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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Viermünden 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 Viermünden.

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

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 1623.


 * 1623-1656 Church records 1623-1656 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1657-1685 Church records 1657-1685 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1686-1838 Church records 1686-1838 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1961 Baptisms 1830-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1927 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1927 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1983 Burials 1830-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Reformed
The parish Viermünden was established in 1790. Prior to 1790, the parish of Viermünden belonged to Frankenberg.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Viermünden 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