Hesse links
for Jewish genealogy
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Updated January 2011. A great many pages have disappeared or been moved to new URLs.
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First, some areas that Hesse is NOT
Northern Germany --------- Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein,
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Eastern Germany ---------- Saxonia, Saxonia-Anhalt, Thuringia
Southern Germany --------- Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg
Hessen 1866
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Hesse is an area of Western Germany
Western Germany also includes North-Rhine/Westphalia,
Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
Wolfgang Fritzsche of JewishGen
GerSig wrote the introductory explanation below:
Hesse is one of the federal states in Germany. The capital city is Wiesbaden.
Since 1567, a few territories had the word Hesse in their names:
Hessen-Kassel,
Hessen-Darmstadt.
Hessen-Marburg (incorporated into Hessen-Kassel in 1604 ),
Hessen-Rheinfels (incorporated into Hessen-Darmstadt in 1583),
In 1622 Hessen-Homburg was seperated from Hessen-Darmstadt.
Beside these, two other teritories existed in the area we know today as Hesse:
Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Dillenburg.
In 1803 (this is one of the most important dates in Hesse history) these territories
were re-arranged:
The two Nassaus were combined under the name "Herzogtum Nassau" (duchy
Nassau) with Wiesbaden as its capital city.
Hessen-Kassel became:
landcraviate (Kurhessen) and
Hessen-Darmstadt duchy, shortly later "Gro?herzogtum", grand duchy.
The capitals of these were, respectively, Kassel and Darmstadt.
(This is the reason why there are three state archives in Hesse today: Marburg,
Darmstadt and Wiesbaden, which is the main State Archive.)
In 1866, Nassau, Kurhessen, a part of the territory of Frankfort-on-Main, parts
of the grand-duchy of Hesse, the territory of Homburg
and the countship of Hesse-Homburg, became part of Prussia and this new province
was named "Hessen-Nassau".
There were two administrative districts: Wiesbaden and Kassel.
Also in 1866, the grand duchy Hesse was expanded to include the provinces Oberhessen
(north of the Main-river),
Starkenburg (between Rhine and Main river) and Rheinhessen (west of the Rhine-river
including Mainz).
In 1945 the state Hesse was formed out of those parts of the former Hesse which
were under American occupation
(Rheinhessen became part of Rheinland-Pfalz) and the largest part of Nassau.
Maps:
http://www.mapquest.com/
http://www.mapquest.de/
http://www.meinestadt.de/
http://www.bing.com/maps/
http://www.landkartenindex.de/
http://www.map-of-germany.com/
Frankfurt Germany Hahn Airport
Routenplaner
http://www.hoeckmann.de/geschichte/nrwhist.htm
http://www.feefhs.org/maplibrary/german/gw-hesse.html ------------ 1882 Hesse-Cassel and Darmstadt
map
http://www.meinestadt.de/hessen --------- overview map with
links to maps of each of the divisions - EXCELLENT INTRO
http://www.hessennet.de/
http://www.hessennet.de/ASP/Mitglieder.asp ----- links to stadts
http://www.cityreview.de/hessen/ ----------- links to stadts AND landkreise
Webpages about Hesse:
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Hesse ------- includes links to many other Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Cassel, etc
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessen
http://members.cox.net/hessen/hesse.htm ----- EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF LINKS AND MAPS!
"If there ever was a place with changing names and borders, it is Germany" [I AGREE!]
Areas of Hesse:
Nordhessen (Kassel) - http://www.rp-kassel.de/
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordhessen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany
http://www.hoeckmann.de/deutschland/hessennord.htm ---------
North Hesse maps 1789 - EXCELLENT
Fulda region
Easthessen - http://www.projektwerkstatt.de/projektor/
- Translated
| Landkreis Kassel
- map larger: Hofgeismar, Wolfhagen, Fuldatal, Vellmar, Schauenburg, Fuldabrück, Baunatal, Niestetal, Kaufunge, Lohfelden, Baunatal smaller: Bad Emstal, Bad Karlshafen, Breuna, Calden, Espenau, Grebenstein, Habichtswald, Helsa, Immenhausen, Kaufungen, Liebenau, Naumburg, Nieste, Oberweser, Reinhardshagen, Schauenburg, Sohrewald, Trendelburg, Wahlsburg, Zierenberg http://www.landkreiskassel.de/ http://www.kassel.de/ http://www.landkreiskassel.de/kreis/index.htm - Translated --- Click on "history of county" [sic] for history http://www.museum-hofgeismar.de/ -------- used to have a list of Jews killed in holocaust Jüdische Kultur in Nordhessen Jewish Communities in Kassel and Hofgeismar, deportation history, synagogues, and many links to Jewish history Grebenstein (NW of Kassel) history |
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| Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg
- cities
(click Tourismus, then Links aus der Region) - map http://www.landkreis-waldeck-frankenberg.de/ ---- used to have a page on cities Detailed map of Waldeck-Frankenberg and neighboring regions Allendorf, Bad Arolsen, Bad Wildungen, Battenberg, Bromskirchen, Burgwald, Diemelsee, Diemelstadt, Edertal, Frankenau, Frankenberg, Gemunden, aina, Harzfeld, Korbach, Lichtenfels, Rosenthal, Twistetal, Vohl, Volkmarsen, Waldeck, Willingen |
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| Werra-Meißner-Kreis
(Werra-Meissner-Kreis) - map The Werra River flows through the Northeast area of this landkreis. Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Berkatal, Großalmerode, Herleshausen, Hessisch Lichtenau, Meinhard, Meißner, Neu-Eichenberg, Ringgau, Waldkappel, Wanfried, Wehretal, Weißenborn, Witzenhausen Eschwege Sontra |
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| Schwalm-Eder-Kreis -
map The Schwalm, Eder, & Fulda Rivers flow through this landkreis. Bad Zwesten, Borken, Edermünde, Frielendorf, Fritzlar, Gilserberg, Gudensberg, Guxhagen, Homberg, Knüllwald, Körle, Malsfeld, Melsungen, Morschen, Neuental, Niedenstein, Oberaula, Ottrau, Schrecksbach, Schwalmstadt, Schwarzenborn, Wabern, Willingshausen Felsberg Jesberg Neukirchen |
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| Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf
- map The Lahn River flows through the western half from south to north. Amöneburg, Angelburg, Bad Endbach, Biedenkopf, Breidenbach, Colbe, Dautphetal, Ebsdorfergrund, Fronhausen, Gladenbach, Kirchhain, Lahntal, Lohra, Münchhausen, Neustadt, Rauschenberg, Stadtallendorf, Steffenberg, Weimer, Wetter, Wohratal Marburg hhttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg http://www.marburg.de/ ----------- see: Die Stadt > Geschichte http://stadtplan.marburg.de/mapsight/stadtplan/ ---------------- map http://www.jg-marburg.de Roth http://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/sonst/1998/0012.html - Translated |
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| Vogelsbergkreis -
map The Schwalm & Nidder Rivers originate in the southern part, and the Fulda River flows through the eastern part. Alsfeld, Antrifttal, Feldatal, Freiensteinau, Gemünden, Grebenau, Grebehnain, Herbstein, Homberg, Kirtorf, Lauterbach, Lautertal, Mücke, Romrod, Schlitz, Schotten, Schwalmtal, Ulrichstein, Wartenberg |
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| Landkreis Fulda
- map The Fulda River flows through this landkreis. Bad Salzschlirf, Dipperz, Ebersburg, Ehrenberg, Eichenzell, Flieden, Fulda, Gersfeld, Großenlüder, Hilders, Hofbieber, Hosenfeld, Kalbach, Künzell, Neuhof, Nüsttal, Petersberg, Poppenhausen, Rasdorf, Tann EIterfeld Burghaun (has the Jewish cemetary for a lot of the Hesse towns) http://www.burghaun.de/ http://straussenwirt.at/English/rad.htm ------ Tour of the hot springs region http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/germany/index.html http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/burghaun/burghaun.html Hünfeld (Hunfeld, Huenfeld) http://www.huenefeld.org/Ursprung/ursprung.html - Translated ------------- appears to be the history of Hunfeld |
