Eschwege, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Eschwege 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 Eschwege.

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

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.

Altstadt parish
Church records begin in 1657.


 * [ Church records 1657-1689]
 * [ Church records 1690-1747]
 * [ Church records 1748-1768]
 * 1767-1819 Church records 1767-1819 at Archion - images ($); includes Schlossgemeinde
 * 1816-1830 Church records 1816-1830 at Archion - images ($); includes Schlossgemeinde
 * [ Baptisms]

In the 1900s the Altstadt parish was divided into three districts:

Altstadt District 1

Altstadt District 2

Altstadt District 3

Kreuzkirche and Aufersthungskirche parishes

 * 1961-1990 Burials 1961-1990 at Archion - images ($); Auferstehungskirche after 1 June 1966

Neustadt parish

 * 1583-1680 Church records 1583-1680 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1681-1742 Church records 1681-1742 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1743-1766 Church records 1743-1766 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1840 Baptisms 1830-1840 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1840-1860 Baptisms 1840-1860 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1879 Baptisms 1861-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1879-1897 Baptisms 1879-1897 at ARchion - images, ($)

In 1819 the Neustadt parish was divided into two districts:

Neustadt District 1

Neustadt District 2

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Eschwege 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