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, 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

 * 1715-1816 Church records 1715-1816 at Archion - images($)

Mottgers
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1661 Church records 1650-1661 at Archion - images($); also includes Altengronau, Breunings, Neuengronau, Niederzell, Oberzell, Ramholz, Sannerz, Sterbfritz, Uttrichshausen, Vollmerz, and Züntersbach
 * 1650-1764 Church records 1650-1764 at Archion - images($); includes copy of church records to 1661,
 * 1765-1772 Church records 1765-1772 at Archion - images($); also includes Oberzell and Züntersbach
 * 1773-1817 Church records 1773-1817 at Archion - images($)
 * 1818-1830 Church records 1818-1830 at Archion - images($); includes Schwarzenfels and Weichersbach
 * 1830-1878 Baptisms 1830-1878 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1998 Confirmations 1831-1998 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1961 Marriages 1831-1961 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1944 Burials 1830-1944 at Archion - images($)

Schwarzenfels

 * 1773-1817 Church records 1773-1817 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1894 Baptisms 1830-1894 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1998 Confirmations 1831-1998 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1997 Marriages 1830-1997 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1990 Burials 1830-1990 at Archion - images($)

Weichersbach

 * 1773-1817 Church records 1773-1817 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1876 Baptisms 1830-1876 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1998 Confirmations 1831-1998 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1953 Marriages 1830-1953 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1933 Burials 1830-1933 at Archion - images($)

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:
 * 1851-1901 Hesse, Germany, Births, 1851-1901 at Ancestry - index & images($); Mottgers 1874-1890
 * 1851-1958 Hesse, Germany, Deaths, 1851-1958 at Ancestry - index & images($); Mottgers 1881-1941

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