The histories of George B. Zimpelman give the following information as to his birthplace;
"having been born in Bavara"
"first saw the light of day on the sunny banks of the Rhine, in Rhenish Bavaria"
"was born at Hufscorfbei, Germany"
Protestant (Evangelical) Church of Nussdorf (BA Landau)Pfalz, Germany - Kirchenbuch,
p. 38 No. 25 shows Zimpelmann Georg Bernhard, born 26th July 1832 to Johann Jacob Zimpelmann
and Maria Salomea Hochdoerffer. He was baptized 29th July 1831. Nussdorf is located
about 2 miles north of Landau (off the northeast tip of France).
His last name has been variously spelled as ZIMPELMAN, ZIMPLEMAN, ZEMPLEMAN, and transcribed
as LIMPELMAN and CIMPELMAN. His middle name has been variously spelled as
Bernhard, Bernhardt, Bernard. His signature is "Geo. B. Zimpelman".
The following paragraph is taken from "German Genealogy: Rhineland-Palatinate, the History
"After Napoleon's defeat in 1815, the Congress of Vienna granted the majority of the east-bank
lands to Bavaria and a a territory called Rheinhessen including the economically-vital cities of
Mainz and Worms to Hesse-Darmstadt. Rheinhessen was at that time one of the three provinces
of the Grandduchy of Hessen, the other two being Starkenburg and Oberhessen. Mainz, west of
the Rhine river, was the provincial capital.
In Bavaria, which was not territorially contiguous with its new property, the territory was
first known as the Königlich Bayrischen Lande am Rhein. After 1836, it was known as the
Bayrische Pfalz. After 1838 it was known variously as the Rheinpfalz (Palatinate) or
Rheinbayern or simply Pfalz. This state had its capital at Speyer (SHPY-er) located west of
the Rhine river.
The west-bank lands went to Prussia, and were joined to Prussia's east bank possessions to form
the Prussian Rheinprovinz [Rhine Province] in 1824. Prussia annexed nearby Nassau and
Meisenheim in 1866 and the Rhineland became the most prosperous area of the new German
nation following its formation in 1871".
Searches for "Hufscorfbei" came up empty-handed, even in a search of a time-period gazeteer.
However the following information has been found for a "Huf" in Rhenish Baveria.
Huf - Latitude 50 degrees, 34 minutes, 59 seconds N
Longitude 7 degrees, 31 minutes, 0 seconds E
( About 15 miles east of the Rhine, North of Koblenz)
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There is also another "Huf" but it is about 50 miles from the Rhine River. Its location is given
as
"part of Uttfeld, Bitburg-Prum, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz
50 degrees 07 minutes, 0 seconds North Latitude
6 degrees, 16 minutes, 0 seconds East Longitude
(East of the top of Luxembourg)