[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Karolinenhof

[Jerry Frank]

Ploehen is the WW II Germanic name for Plonsk which is approximately 
60 km NW of Warsaw.  This region is formerly in Russian Poland, not 
Prussia.  "Kr." = Kries so the villages are in the district of Plonsk.

You village names are complicated by the conversion to German 
pronunciations / spellings.  Karolinenhof is almost certainly 
Karolinow or Karolinowka or Karolinowo.

There is a Karolinowo about 17 km NE of Plonsk known to have had some 
German residents.

I haven't been able to come up with a good match for Zetzemin in near 
vicinity of Plonsk.  There is sounds-like Secymin on the south side 
of the Wisla River about 40 km WNW of Warsaw but I don't know the 
boundaries for Kries Ploehnen so cannot say with confidence that this 
is the correct place.


Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca




At 11:05 PM 06/01/2009, Jim Stange wrote:
>The names were on a written family tree without sources.  The time frame
>would be 1930's.  There is also a baptism location of "Zetzemin, Kr.
>Ploehnen"??
>
>Thanks!
>
>On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Rose Ingram <roseingram at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >  Jim,
> >
> > On what documentation did you find these places written?   What time
> > period?
> >
> > Rose Ingram
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Jim Stange <jjstange at gmail.com>
> > *To:* ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:42 PM
> > *Subject:* [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Karolinenhof
> >
> > Does anyone recognize this place name in Poland:
> >
> > *Kreis Ploehnen* OR the village *Karolinenhof*?
> >
> > It may be in the area west of Wloclawek.
> >
> > I cannot find any alternate names in Polish or these locations on some of
> > the old maps I have.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide.