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==Current States of Germany and Their Territory From the German Empire Provinces and Duchies==  
==Current States of Germany and Their Territory From Historic States==  
After East Germany and West Germany were reunited, these jurisdictions of the government were put in place.  Generally, when researching genealogical records, it is important to discern what government entity would have jurisdiction over the records of that locality at the time the record was made. For example, if the town your ancestor came from is in Baden-Württemberg today, the records in 1890 might be found in a library catalog under just Baden. If you learn that your ancestor lived in Baden in 1890, and you want to write to the local church to enquire about records, use Baden-Württemberg in the address.
After East Germany and West Germany were reunited, these jurisdictions of the government were put in place.  Generally, when researching genealogical records, it is important to discern what government entity would have jurisdiction over the records of that locality at the time the record was made. For example, if the town your ancestor came from is in Baden-Württemberg today, the records in 1890 might be found in a library catalog under just Baden. If you learn that your ancestor lived in Baden in 1890, and you want to write to the local church to enquire about records, use Baden-Württemberg in the address.
===Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)===
In 1919, the Elsass-Lothringen region was awarded to France as a result of World War I.
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|[[File:German Empire - Alsace Lorraine (1871).svg.png|200px|thumb|left|Alsace Lorraine, German Empire 1870]]
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====Departments====
Each department has a Wiki page giving instructions and links to online records.<br>
*[[Moselle, France Genealogy|Moselle]] (57)
*[[Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Genealogy|Meurthe-et-Moselle]] (54)
*[[Bas-Rhin, France Genealogy|Bas-Rhin]] (67)
*[[Haut-Rhin, France Genealogy|Haut-Rhin]] (68)
*[[Vosges, France Genealogy|Vosges]] (88)
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[[File:Alsace Lorraine departments evolution map-en.svg (1).png|450px|thumb|Department Evolution Map]]
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===Baden-Württemberg===
===Baden-Württemberg===
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Historic areas now<br>
'''From these historic areas now'''<br>
in [[Baden-Württemberg, Germany Genealogy|'''Baden-Württemberg''']]
'''in Baden-Württemberg,''' <br>
*'''Baden'''
'''click below on the related article'''<br>
*'''Württemberg'''
'''for the region.'''
*'''Hohenzollern'''
*[[Baden Genealogy|'''Baden''']]
*[[Württemberg Genealogy|'''Württemberg''']]
*[[Hohenzollern, Germany Genealogy|'''Hohenzollern''']]
[[File:B-W location in Germany.png|125px]]
[[File:B-W location in Germany.png|125px]]


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'''Historic<br>
'''From these historic'''<br>
areas now in '''Bavaria:''' <br>
'''areas now in Bavaria,''' <br>
'''click below on the related'''<br>
'''article for the region.'''
*[[Bavaria, Germany Genealogy|'''Bavaria''']]  
*[[Bavaria, Germany Genealogy|'''Bavaria''']]  
*Coburg (part of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha)<br>
*Pfalz, see [[Rhineland, Germany Genealogy|'''Rhineland''']]
*The Pfalz (Palatinate) belonged to Bavaria until 1945, and then became part of the modern state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Genealogy|'''Rhineland-Palatinate''']]
*parts of [[Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha Genealogy|'''Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha''']]
 
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<center>'''Bavaria 19th Century and Beyond'''</center>
<center>'''Bavaria 19th Century and Beyond'''</center>
'''Duchy of Coburg'''<br>
'''(now part of [[Upper Franconia District, Bavaria Genealogy|Upper Franconia, Bavaria)''']]<br>
[[File:Coburg.png|200px]]<br>
[[File:Historic bavaria.png|450px]]  
[[File:Historic bavaria.png|450px]]  
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<center> '''Modern Administrative Regions of Bavaria'''</center><br>
<center> '''Modern Administrative Regions of Bavaria'''</center>
[[File:WV-Bavaria regions.svg.png|375px]]
[[File:WV-Bavaria regions.svg.png|430px]]
 
