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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niederzwehren 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 Niederzwehren.

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

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.

Reformed
Church records begin in 1830.


 * 1830 Church records 1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1831 Church records 1831 at Archion – images($)
 * 1832-1836 Church records 1832-1836 at Archion – images($)
 * 1837-1838 Church records 1837-1838 at Archion – images($)
 * 1927-1934 Church records 1927-1934 at Archion – images($)
 * 1943-1945 Church records 1943-1945 at Archion – images($)
 * 1839-1858 Baptisms 1839-1858 at Archion – images($)
 * 1859-1890 Baptisms 1859-1890 at Archion – images($)
 * 1890-1912 Baptisms 1890-1912 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1892 Confirmations 1830-1892 at Archion – images($)
 * 1893-1915 Confirmations 1893-1915 at Archion – images($)
 * 1916-1949 Confirmations 1916-1949 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1858 Marriages 1830-1858 at Archion – images($)
 * 1859-1894 Marriages 1859-1894 at Archion – images($)
 * 1895-1921 Marriages 1895-1921 at Archion – images($)
 * 1922-1942 Marriages 1922-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1946-1949 Marriages 1946-1949 at Archion – images($)
 * 1950-1961 Marriages 1950-1961 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1850 Burials 1830-1850 at Archion – images($)
 * 1850-1880 Burials 1850-1880 at Archion – images($)
 * 1881-1917 Burials 1881-1917 at Archion – images($)
 * 1904-1932 Burials 1904-1932 at Archion – images($); list of gravestones in the Niederzwehren cemetery
 * 1918-1937 Burials 1918-1937 at Archion – images($)
 * 1924-1930 Burials 1924-1930 at Archion – images($); notebook
 * 1934-1940 Burials 1934-1940 at Archion – images($); notebook
 * 1938-1942 Burials 1938-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1946-1957 Burials 1946-1957 at Archion – images($)
 * 1957-1974 Burials 1957-1974 at Archion – images($)
 * 1924-1940 Index of burials 1924-1940 at Archion – images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederzwehren 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