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.