Rinkenis Parish, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Rinkenis, Apenrade, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen, Germany, became Rinkenæs, Aabenraa, Denmark (1920-1970).

History
In 1970, the counties of Haderslev, Tønder, Sønderborg, and Aabenraa became known as Sønderjylland County.

In 2007, Denmark's counties (amter) were abolished and replaced with five larger regions. Sønderjylland County (which was divided into the municipalities [kommuner] of Haderslev, Tønder, Sønderborg, and Aabenraa) together with other counties became collectively known as Region Syddanmark (the Region of Southern Denmark).

Place Names
A great gazetteer to begin with is Meyer's Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Rinkenis.

Another online gazetteer to check is the Historic Gazetteer from CompGen.

Locations within Rinkenis
Alnor/Alnor, Anor, Balle, Bennichshof/Benniksgaard, Brennstoft/Brendstoft, Buschmoos/Buskmose, Buskmose Domæne, Buskmose Skov, Bækbjerg, Beken/Bækken, Dalsgaard/Dalsgaard, Dalsmark, Fjordagergaard, Grav, Haugaard/Hovgaard, Højmark, Højvang, Kamp, Kanel, Kirchdorn, Knudsmade, Lyshøj, Markbek/Markbæk, Munkebæk, Munkmühle/Munkmølle, Mørkhøj, Nakke, Nederby, Overby, Ovn, Pelzergaard, Præstegaarden, Randersgaard, Ravnsbjerg, Rinkenis/Rinkenæs, Rinkenæsmark, Ryborg, Sandacker/Sandager, Schønheim, Slot, Solbakkegaard, Spangsbæk, Stranderott/Stranderød, Toft, Treppe/Trappen, Trekroner, Tummelberg/Tummelsbjerg, Wolfsballig/Volsballe, Aarsbjerg

Surrounding parishes
Holebüll, Apenrade Quars, Apenrade Atzbüll-Gravenstein, Apenrade Broacker, Sonderburg

Church Records
Rinkenis had its own Protestant parish. The following website(s) have digitized church records for the parish of Rinkenis:

Arkivalieronline
More recent records may be restricted.
 * Arkivalieronline (on the Danish National Archives website), which is free to use. The church records on Arkivalieronline contain no digital indexes. Type Rinken (the first part of the Danish placename) into the "Arkiv" search box and select Rinkenæs Sogn. Then click on a book to browse the digital images. Beginning with step number 5, see the "Arkivalieronline: Church Records" Instruction guide to learn how to browse church books on Arkivalieronline.

Indexed church records of Rinkenis parish may be found at:

FamilySearch

 * Kirkebøger, 1682-1920, which contains a mixture of indexed and non-indexed records

Browsable church records of Rinkenis parish may be found on FamilySearch; see the table below.

Civil Registration
Rinkenis had its own civil registration office. Civil registration for Rinkenis began on 1 October 1874.

For Rinkenis civil registration records, see the Catalog (browsable, but not indexed records).

Browsable civil birth, marriage, and death records of Rinkenis parish may be found on FamilySearch; see the table below. Some earlier civil records for Rinkenis are found in the Gravenstein civil registration office; see the Gravenstein civil records table on the Atzbüll-Gravenstein parish page.

Census Records
Denmark conducted several censuses in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. For more information about these censuses, see the articles Denmark Census and Schleswig-Holstein Census.

The following censuses were taken for Rinkenis:
 * 1803
 * 1835
 * 1840
 * 1845
 * 1860
 * 1921
 * 1925
 * 1930
 * 1940

The following website(s) have digitized census records for the parish of Rinkenis; note that not all of the websites below have records from all the censuses of Rinkenis:
 * Danish Family Search
 * FamilySearch
 * MyHeritage
 * Ancestry
 * Danish Demographic Database (index only)

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
There is no known town genealogy for the parish of Rinkenis. For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet.

Family Genealogies
The following genealogies for families in Rinkenis are available in the FamilySearch Library and/or on FamilySearch:


 * Ahnetavle: Gamle papirer fra Rinkenæs, Slægten Bennick
 * Translated title (English): Family Tree: Old Documents from Rinkenæs, the Bennick Family
 * Description (English): The Bennick, Jepsen, and Taysen families of Rinkenæs, Åbenrå County, Denmark, 1532-1826. Typewritten manuscript.
 * Film number: 475290, Item 4
 * DGS number: 8847763
 * Linked image numbers: 93-133
 * Slægten Lorenzen fra Rinkenæs: 1842 - 11. november, 1942
 * Translated title (English): The Lorenzen Family from Rinkenæs: 1842 through 11 November 1942
 * Description (English): Lorenzen family of Rinkenæs, Åbenrå County, Denmark. Family members later lived in Haderslev and København. Earliest known ancestor, Peter Petersen, owner of a farm in Rinkenæs in Sundeved, was mentioned in the 1543 tax lists. Peter Hiort Lorenzen (1791-1845), son of Thomas Lorenzen and Martha Hiort, was a merchant in Haderslev. Nis Lorenzen (1669-1741) was the great-grandfather of Peter Hiort Lorenzen, and after his death in 1741 the family farm in Rinkenæs was torn down and the land divided up. Includes an index.
 * Call number: 929.2489 L887h
 * Off-site book; order a copy to the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
 * Slægtsbog for efterkommere efter Christian Jacobsen, født 1829
 * Translated title (English): Family Book for Descendants of Christian Jacobsen, born in 1829
 * Description (Danish): Forfædre af Fritz Jacobsen (1883-1961), sønnen af Christian Jacobsen og Marie Euphrosyne Cathrine Grage. Han var født i Dalsgaard, Rinkenæs sogn, Åbenrå, og døde i Ensomhed, Tandslet sogn, Sønderborg. Han blev gift 1905 i Tandslet med Marie Jensen (1879-1952). Hun var født i Tandslet sogn som datter af Ole Andersen Jensen og Anne Cathrine Mathiesen. Efterkommere er efter Christian Jacobsen og Marie Euphrosyne Cathrine Grage.
 * Description (English): Ancestors of Fritz Jacobsen (1883-1961), son of Christian Jacobsen (1829-1891) and Marie Euphrosyne Cathrine Grage (1858-194). He was born in Dalsgaard, Rinkenæs parish, Åbenrå, and died in Ensomhed, Tandslet parish, Sønderborg. He married Marie Jensen (1879-1952), daughter of Ole Andersen Jensen and Anne Cathrine Mathiesen, 1905 in Tandslet. She was born in Tandslet parish, Viborg. Descendants are through Christian Jacobsen and Marie Euphrosyne Cathrine Grage.
 * Film number: 1440167, Item 18
 * DGS number: 7959269
 * Linked image numbers: 874-925
 * Call number: 929.2489 J151c
 * Off-site book; order a copy to the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, UT, USA

History

 * Landsbyfællesskabet i Rinkenæs, 1550-1769
 * Translated title (English): Landsbyfællesskabet (The Village Community) in Rinkenæs, 1550-1769
 * Description (English): History of Rinkenæs, Åbenrå, Denmark.
 * Call number: 948.941 H2f
 * Off-site book; order a copy to the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Related Sources
Rinkenis became a part of the collective municipality (kommune) of Gråsten in 1970 and part of the municipality of Sønderborg in 2007. The current municipality's website (in Danish) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
For a list of Schleswig-Holstein archives, see Schleswig-Holstein Archives and Libraries.

For a list of Schleswig-Holstein societies, see Schleswig-Holstein Societies.