Marburg Parishes, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Marburg 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 Marburg.

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

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.

Marburg
Lutheran church records begin in 1575.


 * LuthGemeinde - includes St. Elisabeth
 * 1830-1852 [ Baptisms 1830-1852] at Archion - images, ($); includes Ockershausen, Marbach, Schwan Neuhof, Hansehof, and Schützenpfuhl


 * EvGemeinde

Hospitals
Maternity hospital Entbindungshaus


 * 1830-1865 Church records 1830-1865 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1866-1890 Church records 1866-1890 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1890-1902 Church records 1890-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1902-1916 Baptisms 1902-1916 at Archion - images, ($)

Medical and surgery hospitals and prison EvKlinikpfarramt


 * 1859-1972 Burials 1859-1972 at Archion - images, ($); after 1926, all University and private hospitals and clinics

St. Marien or Pfarrkirche
District 1


 * 1899-1933 [ Baptisms 1899-1933] at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1895-1927 [ Marriages 1895-1927] at Archion - images, ($); includes District 2
 * 1896-1829, 1920-1942, 1942-1968 [ Marriages
 * 1903-1967 [ Burials 1903-1967] at Archion - images, ($)

District 2


 * 1897-1920 [ Baptisms 1897-1920] at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1933-1987 [ Marriages 1933-1987] at Archion - images, ($)

St. Elisabeth
Church records begin in 1687.


 * StElisabethKirche

Ockershausen

 * '1895-1933 Church records 1895-1933 at Archion - images, ($)

French Reformed

 * Church records 1687-1818 are available at the archive.

Marburg
Reformed church records begin in 1646.


 * 1884-1910 Church records 1884-1910 at Archion - images, ($); "duplicate"

Hospitals
Maternity hospital Entbindungshaus


 * 1830-1856 Church records 1830-1865 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1867 Church records 1857-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1868-1895 Church records 1868-1895 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1896-1916 Church records 1896-1916 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1917-1933 Church records 1917-1833 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1878 Baptisms 1855-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1884 Baptisms 1878-1884 at Archion - images, ($)

Medical and surgery hospitals and prison REfKlinikpfarramt


 * 1862-1925 Burials 1862-1925 at Archion - images, ($)

Military

 * 1896-1945 Church records 1896-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1939-1950 Burials 1939-1950 at Archion - images, ($); burials of soldiers

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Marburg 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