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Beth, the "katholisch" simply means that the christenings and weddings took place at the Catholic church in Effeln. In the smaller towns and villages in Germany, the people tend to be of just one denomination. Effeln is a Catholic village. The Catholic church happens to be the only church in Effeln. That whole region of Westphalia is very Catholic. Again, the "katholisch" simply indicates that the christenings and weddings took place at the Catholic church in Effeln.
A language matter: "Westfalen" is simply German for "Westphalia", and "Preussen" is simply German for "Prussia", just like "Deutschland" is German for "Germany". So you're actually referring to WESTPHALIA and PRUSSIA.
Just like the U.S., Germany, too, has always been made up of STATES. We're talking here about what was until 1945 Germany's largest state by far, PRUSSIA, the capital of which was the city of BERLIN. (Following German unification in 1871, Berlin became Germany's national capital as well.) Because of its vast size, Prussia was divided into PROVINCES.
Just like Missouri, for example, is a U.S. state, Prussia was a German state.
EFFELN is located in what was until 1945 the Prussian province of WESTPHALIA, the capital of which was the city of MÜNSTER -- or if written without the "Umlaut" (two dots) over the "U", MUENSTER -- and the largest city in which was DORTMUND, in western Germany.
Following World War II and the break-up of the vast state of Prussia by the Allies, the northern half -- just the northern half -- of the Prussian Rhineland or Rhine Province, the Prussian province of Westphalia, and the very small German state of Lippe (capital: Detmold) combined to form today's new postwar German state of NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA (in German: Nordrhein-Westfalen), with the city of DÜSSELDORF -- or if written without the "Umlaut" (two dots) over the "U", DUESSELDORF -- in the Rhineland as its capital. Effeln is thus located in the Westphalia portion of today's state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
I should also mention here that Effeln is no longer an independent village. Effeln is one of nine towns and villages that combined with the nearby town of ANRÖCHTE -- or if written without the "Umlaut" (two dots) over the "O", ANROECHTE -- in 1975. So today, Effeln is a section of Anröchte (Anroechte). Anröchte (Anroechte) is today a town of about 11,000 people, of whom about 750 live in Effeln.
Robert
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