Baden-Wurtemburg

WILLKOMMEN
German (Deutsch)
SIG
8 May 2014
Agenda
• Presentation – Baden-Wüttenberg & Saarland
• Group Discussion –
– Individual Status
– Problem Solving
Our Goal
Know Your Ancestors
Through The Knowledge Gained From
Research and an Understanding Of
Their History and Their Culture
Dale Heins, July 2013
Current Germany
Current Germany
Baden- Württemberg
• Joined FRG – 1949
• Capital City – Stuttgart
• Became state – 25 Apr
1952
Baden- Württemberg
• Formed by joining:
– Württemberg which was occupied by Romans
starting in about 1 AD, later part of Roman Empire
– Baden which dates to Middle Ages, ruled by
various Counts
– Hohenzollern, a province of the Kingdom of
Prussia, created in 1850 by joining principalities
of Hohenzollern – Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern Hechingen
Baden
Württemberg
Baden- Württemberg
• Baden-Württemberg is divided into 35 districts
(Landkreise) and 9 independent cities
(Stadtkreise), both grouped into the four
Administrative Districts (Regierungsbezirke) of
Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Tübingen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg
Baden- Württemberg
Religion
%
Population
Roman Catholics
36.9
4.0M
Evangelical
Church
33.3
3.6M
Muslims
0.23
600K
Hindu
0.14
15K
Jews
0.08
9K
Non-Religion
22.2
2.4M
Religion
Locations
Lutheran - Protestant
Northern and Most
of Central
Württemberg
Calvinism
Northern Baden
Catholics
Upper Swabia,
Upper Neckar Valley,
Southern Baden
Baden
• Size: 5,822 sq miles:
– Hawaii – 6,427 sq miles
• Dominant Religion:
– South – Catholic
– North – Protestant
• Principal Crops:
– Rye, wheat, barley, potatoes,
hemp, hops, beetroot,
turnips, chicory, tobacco,
grapes, fruit & honey
• Livestock:
– Cattle, sheep, horses, pigs &
• Formerly – Grand Duchy
goats
• Prussian – No
• Industry:
– Building stone & Wood
• Rivers: Rhine, Neckar,
Danube, Kinzig, Tauber,
Murg, Wiese & Elz
products
• Minerals:
Springs
Salt & Mineral
Hohenbaden (das "Alte Schloss") in Baden-Baden, Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hohenbaden_hb.JPG
Baden History
• Baden (baths) known to Romans
• Seat of Margraviate of Baden 1112 – 1705
– Moved from “Old” Castle to “New” Castle 1479
• Suffered severe damage during both Thirty Year
and Nine Year Wars (left in ashes in 1689)
• Margrave moved to Rastatt (NW corner of
district)
• 1797 – 1799 Rediscovered as spa town
• 1931 Officially named Baden-Baden
• After WWII under French occupation.
Friedrichsbad (Frederick's bath), New Castle and Klosterschule vom Heiligen Grab (Abbey school)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-Baden
Württemberg
State of the Confederation of
the Rhine (1806–1813)
State of the German
Confederation (1815–1866)
Federated state of the
German Empire (1871–1918)
www.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/KgrWuerttemberg.png
Kingdom of Württemberg
• First recorded 1081 – Land holdings of Herren
(Lord) von Wirdeberch (Wirtemberg) around
Stuttgart
• 1198 – 13th Century – Gained additional land
during dispute of neighboring land owners,
resulted in their conflict with Habsburgs
• 1398 – United with County of Montbeliard
(French speaking) who they ruled until 1802
when Montbeliard returned to France
Kingdom of Württemberg
• 15th – 18th Centuries – Divided and reunited
several times
• 1806 - 1813 – Part of Confederation of the
Rhine under Napoleon (gained again in size)
• 1815 – Joined German Confederation but
suffered internal conflicts
• 1871 – Member of the new German Empire
but retained control of its infrastructure
Kingdom of Württemberg
• Early 1900’s – Stabilized politically
• 1918 – King William abdicated and becomes
Free People’s State of Württemberg
• After WWII – Württemberg divided between
US and France to form Württemberg-Baden
and Württemberg-Hohenzollern
• 1952 – Rejoined with Baden to become
Baden- Württemberg
Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern
• Size – 441 sq miles
– Rhode Island – 1,054 sq
miles
• Dominant Religion –
– Catholic
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Formerly – Principality
Prussian – 1849 – 1947
Cattle & Grain
1952 - Part of BadenWürttemberg
• 1576 – Partition of
County of Hohenzollern
(3 sons of Charles I)
– Hohenzollern – Hechingen
(p/o Confederation of Rhine 1806,
annexed by Prussia in 1850)
– Hohenzollern – Haigerloch
(incorporated into Sigmaringen in abt
1767)
– Hohenzollern – Sigmaringen
(became independent state in 1815,
annexed by Prussia in 1850)
Sigmaringen Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss_Sigmaringen_NW.jpg#file
Baden- Württemberg
• Various Archives in Baden - Württemberg
http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=a
_artikel&id=6591&sprache=en&PHPSESSID
• Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (National
Archives) http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/web/
Baden- Württemberg
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The most important sources for genealogists are located in church and municipal
archives. The addresses of these archives are listed below: www.archive-bw.de.
Please consider the different administrative traditions in Baden, Württemberg and
Hohenzollern.
Church registers are to be found in the following archives and institutions:
Protestant parishes in Württemberg and Hohenzollern
– Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart
Balinger Str. 33/1, D-70567 Stuttgart
Tel. ++49 711/2149-373, Fax: ++49 711/2149-180
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Catholic parishes in Württemberg
– Diözesanarchiv Rottenburg
Eugen-Bolz-Platz 1, D-72108 Rottenburg am Neckar
Tel.: ++49 7472/169305, Fax. ++49 7472/169 617
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Protestant parishes in Baden
– Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe
Blumenstraße 1, D-76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: ++49 721/9175-795, Fax: ++49 721/9175-550
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Catholic parishes in Baden and Hohenzollern
– Erzbischöfliche Archiv Freiburg
Herrenstraße 35, D-79098 Freiburg
Tel. ++49 761/2188-260, Fax: ++49 761/2188-439
Baden- Württemberg
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Genealogical and Historical Records http://www.genealogy.net/reg/BAD-WUE/BW.html
Church Records
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The church records of the evangelical Regional Church of Württemberg are in general still in the
particular vicarages. The duplicates of the church records (1808-1875) as well as microfilms of most
of the church records are in the Landeskirchlichen Archive at Stuttgart
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At the evangelical Regional Church archive at Karlsruhe are about 670 church records from 117 parishes.
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Duplicates of church records 1810-1870 for all parishes in Baden of the today's administrative district of
Karlsruhe are in the Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe.
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Duplicates of church records for the administrative district of Freiburg can be found in the Public Record Office
of Freiburg.
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Catholic church records and duplicates of church records (since 1870) are in the archiepiscopal archive in
Freiburg.
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For the Catholic church records in the archive of the diocese Rottenburg, see the chapter archives.
Civil Registration Records
Other Records
– Land Records
– Military Records
Saarland
• Saarland
• Joined FRG – 1957
• Capital City - Saarbrücken