Local heritage book of Kutten (Kirchspiel)

Over the years the area of the former Kutten parish (established between 1553 and 1581) [1] included the following villages, estates and dwellling places:

In addition the places

„Pottaschbude“ (268 registry entries of individuals during the periods 1691-1717 and 1754-57), and
„Malessowken“ (121 registry entries of individuals during 1805-61)

are sporadically mentioned in the church registers.  However, none of these places appears anywhere on a map or in an index of places.


Fig. 1:  Area of the Kutten parish [1836] [8]  - 
A larger map and additional information can be obtained by entering the name of any place in the parish at www.meyersgaz.org  .

When civil registration was introduced in East Prussia from about October 1874, the area of the Kutten parish was subdivided into 3 registry precincts:

Registry Office Kutten [1874-1944]  -  serving the places
            Eichenberg, Frankenort, Gr. Lenkuk, Hegewald, Jakunowken, Jakunowkenberg,
            Kutten, Teufelsberg, Zabinken

Registry Office Grodzisko  [1874-1889]  -
            Gassöwen, Grodzisko, Gr. Pillacken, Heinrichswalde

Registry Office Przerwanken  [1874-1890]  -
            Gembalken, Karlsberg, Kl. Eschenort, Kl. Strengeln, Natalienhof,
            Przerwanken, Przytullen, Wilkusmühle

From 1891 until the end of 1944 the whole area of the Kutten parish came under the Kutten Registry Office.

An overview of the church and civil registers that have survived the end of WW II can be obtained via the website "Kutten (Kreis Angerburg)" [10].  The remaining registers (including the civil registers kept at the Berlin State Archives) have been digitised by Archion [11] and Ancestry [12] and can be downloaded in so far as they are not subject to statutory blocking periods.  In addition to the formal registers data from the 1763 and 1769 "Mühlenconsignationen" [13] (digitisation by Norbert Skowron) and the 1855-1907 editions of the weekly "Angerburger Kreisblatt" [14] (digitisation and capture by Winfried Lyszio) have been incorporated in this heritage book.  Since revised and/or new relevant genealogical data become available on a continual basis, any heritage book will remain a permanent construction site.  However, the reponsibility for errors, omissions, inaccuracies etc. rests with the editor.

References:

[1]  Pfeiffer, E., Der Kreis Angerburg, 2. Aufl. 1998, S. 317, Selbstverlag der Kreisgemeinschaft Angerburg;
[2]  von Suchodoletz, Samuel, Ein Theil der Aembter Barten, Gerdauen, Angerburg.., Karte ~1:100 000, 1732
[3]  Goldbeck, Johann Friedrich, Vollständige Topographie des Königreichs Preußen - 1. Teil, Topographie von Ostpreußen, 1785, VFFOW Sonderschrift 7;
[4]  Königl. Regierung zu Gumbinnen, Ortschaftsverzeichnis des Regierungs-Bezirks Gumbinnen, 1818, VFFOW Sonderschrift 48
[5]  Königl. Preußisches Statistisches Landesamt, Gemeindelexikon für die Provinz Ostpreußen, 1907, VFFOW Sonderschrift 102
[6]  Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny Warszawa, 106 GRABOWEN (Grabowo), Karte 1:100 000, 1932
[7]  Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, Kreise Angerburg und Lötzen, Karte 1:100 000, 1940
[8]  http://mapy.geoportal.gov.pl/imap/Imgp_2.html, 2019
[9]  von Witzleben, F.A., Karte des Angerburger Kreises, Berlin, 1836
[10] http://genwiki.genealogy.net/Kutten_(Kreis_Angerburg)
[11] www.archion.de
[12] www.ancestry.de
[13] Amt Angerburg (Preußen), Mühlenconsignationen, 1763 und 1769, "Ertrag des Koeniglich Preußischen Domainen Ambts Angerburg Von/Bis Trinitatis 1763/1769", Bestände des Staatsarchivs Königsberg im GStAPK, Berlin;
[14] Landkreis Angerburg (Kr. Angerburg, Ostpreußen),  Angerburger Kreis-Blatt, 1855-1907, Druck und Verlag der F. J. Priddatschen Buchdruckerei in Angerburg, Bestände der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Westhafenspeicher – Zeitungsabteilung.