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===Comparison of Brandenburg in 1871 and Modern Brandenburg===
At the end of World War II, a large section of 1871 Brandenburg, the Neumark, was ceded to Poland. As the Neumark lay east of the Oder-Neisse line which formed the new border between Allied-controlled Germany and Poland, the region was put under Polish administration. Germans remaining in the region were expelled and their land and possessions confiscated. A small part of the German population, mostly technicians for the water supply companies, were retained and used for compulsory labour; they were allowed to emigrate to Germany in the 1950s. According to the Centre Against Expulsions, 40,000 Neumarkers were killed in action as soldiers, 395,000 fled to West or East Germany by 1950, and 208,000 died, disappeared, or were murdered during the course of flight or expulsion by Polish and Soviet troops.<br>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumark--Wikipedia, "Neumark"]
For research help, go to
*[[Brandenburg, Germany Genealogy|'''Brandenburg, Germany Genealogy''']]
*[[How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Records for Brandenburg, Germany|'''How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Records for Brandenburg, Germany''']]
*[[Neumark (region), Brandenburg, Germany Genealogy|'''Neumark (region), Brandenburg, Germany Genealogy''']]
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'''Brandenburg Prior to Partition'''
The eastern region of the Neumark was given<br>
to Poland in 1945 to create modern <br>
Brandenburg.<br>
(Click on the map to see a larger version.)
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[[File:Province of Brandenburg Kingdom of Prussia, 1905, Administrative Map-1.png|680px]]
|'''Modern Brandenburg'''
(Click on the map, and then click on link "Original version" to see a larger version.)
[[File:Karte der Ämter in Brandenburg.png|460px]]
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|'''Kreise of the Neumark in 1873'''<br>
1.  For the 1871 Meyers Gazettee and the FamilySearch Catalog, these counties will be listed as part of Brandenburg.<br>
2.  When dealing with modern locations, archives, and parish correspondence, they will be part of Poland.
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[[File:Neumark1818.jpg|250px]]
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===Brunswick (Braunschweig)===
'''The enclaves of Calvorde and Blankenburg are now in Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt. The rest of Brunswick is now in the state of Lower Saxony.'''
 
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|<center>'''Duchy of Brunswick, 1914 (in orange)'''<br>
 
 
 
 
[[File:Duchy of Brunswick, 1914.png|500px]]
 
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'''After World War II, Brunswick was divided into the state of Lower Saxony, West Germany (dark gray background), and Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt, East Germany (light gray background).'''<br>


[[File:Brunswick post WW II.png|700px]]
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===Hamburg===
In 1937-38, several municipalities from neighboring Schleswig-Holstein and Hannover were annexed to Hamburg. These boundary changes will have an impact on where you will find records. These maps show the original areas of Hamburg during the time of the German Empire and the annexed areas which are part of Hamburg today.
===1937-1938 Boundary Changes of Hamburg===
====Regional Gains of Hamburg====
The country of Hamburg was in detail:
*From the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein
**The municipality of Altona with 248,589 inhabitants (1937)
**The district of Wandsbek
**From the district of Stormarn the municipalities Bergstedt , Billstedt , Bramfeld , Duvenstedt , Hummelsbüttel , Lemsahl-Mellingstedt , Lohbrügge , Poppenbüttel , Rahlstedt , Sasel , Steilshoop and Wellingsbüttel
**From the district Pinneberg the municipality Lokstedt with Niendorf and Schnelsen
**From the administrative district Herzogtum Lauenburg the place Kurslack in the Achterschlag of the municipality Börnsen
*From the Lüneburg district of the Prussian province of Hanover
**Of the administrative district Harburg-Wilhelmsburg with 112,293 inhabitants (1937)
**from the district of Harburg, the municipalities Altenwerder , Finkenwerder [8] , Fischbek , Francop , Gut Moor , Kirchwerder [9] , Langenbeck , Marmstorf , Neuenfelde , Neugraben , Neuland , Rönneburg , Sinstorf and the town Over Hook the municipality Over
*From the government district Stade of the Prussian province of Hanover
**from the district of Stade , the municipality Cranz
All the above mentioned cities and municipalities were merged with the city of Hamburg and the municipalities remaining with the Land of Hamburg as of April 1, 1938, into a unitary community, which was called Hansestadt Hamburg .
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<br>
====Territories of Hamburg Given Away====
In exchange for this, the Hamburg enclaves went to Prussia
*To the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein
**To the administrative district Herzogtum Lauenburg the city Geesthacht
**To the Landkreis Stormarn the municipalities Großhansdorf and Schmalenbeck
*To the administrative district Land Hadeln in the government district Stade of the Prussian province of Hannover
**The city of Cuxhaven with Neuwerk and Scharhörn as well as the municipalities Berensch and Arensch , Gudendorf , Holte-Spangen, Oxstedt and Sahlenburg , with the exception of the Amerika-Hafen.
With this exception in the fourth implementing regulation to the Hamburg Act of March 22, 1937, Hamburg secured the America port in the city of Cuxhaven as an exclave.
--Source: [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9F-Hamburg-Gesetz Greater Hamburg Act]
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[[File:Hamburg annexations north.png|775px]]
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[[File:Hamburg_annexations_south.png|1000px]]
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'''Alt-Hamburg, the city center.  All of these areas were in the city-state of Hamburg during the time of the German Empire. This is a blowup of the central part of the preceding map (Kreise 2, 4, and 6.) '''
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[[File:Hamburg city center.png|850px]]
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===Hessen Refers to Several Different Localities===
===[[Hessen Genealogy|Hessen]] ===
==Hessen Refers to Several Different Localities==
When your ancestors reported their homeland as Hessen, it could have meant Hessen and Hessen-Nassau is the maps above.  It also could refer to one of these territories.  Basically, these are areas that went by other names prior to the unification of Germany in 1871. Then they were merged into [[Hessen, Germany Genealogy|Hessen and Hessen Nassau.]]
When your ancestors reported their homeland as Hessen, it could have meant Hessen and Hessen-Nassau is the maps above.  It also could refer to one of these territories.  Basically, these are areas that went by other names prior to the unification of Germany in 1871. Then they were merged into [[Hessen, Germany Genealogy|Hessen and Hessen Nassau.]]
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'''Historic areas now in Lower ''' <br>
'''From these historic'''<br>
'''Saxony (Niedersachsen):'''<br>
'''areas now in Lower ''' <br>
 
