Lübeck, German Empire Church Records

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 * Lübeck Parish Registers List: Although the main article is in German, the chart on page 2 shows the existing parish registers.
 * The records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library, and on order from Family History Centers.

Lutheran Parishes
For information from the church records of Lübeck Evangelical Parishes, contact the church registry, which is now in Ratzeburg.

Evangelical Lutheran Church Duchy Ratzeburg - Church District Office - Am Markt 7 D - 23909 Ratzeburg Germany

Tel .: 04541/889 310, phone: 04541/889 317 (Monday Only) An inspection of the Church records is only by prior appointment by telephone. E-mail: verwaltung.kklauenburg@nordelbien.de

Catholic Parishes
Propsteikirche Sacred Heart Parade 4 23552 Lübeck Germany

Marriage books

 * The author Franz Schubert has extracted names from the oldest marriage books of Lübeck from the beginning to 1704. His books are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, International call number 943.512 K29s v. 7


 * Marriage records for the years 1705-1750 have been published in: Trauregister aus den ältesten Kirchenbüchern Schleswig-Holsteins, von 1705 bis 1750 by Franz Schubert; Volume 7. [Family History Library 943.512 K29sa vol. 7 pt. 1-3].  [Includes Dom, St. Marien, St. Petri, St. Jacobi, and St. Aegidien].

Sources in Print:

 * Petersen, Annie. "Ortsfremde - zumeist aus dem Osten - im Taufbuch von (Lübeck-) Travemünde 1655-1708," in Zeitschrift für Niederdeutschen Familienkunde, Vol. 56; Heft 1; page 14-19. [Individuals from areas outside of Lübeck - Travemünde (places include Mecklenburg, Königsberg, Denmark, etc.) found in the Lübeck-Travemünde baptismal records].


 * Foreigners in the marriage book of St. Marien in Lübeck 1633-1660
 * During the first half of the 17th century occurred a lot of baptisms and marriages of people who did not originate from Lübeck. Most of them came from the Eastern parts of Germany, especially from Mecklenburg, but also from as far as Königsberg. A great percentage came from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The author, Annie Petersen has listed the marriages and published them in Archiv für Sippenforschung 38. Jahrgang, Heft 47 (1972). The periodical is available through FamilySearch, FamilySearch Catalog, call number 943 B2as.