Hanau-Lichtenberg

The Hanau-Lichtenberg family was a German noble family who had extensive holdings in Alsace (Holy Roman Empire) in present day France.

PUBLICATIONS
Dommerich, Ferdinand August. [http://books.google.com/books?id=g10AAAAAcAAJ&dq=Die+Grafschaft+Hanau-Lichtenberg&source=gbs_navlinks_s ''Grafschaft Hanau von der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts bis zum Aussterben des gräflichen Hauses im Jahre 1736'']. Hanau: Verlag von Friedrich König, 1860.

Lehmann, Johann Georg. Urkundliche Geschichte der Grafschaft Hanau-Lichtenberg im unteren Elsasse. Mannheim: Druck und Verlag von J. Schneider, 1863. volume 1 volume 2

Rathgeber, Julius. Die Grafschaft Hanau=Lichtenberg. Straßburg: Verlag von Karl J. Trübner, 1876.

ARCHIVES
The records of this family as they relate to the territory they ruled in the department of Bas-Rhin, France, are found in

Les Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin is located at (sont situées au):

6 rue Philippe Dollinger 67100 Strasbourg

The new site can be accessed at this web address that has a search engine: Bas-Rhin Archives

Their records are found in series C, G and E at the archives. Sub-series 17 J and 50 J may also be of interest. The actual records are not on-line and are only available at the archives.

France
Bas Rhin


 * Oberhoffen-sur-Moder

LINKS
Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg (Wikipédia en français)

Grafschaft Hanau-Lichtenberg (Wikipedia deutsch)

List of rulers of Hanau (Wikipedia)