'''Saxony, click below'''<br>
*[[Brunswick, Germany Genealogy|'''Brunswick (Braunschweig)''']]  
'''on the related article'''<br>
*[[Hannover, Germany Genealogy|'''Hannover''']] <br>
'''for the region.'''
*[[Oldenburg, Germany Genealogy|'''Oldenburg''']]
*[[Brunswick Genealogy|'''Brunswick (Braunschweig)''']]  
*[[Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Genealogy|'''Schaumburg-Lippe''' (S-L on map)]]
*[[Hannover Genealogy|'''Hannover''']]  
 
*[[Lower Saxony Online Genealogy Records|'''Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)''']]
*[[Schaumburg-Lippe Genealogy|'''Schaumburg-Lippe''' (S-L on map)]]
[[File:233px-Deutschland Lage von Niedersachsen.svg.png|125px]]
[[File:233px-Deutschland Lage von Niedersachsen.svg.png|125px]]


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<center>'''Former States Now in Lower Saxony'''<br> '''(Niedersachsen)'''</center>
<center>'''Former States Now in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)'''</center>
[[File:Niedersachsen regions.png|400px]]
[[File:Niedersachsen regions.png|400px]]
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|<center>'''Modern Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)''' </center>
<center>'''Modern Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)''' </center>
[[File:Modern Niedersachsen.png|370px]]
[[File:Modern Niedersachsen.png|400px]]
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[[File:Lower Saxony component states.png|1000px]]


===Mecklenburg-Vorpommern===
===Mecklenburg-Vorpommern===
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'''Historic areas'''<br>
'''From these historic areas'''<br>
'''now in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ''' <br>
'''now in Mecklen-Vorpommern ''' <br>
'''(Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania):'''<br>
'''click below on'''<br>
*[[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Genealogy|'''Mecklenburg-Schwerin''']]  
'''the related article'''<br>
*[[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Genealogy|'''Mecklenburg-Strelitz''']]  
'''for the region.'''
*[[Mecklenburg-Schwerin Genealogy|'''Mecklenburg-Schwerin''']]  
*[[Mecklenburg-Strelitz Genealogy|'''Mecklenburg-Strelitz''']]  
*[[Pomerania Genealogy|'''Western Pomerania''']]
*[[Pomerania Genealogy|'''Western Pomerania''']]
[[File:233px-Deutschland Lage von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.svg.png|125px]]
[[File:233px-Deutschland Lage von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.svg.png|125px]]
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'''Historic areas'''<br>
'''From these historic areas'''<br>
'''now in Nordrhein-Westfalen: ''' <br>
'''now in Nordrhein-Westfalen ''' <br>
*[[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy|'''Lippe''']]
'''click below on'''<br>
*[[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy|'''North Rhine''']]  
'''the related article'''<br>
*[[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy|'''Westphalia''']]
'''for the region.'''
*[[Lippe Genealogy|'''Lippe''']]
*[[Rhineland Genealogy|'''North Rhine''']]  
*[[Westphalia Genealogy|'''Westphalia''']]
[[File:Nordrhein-Westfalen.jpg|125px]]
[[File:Nordrhein-Westfalen.jpg|125px]]
|<center>'''Former States Now in Nordrhein-Westfalen'''</center> <br>
|<center>'''Former States Now in Nordrhein-Westfalen'''</center> <br>
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===Prussia===
===Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)===
 
