How can i find out the Catholic cemetaries in Lingen, Germany?

Question:I have recently found out my uncle was buried in a cemetary near lingen, germany during the war, this is news to my family and i would love to find out where i can locate the info.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I have recently found out my uncle was buried in a cemetary near lingen, germany during the war, this is news to my family and i would love to find out where i can locate the info.

Lingen is in the diocese of Osnabrück.

I suggest you contact the diocese directly for assistance:

Hasestrasse 40/A, Postfach 1380, D-49003 Osnabruck, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Telephone: (0541)3180
Fax: 318-117
http://www.bistum-osnabrueck.de/

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/dioces...

With love in Christ.

yea i'd just call directory assistance for that information- good luck

LINGEN, HANNOVER, PREUSSEN?

Bless the hearts of those trying to help. However, let's make sure we are singing off the correct sheet of music, i.e. looking at the correct “Lingen.”

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Your query must be approached in a proper, more targeted manner. According to Meyers Orts und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reichs, a pre-WW1 gazetteer of the entire Germanic empire, there are 3 Lingen entries & 1 Linggen entry. If you wish to consider other spelling variations, e.g. Lengen, then it becomes even more wide-spread. For now, we shall stick with your provided spelling.

The Lingen in the province of Hannover (aka Niedersachsen)is the largest of the four and, therefore, statistically, in the absence of evidence or even rumor to the contrary, is the likeliest.

But that is something you might be able to decide by other known corroborating data. For example, associated with your ancestral Lingen, is there another neighboring town, district, province, state or place-name known or mentioned? This would be so that you could pin down the correct Ling(g)en.

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