Mulsum, Kutenholz

The eastern town (Lat:N53°31'0, Long:E9°18'0) is further inland, located close to the town of Kutenholz in the district of Stade. The city of Kutenholz is the village center for the surrounding lands; however, the church in Mulsum is the spiritual center.

History


A church was build by Willehad in 786 on the location that would become Mulsum. The town was officially founded as a parish around the year 1100, incorporating the towns of Ahlerstedt, Severn and Hagen into the parish roster in the 14th century. By the 1500's the surrounding villages of Mulsum, Kutenholte, Etzell, Heßedorpe, Swynge, Groten Vredenbeke, Lütken Vredenbeke called Wedell un Aspe, Hoff by Etzell Heymenkenbostel were also members of the parish.

In 1667, Joachim Gebhardi, Ecclesiastes in Mulsum until 1692, saw the creation of the first 'church book', where records were written down for baptisms, wedding and deaths. In 1671 Mulsum was given the honor of the baptism of Hinrich Gustav Dachenhausen, attended by his godmother, the CountessMaria Aurora of Königsmarck.

In 1859 Hesedorf creates its own parish, taking a portion of the church followers away from the Mulsum church.

1874 sees the cessation of burials at Mulsum. All new burials are to be sent to a new cemetery at Stade Street.

Immediately after the Second World War the parish roster more than doubles as refugees flee the cities for the rural locations of their ancestors.

Church

 * St. Petri Gemeinde Evangelical Lutheran Church

Books

 * Ortssippenbuch Mulsum im Kreis Stade, Niedersachsen (Translation: Local clan book of Mulsum of the Stade District of Lower Saxony)
 * by Hans Gustav Carl Sarninghausen.
 * 1976 by German Association of Genealogical associations in Stuttgart. 978 pages. Written in German. Church records from 1630-1937 which include information on 6,989 families. It focuses on the families from the Mulsum parish but it does have a lot of information about people in Klein Aspe, Gross Aspe, Elm, Kutenholz, Wedel, Bargstedt, Fredenbeck, Schwinge, Hagenah, Farven, Fehrenbruch, Deinstedt, Bevern, Hesedorf, Bremervorde, Oldendorf, Estorf, MMittelsdorf and Stade.
 * Availablility: A microfilm has been made of this book and is available for loan through Family History centers.

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