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The
Seekamp name dates back to November 25, 1481. That Friday, Heinrich Clüver sold a piece of land near Bollen known as the Seekampswerder to the church, who in turn leased the land to two brothers: Hinrich and Brüne. They didn’t have a surname yet. But thanks to the lease, they became known as
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Hinrich Seekamp and his brother had become established families in the surrounding villages: Bollen, Uphusen, Bierden, Mahndorf, Embsen, and the towns of Achim and Arbergen. The Seekamp name had become one of the more common family names in the area.
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Werder are small, cultivated pieces of land, on a river, which become rich and fertile over time through the ebb and flow of river floods. The
Seekamp name is formed from German
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word meaning 'enclosed, fenced, or hedged piece of land', which in turn comes from the Latin word
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