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| Lahn-Dill-Kreis -
map The Lahn River flows through the southern part of this landkreis. Aßlar, Bischoffen, Braunfels, Breitscheid, Dietzhölztal, Dillenburg, Driedorf, Ehringshausen, Eschenburg, Greifenstein, Haiger, Herborn, Hohenahr, Hüttenberg, Lahnau, Leun, Mittenaar, Schöffengrund, Siegbach, Sinn, Solms, Waldsolms, Wetzlar |
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| Landkreis Gießen
(Giessen) - map The River Lahn runs through the western third. Allendorf, Biebertal, Buseck, Fernwald, Grünberg, Heuchelheim, Hugen, Langgöns. Lich, Linden, Lollar, Pohlheim, Rabenau, Wettenberg Giessen: http://www.uni-giessen.de/sfb299/uis/U_Region/orte_karte.htm http://www.uni-giessen.de/sfb299/uis/U_Region/orte_pub_uis.htm http://www.uni-giessen.de/sfb299/uis/U_Region/orte_karte.htm Staufenberg: http://www.staufenberg.de/ - Translated http://www.stadtarchiv.staufenberg.de/ Reiskirchen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Landkreis_Gießen_Reiskirche.png area map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiskirchen |
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| Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg
- map The Lahn River flows through the center. Bad Camberg, Beselich, Brechen, Dornburg, Elbtal, Elz, Hadamar, Hünfelden, Limburg, Löhnberg, Mengerskirchen, Merenberg, Runkel, Selters, Villmar, Waldbrunn, Weilburg, Weilmünster, Weinbach |
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| Wetteraukreis -
map The Nidder River runs through the eastern & southern landkreis. main cities: Friedburg, Budingen smaller: Butzbach, Ober-Mörlen, Münzenberg, Bad Nauheim, Rockenberg, Wolfersheim, Florstadt, Rosbach, Niddatal, Karben, Wollstadt, Bad Vilbel, Nidda, Gedern, Hirzenhain, Echzell, Ranstadt, Kefenrod, Ortenberg, Reichelsheim, Glauburg, Altenstadt, Limeshain |
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| Main-Kinzig-Kreis
- map The Main River flows through the center. The Nidder & Sinn Rivers flow through the west & east. Bad Orb, Bad Soden-Salmünster, Biebergemünd, Birstein, Brachttal, Bruchköbel, Erlensee, Flörsbachtal, Freigericht, Geinhausen, Großkrotzenburg, Gründau, Hammersbach, Hanau, Hasselroth, Jossgrund, Langenselbold, Linsengericht, Maintal, Neuberg, Nidderau, Niederdorfelden, Rodenbach, Ronneburg, Schlüchtern, Schöneck, Sinntal, Steinau, Wächtersbach |
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| Hochtaunuskreis
- map Bad Homburg, Friedrichsdorf, Glashütten, Grävenwiesbach, Kronberg, Königstein, Neu-Anspach, Oberursel, Schmitten, Steinbach, Usingen, Wehrheim, Weilrod |
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| Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
- map The Rhein River forms the southern border. Aarbergene, Hunstetten, Hohenstein, Waldems, Idstein, Heidenrod, Bad Schwalbach, Taunusstein, Niderhausen, Schlangenbad, Lorch, Kiedrich, Wallut, Eltville, Oestrich-Winkel, Giesenheim, Assmannshausen, Rudesheim |
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| Main-Taunus-Kreis
- map The Main River forms the southern border. Bad Soden, Eppstein, Eschborn, Flörsheim, Hattersheim, Hochheim, Kelkheim, Kriftel, Leiderbach, Schwalbach, Sulzbach Wallau |
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| Wiesbaden (Stadtkreis
- the city) Ebenheim |
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| Offenbach (Stadtkreis - the city) | ||
| Kreis Offenbach
- map Dietzenbach, Dreieich, Egelsbach, Hainburg, Heusenstamm, Langen, Mainhausen, Mühlheim, Neu-Isenburg, Obertshausen, Rodgau, Rödermark, Seligenstadt |
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| Landkreis Groß-Gerau
(Gross-Gerau) - map The Main River forms the northern border. Biebesheim, Bischofsheim, Büttelborn, Gernsheim, Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Groß Gerau, Kelsterbach, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Nauheim, Raunheim, Riedstadt, Rüsselsheim, Stockstadt, Trebur |
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| Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg
