- Land Wursten
Land Wursten is a "
Samtgemeinde " ("collective municipality") in the district of Cuxhaven, inLower Saxony ,Germany . It is situated approximately 20 km southwest ofCuxhaven , and 15 km north ofBremerhaven . Its seat is in the village Dorum.The "Samtgemeinde" Land Wursten consists of the following municipalities:
# Cappel
#Dorum 1
# Midlum
#Misselwarden
#Mulsum
#Padingbüttel
#Wremen Emmigrants from Land Wursten
Lower Saxony in the Kingdom of Hannover was the ancestral home to many emmigrants who made their way from Germany to the United States and other parts of the world, usually via the port cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The 1860's was a particularly turbulent time in Hannover's history. The German wars and annexation of Hannover by Prussia in 1866 led some Land Wursten families to seek new opportunities abroad.
The number of emmigrants from Land Wursten, their destinations and reasons for leaving is not known. A combination of political and economic reasons can be assumed.
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