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[[Neumark (region), Brandenburg, Germany Genealogy|'''Brandenburg:''' the Neumark region,]] 1945: [[Neumark (region), Brandenburg, Germany Genealogy|Poland]] <br>
'''From these historic areas now in Rhineland-Palatinate''' <br>
[[East Prussia, Germany Genealogy|'''East Prussia,]]''' 1945:
(Rheinland-Pfalz), click below on'''<br>
*[[East Prussia, Germany Genealogy|Southern East Prussia, '''(Warmia) and (Masuria), and Soldau''']]became part of [[Poland Genealogy|Poland.]]
'''the related article for the region.'''
*[[East Prussia, Germany Genealogy|Northern East Prussia]] was divided between:
*parts of [[Bavaria Genealogy|'''Bavaria''']] (the Rhenish Palatinate)
**[[Russia Genealogy|the '''Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) Oblast''']]: Russia
*parts of [[Hessen Genealogy|'''Hessen-Darmstadt''']]  
**the constituent counties of the [[East Prussia, Germany Genealogy|'''Klaipėda Region''']]: [[Lithuania Genealogy|Lithuania]]
*the southern parts of the '''Prussian Rhine Province '''
**'''[[East Prussia, Germany Genealogy|Memel Territory]]''' : [[Lithuania Genealogy|Lithuania]]<br>
*[[Rhineland Genealogy|'''Rhineland''']]  
'''[[West Prussia, Germany Genealogy|Free City of Danzig,]]''' 1945: Poland<br>
*parts of the Prussian Province of [[Hessen-Nassau Genealogy|'''Nassau''']]
'''[[Pomerania, Germany Genealogy|Pomerania]],''' 1945:
*the District of Birkenfeld, formerly part of [[Oldenburg Genealogy|'''Oldenburg''']]
*'''western Pomerania''' is in [[Pomerania, Germany Genealogy|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany]]
[[File:Rheinland-Pfalz in Germny.jpg|125px]]
*[[Pomerania, Germany Genealogy |'''Pomeralia (Gdansk Pomerania, or East Pomerania''')]]: Poland
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<center>'''Former States Now in''' <br>'''Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)'''</center><br>
[[Posen, Germany Genealogy|'''Posen,''']] 1919: Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie, Poland<br>
[[File:Rheinland-Pfalz 1871.png|261px]]
'''[[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|Silesia (Schlesien),]]'''1945:
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*mostly in [[Poland Genealogy|Poland]]
<center>'''Modern Rhineland-Palatinate'''<br>''' (Rheinland-Pfalz)'''</center><br>
*[[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|'''The Hlučín Area of Moravian-Silesian Region''']]: <br>
[[File:Modern Rheinland-Pfalz.png]]
:[[Czechia Genealogy|Czechia]]
*the small [[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|'''Lusatian strip''' west of the Oder-Neisse line]]: <br>
:[[Saxony, Germany Genealogy|Saxony]]
<br>
[[Silesia, Germany Genealogy|'''Upper Silesia''']], 1919: [[Poland Genealogy|Poland]] <br>
[[West Prussia, Germany Genealogy|'''West Prussia''',]] 1919: Pomeranian Voivodeship, [[Poland Genealogy|Poland]]
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[[File:1920px-German territorial losses 1919 and 1945.svg-1.png|900px]]
===Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)===
'''Historic areas now in Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz):'''<br>
*(the Rhenish Palatinate), part of Bavaria
*parts of Hessen-Darmstadt
*the southern parts of the '''Prussian Rhine Province '''
*Rhineland (Rheinland)
*parts of the Prussian Province of Hessen-Nassau
*the District of Birkenfeld, formerly part of Oldenburg
<br>
====Clickable Map====
'''CLICK ON THE LINKS IN THIS MAP TO FIND INSTRUCTIONS FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCH IN EACH REGION.'''
{{Rhineland-Palatinate imagemap}}


===Saarland===
===Saarland===
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'''Historic areas'''<br>
'''From these historic areas'''<br>
'''now in Saarland:''' <br>
'''now in Saarland, click below''' <br>
'''on the related article'''<br>
'''for the region,'''<br>
'''(created after World War I.)'''
'''(created after World War I.)'''
*the Saar-Pfalz (kreis or county) was from [[Bavaria Genealogy|'''Bavaria''']]
*the Saar-Pfalz (kreis or county) was from [[Bavaria Genealogy|'''Bavaria''']]
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<center>'''Modern Saarland and Former Areas Now in Saarland'''<br>
<center>'''Modern Saarland and Former Areas Now in Saarland'''<br>
'''Saar-Pfalz-(kreis or county) Was Bavarian'''<br>
'''Saar-Pfalz-(kreis or county) Was Bavarian'''<br>
'''All Other Counties Were Prussian (Rheinland)'''</center>
'''All Other Counties Were Prussian'''</center>
[[File:2000px-Saarland, administrative divisions - de - colored.svg-1.png|500px]]
[[File:2000px-Saarland, administrative divisions - de - colored.svg-1.png|500px]]




