Hohenkirchen Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Hohenkirchen Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Hohenkirchen has belonged to the following independent countries or post-1871 German states:

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Hohenkirchen.

Another essential online gazetteer to check is the Historic Gazetteer from Compgen. For more information, see the entry for Hohenkirchen.

Locations within Hohenkirchen

 * after 1907: Mönchehof (see the parish of Obervellmar for Mönchehof church records)

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Evangelical Church Archive of Kurhessen-Waldeck in Kassel, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Archion. Archion requires a subscription. You can learn how to use Archion by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1638.


 * 1638-1759 Church records 1638-1759 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1759-1799 Church records 1759-1799 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1800-1830 Church records 1800-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808 Church records 1808 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1810 Church records 1810 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1811 Church records 1811 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1812 Church records 1812 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1839-1858 Copy of church records 1839-1858 at Archion - images ($); notebook
 * 1830-1872 Baptisms 1830-1872 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1872-1960 Baptisms 1872-1960 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1956 Confirmations 1831-1956 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1898 Marriages 1830-1898 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1899-1971 Marriages 1899-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1889 Burials 1830-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1878 Copy of burials 1858-1878 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1890-1984 Burials 1890-1984 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hohenkirchen began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessian Family History Association Hessian State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck