 1806, to the German Federation from 1815 to 1866 and to the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. Presumably the creation and dissolution of these bodies did not always fall on the first, resp. last, day of a calendar year, and there seem to be interregna (from 1806 to 1815 and 1866 to 1871). It is impossible for me to keep track of all this for a child who was born in 1799 and died at the age of 7 without reference to an extensive online data base.</rant>

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