Our German Ancestors

I've known for sometime where our German ancestors came from and I know where the Heidelberg, Baden area is. But did all of our ancestors come from this area?

I pinned on a map the exact location (thanks to Google maps) where our ancestors came from.  (This is so much more accurate then my previous map attempts) I went through each individual line to gather this information.  Some of these lines go into the 1400s.  It was surprising that most of our ancestors stayed in the same area for many generations and some moved around a bit.

The cluster of stars is the Baden area.  This area was also known as Württemberg.  Württemberg, once a Duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, in 1806 became the Kingdom with the break-up of empire. This was during the reign of Frederick I of Württemberg. In 1918 it became a republic called the Free People's State of Württemberg.

After World War II, Württemberg was divided between the United States and French occupation zones and became part of two new states: Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. After the Federal Republic of Germany was formed in 1949, these two states merged with Baden in 1952 to become the modern German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Württemberg, shown within the German Empire (1871–1918)

Baden-Württemberg, shown in modern Germany.

I've written about Württemberg before with the Scheef line.  This is also the region where our Falkner, Eckert lines come from.

Our Kohn family was a bit more north in Prussia.