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

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

History
Mottgers was first mentioned in 923 as "Otekaresdorf". It belonged to the Fulda monastery. Later it was transferred to the Counts of Hanau and when Hannover was split in 1458, it went to the Counts of Hanau-Münzenberg. In 1736, the town was inherited by the landgraves of Hessen-Kassel, which was elevated to the Electorate of Hessen (Kurhessen) in 1803. In 1866, the electorate was annexed by Prussia and became part of the province of Hessen-Nassau.

Jurisdictional Changes
Mottgers has belonged to the following independent countries or post-1871 German states:
 * early-1458: County of Hanau
 * 1458-1736: County of Hanau-Münzenberg
 * 1736-1803: Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel
 * 1803-1866: Electorate of Hessen (Kurhessen)
 * 1866-1944: Province of Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
 * 1944-present: State of Hessen

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Mottgers.

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

Locations within Mottgers
Hainmühle

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

 * church records 1715-1816 ($)

Reformed
Church records begin in 1650.


 * church records 1650-1661 ($)
 * church records 1650-1764 ($)
 * church records 1765-1772 ($)
 * church records 1773-1817 ($)
 * church records 1818-1830 ($)
 * baptisms 1830-1878 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1998 ($)
 * marriages 1831-1961 ($)
 * burials 1830-1944 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mottgers began in October 1874. Mottgers was its own civil registration office until 1972, when it was absorbed into the newly-established municipality of Sinntal. Some records can be found online:
 * births, 1874-1890, Ancestry, ($).
 * deaths, 1881-1941, Ancestry, ($).

For other civil registration records, start by contacting the civil registration office in Sinntal.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
There is no known town genealogy for the parish of Mottgers. For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Related Sources
Mottgers is now part of the municipality of Sinntal. The municipality's website (in German) can be found here.

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