- map Alsbach-Hähnlein, Babenhausen, Bickenbach, Dieburg, Eppertshausen, Erzhausen, Fischbachtal, Griesheim, Groß Bieberau, Groß-Umstadt, Groß Zimmern, Messel, Modautal, Mühltal, Münster, Ober-Ramstadt, Otzberg, Pfungstadt, Reinheim, Roßdorf, Schaafheim, Seehaim-Jugenheim, Weiterstadt |
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| Darmstadt (Stadtkreis - the city) (lies inside Darmstadt-Dieburg) | ||
| Odenwaldkreis
- map Bad König, Beerfelden, Brensbach, Breuberg, Brombachtal, Erbach, Fränkisch-Crumbach, Hesseneck, Höchst, Lützelbach, Michelstadt, Mossautal, Reichelsheim, Rothenberg, Sensbachtal |
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| Landkreis Bergstraße
(Bergstrasse) - map The Rhein River forms the western border. The Neckar River forms the southeastern border. Absteinach, Bensheim, Biblis, Birkenau, Bürstadt, Einhausen, Fürth, Gorxheimertal, Grasellenbach, Groß Rohrheim, Heppenheim, Hirschhorn, Lampertheim, Lautertal, Lindenfels, Lorsch, Mörlenbach, Neckarsteinach, Rimbach, Viernheim, Wald-Michelbach, Zwingenberg |
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Archives:
http://www.A-H-B.de/AHB/links_e.htm
- great list of Jewish family names found by Wolfgang Fritzsche
< < < NEW
http://www.archive.Hessen.de/
http://members.cox.net/hessen/archives.htm#Hessen - good information
http://www.hauptstaatsarchiv.hessen.de/
http://www.uni-marburg.de/archivschule/ausstell.html
http://www.staatsarchiv-marburg.hessen.de/
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/B6/hessen.htm - Translated
Guide to the Gesamtarchiv der deutschen Juden Collection, 1781-1925
http://www.sonderarchiv.de/fonds/fond1194.htm
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/vjw/Germanytoc.html
http://www.ursulahomann.de/JudenInHessen/ ------- Page
on Kassel - Translated
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/index.html
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/PERSONEN/BALLIN/familien.htm
Hungarian-German genealogy
http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/DEUTSCHLAND/1999-12/0946147543 - Katzenstein,
Plaut
Unesco
archives
Staatsarchiv = State Archive
Landesarchiv = State Archive, Administrative District Archive
Stadtarchiv = village, town, city archive
Zentralarchiv = Central Archive
Hauptarchiv = Main Archive
Melderegister = Citizen's Reporting Register
Stadtverwaltung = City Hall (where the "Melderegister" is maintained)
Gemeindeverwaltung = Village or Town Hall ("Melderegister" maintained here)
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Other pages with information about Hesse &/or Germany:
GOOGLE:
Jüdische Gemeinde Hesse [Jewish communities]
Jüdische Geschicte Hesse [Jewish history]
hofgeismer juden [or any other location + juden]
http://www.synagoge.de/ ----- map
http://www.synagoge.de/Staedtebild/Kassel.shtml
http://www.juden.de/
http://www.kirchheim.de/
http://www.gehove.de/antisem/linkssyn.html - Translated
http://www.fahrradreisen.de/radwege/r35.htm
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=683&letter=H&search=Hesse
http://home.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/edatbase.htm
Romantic Road Tour Map
Destination Germany - Regions - Main-Taunus region - Spas, abbeys and skyscrapers
http://www.projektwerkstatt.de/projektor/antisemi.htm
http://www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ ----- information about German speaking countries
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/HES/heslit/heslit_hist.html - Historical literature
on Hesse - Translated
http://www.stbib-koeln.de/judaica/index.htm
http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html --------- Hamburg passenger list 1872
Hagalil ----- a German languge periodical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaGalil_Online
Hagalil
histories of regions of Germany - http://www.hagalil.com/deutschland/
Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland
Hagalil
Timeline of German Jewish history - http://www.hagalil.com/deutschland/history/hst0.htm
GONE and sorely missed:
- Day
Laborer's House - http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/europe/html/taglohner.html = taglohner haus
- Recycling
of graves in Germany - http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/europe/html/graves.html
http://www.theworld.org/2010/08/11/recycling-graves-in-germany/
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/timeline.html
