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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Breitenau 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 Breitenau.

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

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.

Breitenau
Church records begin in 1636. See Guxhagen below for early records.


 * 1830-1856 Baptisms 1830-1856 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1918-1948 Confirmations 1918-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1890 Marriages 1830-1890 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1875 Burials 1830-1875 at Archion – images, ($)

Büchenwerra

 * 1725-1830 Church records 1725-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1948 Church records 1831-1948 at Archion – images, ($)

Ellenberg

 * 1725-1810 Church records 1725-1810 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1810-1830 Church records 1810-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1904 Baptisms 1830-1904 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1905-1948 Baptisms 1905-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1948 Confirmations 1831-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1948 Marriages 1831-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1948-1966 Marriages 1948-1966 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1947 Burials 1830-1947 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1948-1966 Burials 1948-1966 at Archion – images, ($)

Guxhagen

 * 1636-1648 Church records 1636-1648 at Archion – images, ($); includes all villages in the parish
 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1725-1800 Baptisms and confirmations 1725-1800 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1856-1889 Baptisms 1856-1889 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1890-1948 Baptisms 1890-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1917 Confirmations 1831-1917 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1725-1800 Marriages and burials 1725-1800 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Marriages 1830-1888 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1890-1947 Marriages 1890-1947 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1948-1966 Marriages 1948-1966 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1876-1947 Burials 1876-1947 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1948-1966 Burials 1948-1966 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Breitenau 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