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

Guide to Langenschwarz 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
Langenschwarz 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 Langenschwarz.

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

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.

Langenschwarz
Church records begin in 1648.


 * 1648, 1650-1736 Church records 1648, 1650-1736 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1736-1766 Church records 1736-1766 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1767-1793 Church records 1767-1793 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1791-1830 Church records 1791-1830 at Archion - images, ($); marriages, burials
 * 1794-1830 Church records 1794-1830 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms, confirmations
 * 1819, 1823-1830 Church records 1819, 1823-1830 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms, marriages
 * 1736-1766 Baptisms 1736-1766 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1831-1873 Baptisms 1831-1873 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1873-1986 Baptisms 1873-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1960 Confirmations 1831-1960 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1922 Marriages 1831-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1922-2003 Marriages 1922-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1894 Burials 1831-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1895-2004 Burials 1895-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1650-1736 Index church records 1650-1736 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1766-1830 Index church records 1766-1830 at Archion - images, ($)

Grossenmoor
Prior to 1831, Grossenmoor belonged to the parish of Burghaun. Records also included Kleinmoor, Gruben, Klausmarbach, Rudolphshan, and Herbertshöfe.


 * 1831-1848 Baptisms 1831-1848 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1922 Baptisms 1831-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1877 Confirmations 1831-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1836 Marriages 1831-1836 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1836 Marriages 1832-1836 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1929 Burials 1831-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1930-2003 Burials 1930-2003 at Archion - images, ($)

Hechelmannskirchen
See Schlotzau below for confirmation records.


 * 1831-1909 Church records 1831-1909 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1863-1982 Baptisms 1863-1982 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1910-1999 Marriages 1910-1999 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1888-2004 Burials 1888-2004 at Archion - images, ($)

Kleinmoor
Kleinmoor was also included in the Grossenmoor records (see above) since 1831. Prior to 1831, Kleinmoor belonged to the parish of Burghaun. Also, see Wehrda for earlier records.


 * 1848-1925 Church records 1848-1925 at Archion - images, ($); also, see Grossenmoor records above
 * 1848-1925 Church records 1848-1925 at Archion - images, ($); same images as above

Schlotzau

 * 1831-1945 Church records 1831-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1889 Baptisms 1831-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-2004 Baptisms 1889-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1960 Confirmations 1831-1960 at Archion - images, ($); includes Hechelmannskirchen
 * 1946-2003 Marriages 1946-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1912-2003 Burials 1912-2003 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Langenschwarz 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