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History And Geography


Dachau, city, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It lies on the Amper River, just northwest of Munich. First mentioned in 805, it remained a small market town until the 20th century, attaining civic status in 1934. Dachau is situated on a hill, on the summit of which are the castle of the Wittelsbachs and a parish church (1625). The city’s picturesque natural setting has long attracted landscape painters. Industries include the production of paper, cardboard, electrical equipment, textiles, and ceramics. In 1933 the first concentration camp set up by the Nazi SS (Schutzstaffel) was opened on the site of a former ammunition factory on the outskirts of Dachau. A museum and memorial chapels were opened in the 1960s. Pop. (2003 est.) 39,474.

Online Records

 * There is some Dachau information at Find A Grave
 * Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918 includes information on some soldiers from Dachau on Ancestry.com Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918 includes information on some soldiers from Passau on Ancestry.com This source is most useful when you are able to enter the ancestors full name and place of birth. However if you don't know all those details enter what you can and you may be pleasantly surprised.
 * Various records can be found through the Meta-search tool on the website of the German Society for Computer Genealogy. You just need to enter Dachau, as the place name, (start search) and it will provide an alphabetical (last name) list of all the information on this data base for that city.

Germany, Bavaria, Dachau, Miscellaneous City Records (FamilySearch Historical Records) has records back to around 1622 to 1940. The Standesamt (Civil Registration Office) at the Rathaus (Town Hall) should be contacted. If you are seeking information concerning your family prior to that time it is necessary to go to church records.


 * Family Search Catalog This link takes you to the FamilySearch Catalog list of microfilmed documents for civil records of marriage proclamations, marriage supplements, and permissions to change residence for Dachau residents. All of them can be viewed at Family History Centers and some of them have been digitized and are available online. Eventually they will all be digitized but for now it is necessary to check one at a time. The ones with a picture of a camera by it have been digitized. Then  when you click on the camera either the actual documents can be viewed online or it will instruct you to go to a Family History Center. Digitized films (camera icon) can be viewed at a family history center or affiliate library.

Civil Registration
Stadt Dachau, Rathaus II (Local Government Office)

Augsburger Str. 1 85221 Dachau Germany

Website +49 8131 750

The Standesamt (Civil Registration Office) at the Rathaus (Town Hall) should be contacted. If you are seeking information concerning your family prior to that time it is necessary to go to church records.

Catholic Records
Germany, Bavaria, Dachau, Miscellaneous City Records (FamilySearch Historical Records) has records back to around 1622 to 1940. The Standesamt (Civil Registration Office) at the Rathaus (Town Hall) should be contacted. If you are seeking information concerning your family prior to that time it is necessary to go to church records.

Catholic Church
Some of the Catholic parish records are kept at the Munich Archive

Lutheran Church Records
Bavaria was and is predominantly Catholic. If your ancestors lived in Dachau, there is a chance they affiliated with the Catholic church because of the prohibitive distance to a Lutheran church. (There is not a Lutheran Church in Dachau.) However, if you do not find them in Catholic records, you should search the Lutheran records.


 * According to Meyer's Gazetteer, the only close Lutheran church in 1871 was Neunburg vorm Wald, about a 172km journey.  There were other Lutheran parishes in Pasing, Allershausen, Perlach, Grafrath,and Freising.
 * PARISH OFFICE NEUNBURG VORM WALD
 * Bahnhofstrasse 3
 * 92431 Neunburg
 * Tel: 0967291350
 * Fax: 0967291352
 * E-Mail: pfarramt@neunburg-evangelisch.de
 * Website: http://www.neunburg-evangelisch.de
 * FamilySearch Catalog lists church records, which are currently on microfilm and should be digitized by 2020.


 * Many records for the Lutheran (Evangelical) church are digitized and available online through Archion. Others will be added, so check back occasionally.
 * Archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Nuremberg), ($). Detailed Instructions


 * St. Luke's Church, Mariannenplatz 3, (Pfarramt: Thierschstraße 28), 80538 München, Germany


 * Today,Dachau is served by the parish of xxxxxxxxxx, about a xx km journey.
 * PARISH OFFICE xxxxxxxxx
 * Road: xxxxxxxxxx
 * City: xxxxxxxxxxxx
 * Tel: xxxxxxxxxxxx
 * Fax: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 * Website: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


 * FamilySearch Catalog, digitized marriage records 1860-1862, can be searched at a Family History Center.
 * FamilySearch Catalog, digitized marriage records 1897-1912, can be searched at a Family History Center.


 * Many records for the Lutheran (Evangelical) church are digitized and available online through Archion. Others will be added, so check back occasionally.
 * Archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Nuremberg), ($). Detailed Instructions

Cemeteries
There is a beautifully kept cemetery in Dachau just down the street from the Catholic Church. If you want to find information on your ancestors in a cemetery, keep in mind that in most Bavarian cemeteries the grave plots are re-used as often as every 25 years. (sometimes 50 -100 years). However, there are a few tombstones back into the 1700's there. If you have family from one of the small villages near this town and you cannot find a cemetery there, check out Dachau. xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx are among those places that use the Dachau parish church and cemetery. The four cemeteries of Schönsee, xxxxxx, xxxxxx and xxxxx are within the jurisdiction of the administrative community of Dachau.