Nieder-Wildungen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Nieder-Wildungen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
The prefix "Bad" officially replaced the prefix "Nieder" in Wildungen's name in 1906 in recognition of its status as a place with healing waters.

Jurisdictional Changes
Nieder-Wildungen 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 Bad Wildungen.

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

Church Records
Church records for Waldeck and Pyrmont 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.

Nieder-Wildungen (Bad Wildungen parish I)
Church records begin in 1735.


 * 1717-1793 Church records 1717-1793 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1794-1819 Church records 1794-1819 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1820-1831 Church records 1820-1831 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1651-1680 Baptisms and marriages 1651-1680 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1820-1822 Baptisms 1820-1822 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1832-1860 Baptisms 1832-1860 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1861-1875 Baptisms 1861-1875 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1876-1892 Baptisms 1876-1892 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1893-1902 Baptisms 1893-1902 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1903-1913 Baptisms 1903-1913 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Confirmations and marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1903-1911 Confirmations 1903-1911 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1912-1936 Confirmations 1912-1936 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1827-1876 Marriages 1827-1876
 * 1870-1902 Marriages and burials 1870-1902
 * 1903-1929 Marriages 1903-1929
 * 1930-1947 Marriages 1930-1947
 * 1948-1986 Marriages 1948-1986
 * 1862-1894 Burials 1862-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1926 Burials 1903-1926 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1926-1945 Burials 1926-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1981 Burials 1946-1981 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1981-1988 Burials 1981-1988 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 17th-18th century Soul register 17th-18th century at Archion - image, ($); begins in 1682
 * 1721-1816 Soul register 1721-1816 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 19th-20th century Family book 19th-20th century vol.1 at Archion - images, ($); begins in 1862
 * 19th-20th century Family book 19th-20th century vol.2 at Archion - images, ($); continues with 1884
 * 1721-1821 Index of church records 1721-1821 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of baptisms 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1721-1902 Index of confirmations 1721-1902 at Archion - image, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of marriages 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1995 Index of marriages 1903-1995 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of burials 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Bad Wildungen parish II

 * Baptisms 1952-1981 are available at the archive.
 * 1952-1951 Marriages 1952-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1952-1978 Burials 1952-1978 at Archion - images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for Waldeck and Pyrmont are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1833-1858 Births 1833-1858 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1876 Births 1859-1876 at LAGIS - images
 * 1848-1858 Marriages 1848-1858 at LAGIS - images
 * 1865-1875 Marriages 1865-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1841-1848 Deaths 1841-1848 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1875 Deaths 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1888-1938 Cemetery index 1888-1938 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Nieder-Wildungen began in January 1876.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Pyrmont
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library Lower Saxony State and University Library in Göttingen Hanover State Church Archives Lower Saxony Society of Family History Lower Saxony State Archive Paderborn Archdiocese Archive

Waldeck
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Hessian State Archives Paderborn Archdiocese Archive Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck Waldeck Bibliography