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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hohenzell 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 Hohenzell.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Hohenzell, Ahlersbach, and Bellings belonged to the parish of Steinau.

Hohenzell
The parish of Hohenzell was established in 1843. Prior to 1843, Hohenzell and associated villages belonged to the parish of Schlüchtern. See Schlüchtern for records prior to 1784.


 * 1784-1848 Church records 1784-1848 at Archion - images ($); baptisms, marriages, and burials
 * 1785-1800 Church records 1785-1800 at Archion - images ($); also includes Bellings, Klosterhöfe, and Niederzell
 * 1801-1824 Church records 1801-1824 at Archion - images ($); also includes Bellings, Klosterhöfe, and Niederzell
 * 1825-1830 Church records 1825-1830 at Archion - images ($); also includes Bellings, Klosterhöfe, and Niederzell
 * 1751-1780 Baptisms 1751-1780 at Archion - images ($); register fragments
 * 1831-1890 Baptisms 1831-1890 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1994 Confirmations 1831-1994 at Archion - images ($); see the parish of Schlüchtern for confirmations prior to 1831
 * 1831-1967 Marriages 1831-1967 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1927 Burials 1831-1927 at Archion - images ($); includes list of fallen soldiers WWI

Ahlersbach
Records for the Reformed residents of Ahlersbach can be found in different villages. From 1830 to 1842, Ahlersbach was included in the records of Klosterhöfe in the parish of Schlüchtern. From 1785-1830, see the records of Hohenzell above. Prior to 1785, see the records of Schlüchtern.


 * 1843-1994 Baptisms 1843-1994 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1844-1993 Confirmations 1844-1993 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1844-1993 Marriages 1844-1993 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1843-1996 Burials 1843-1996 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hohenzell 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