Atzbüll-Gravenstein Parish, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Atzbüll, Apenrade, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen, Germany, became Adsbøl, Aabenraa, Denmark (1920-1970).

There are two places in Schleswig-Holstein called Atzbüll. As such, "Gravenstein" in "Atzbüll-Gravenstein" is an identifier to differentiate between the two locations by the same name. This page details information of the Atzbüll (hereafter referenced on this page as "Atzbüll-Gravenstein") near Gravenstein that later became known as Adsbøl.

Atzbüll (that is, Atzbüll near Gravenstein) and Gravenstein were jointly known as the parish of Atzbüll-Gravenstein or Gravenstein-Atzbüll for a long time.

History
Adsbøl church was erected in the early 1200s.

Adsbøl parish was annexed to Ullerup parish until 1567, when Adsbøl became an independent parish. Adsbøl later became a kirkedistrikt (church district) in Gråsten parish.

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

In 1978, Adsbøl church district and Gråsten parish were merged into Gråsten-Adsbøl parish.

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).

In 2010, when church districts in Denmark were abolished, Adsbøl became its own parish, separate from the parish of Gråsten.

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

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

Locations within Atzbüll-Gravenstein
Adsbøl/Atzbüll, Alnor, Birkely, Bojskov, Bojskovskov, Dyrehaven, Døn, Fiskebæk/Fischbek, Fiskebækgård, Fiskebækskov/Fischbekholz, Fisknæs/Fisnis, Gammel Præstegaard, Graasten/Gravenstein, Graasten Hovedgaard, Graasten Slot, Herles, Holbæk/Holbek, Holbækmark, Jægerslyst, Konkel/Konkel, Kværsdam, Ladegårdsskov/Laygaardholz, Midtskov, Naldmadebro, Nalmajbro/Nalmaibrück, Postdam, Sildekule, Stengerott, Toft/Toft, Tralskov, Uglebjerg

Surrounding parishes
Rinkenis, Apenrade Quars, Apenrade Feldstedt, Apenrade Ulderup, Sonderburg Nübel, Sonderburg Broacker, Sonderburg

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

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 Adsb (the first part of the Danish placename; writing "o" instead of the following "ø" will not work) into the "Arkiv" search box and select Adsbøl 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 Atzbüll/Atzbüll-Gravenstein parish may be found at:

FamilySearch

 * Kirkebøger, 1589-1911, which contains a mixture of indexed and non-indexed records

Browsable church records of Atzbüll/Atzbüll-Gravenstein parish may be found on FamilySearch; see the table below.

Civil Registration
Atzbüll-Gravenstein belonged to the civil registration office of Gravenstein. Civil registration for Gravenstein began on 1 October 1874. Atzbüll-Gravenstein later had its own civil registration office.

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

Browsable civil birth, marriage, and death records of Gravenstein and Atzbüll-Gravenstein civil registration offices may be found on FamilySearch; see the table below.

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 Atzbüll-Gravenstein:
 * 1803
 * 1835
 * 1840
 * 1845
 * 1860
 * 1921
 * 1925
 * 1930
 * 1940

The following website(s) have digitized census records for the parish of Atzbüll-Gravenstein; 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 Atzbüll/Atzbüll-Gravenstein. For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet.

Family Genealogy
The following genealogy for families in Atzbüll-Gravenstein are available in the FamilySearch Library and/or on FamilySearch:


 * Slægtsbog for efterkommere efter Hans Erik Vilhelmsen, født 1858
 * Translated title (English): Family Book for Descendants of Hans Erik Vilhelmsen, born in 1858
 * Description (Danish): Forfædre og efterkommere efter Hans Erik Vilhelmsen (1858-1924), som var født i Ladegårdskov, Adsbøl sogn, Åbenrå, og døde i Skovlund, Ansager sogn, Ribe. Han blev gift 1882 i Taulov med Mette Marie Jensen (1856-1924). Hun var født i Taarup Østerskov, Taulov sogn, Vejle. De havde ti børn, som var født i Skovlund, Ansager sogn, Ribe.
 * Description (English): Ancestors and descendants of Hans Erik Vilhelmsen (1858-1924), who was born in Ladegårdskov, Adsbøl parish, Åbenrå, and died in Skovlund, Ansager parish, Ribe. He married Mette Marie Jensen (1856-1924) 1882 in Taulov. She was born in Taarup Østerskov, Taulov parish, Vejle. They had ten children born in Skovlund, Ansager parish, Ribe. They used surname Vilhelmsen.
 * Film number: 1440159, Item 3
 * DGS number: 8852343
 * Linked image numbers: 162-203
 * Call number: 929.2489 V711ha
 * Off-site book; order a copy to the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Related Sources
Atzbüll (then known as Adsbøl) became a part of the collective municipality (kommune) of Gråsten (formerly known as Gravenstein) 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.