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===Saxe-Coburg-Gotha===
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'''Coburg--became part of Bavaria'''<br>
[[File:Saxe-Coburg.png]]
|'''Gotha--became part of Thuringia'''<br>
[[File:Saxe-Gotha.png|300px]]
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The Kingdom of Saxony became'''<br>
*The Kingdom of Saxony became modern '''Saxony (Sachsen).'''
'''modern [[Saxony, Germany Genealogy|'''Saxony (Sachsen).''']]<br>
*[[Saxony, Germany Genealogy|'''Click here''']] for Wiki articles.''
[[File:155px-Deutschland Lage von Sachsen.svg.png|125px]]  
[[File:155px-Deutschland Lage von Sachsen.svg.png|125px]]  
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'''"Old Saxony"' is the original homeland of the Saxons in the northwest corner of modern Germany and corresponds approximately to the modern German states of:<br>
'''"Old Saxony"' is the original homeland of the Saxons in the northwest corner of modern Germany and corresponds approximately to the modern German states of:<br>
*[[Germany Historic and Current States#Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)|'''Lower Saxony''']]  
*[[Germany Historic and Current States#Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)|'''Lower Saxony''']]  
*[[Anhalt Genealogy|'''Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt''')]]   
*[[Anhalt Genealogy|'''Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt''')]]   
*[[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy|'''Westphalia (Westfalen)''']]
*[[Westphalia Genealogy|'''Westphalia (Westfalen)''']]


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===[[Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt, Germany Genealogy|Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt]]===
===[[Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Genealogy|Saxony-Anhalt]]===
{|
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'''Historic areas'''<br>
'''From these historic areas'''<br>
'''now in Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt: ''' <br>
'''now in Saxony-Anhalt ''' <br>
'''click below on'''<br>
'''the related article'''<br>
'''for the region.'''
*[[Anhalt Genealogy|'''Anhalt''']]
*[[Province of Saxony, Germany Genealogy|'''Province of  Saxony''']]
[[File:233px-Deutschland Lage von Sachsen-Anhalt.svg.png|125px]]


*'''Free State of Anhalt'''
*'''Province of  Saxony'''
*'''Brunswick (Braunschwieg) enclaves of Calvorde and eastern Blankenburg'''
*'''Magdeburg, Saxony'''
*'''Halle, Saxony'''
|[[File:233px-Deutschland Lage von Sachsen-Anhalt.svg.png|125px]]
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<center>'''Former States Now in Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt'''<br>
<center>'''Former States Now in Saxony-Anhalt'''</center>
[[File:Sachsen-Anhalt Landesteile Beschriftet.png|325px]]
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<center>'''Modern Saxony-Anhalt'''</center>
[[File:Modern Sachsen-Anhalt.png|300px]]


</center>
[[File:Sachsen-Anhalt Landesteile Beschriftet.png|315px]]<br>
<span style="color:green">Green: Anhalt</span><br>
<span style="color:GoldenRod">Orange: Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen)</span><br>
<span style="color:SaddleBrown">Brown: Brunswick
(Braunschwieg): '''<br>
Blankenburg and Calvorde enclaves</span><br>
Yellow: Thüringen
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<center>'''Modern Saxony- (Sachsen-) Anhalt'''</center>
[[File:Modern Sachsen-Anhalt.png|280px]]
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|'''Anhalt Detail 1747-1793'''<br>
[[File:Map of Anhalt (1747-1793).svg.png|400px]]
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'''From these historic areas now in'''<br>
'''From these historic areas now in'''<br>
'''Schleswig-Holstein, click below'''<br>
'''Schleswig-Holstein, click below'''<br>
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'''region.'''<br>
'''region.'''<br>
*[[Lübeck Genealogy|'''Lübeck''']]  
*[[Lübeck Genealogy|'''Lübeck''']]  
*[[Schleswig-Holstein Genealogy|'''Schleswig-Holstein''']]<br>
*[[Schleswig-Holstein Genealogy|'''Schleswig-Holstein''']]  
Areas '''annexed from''' [[Hamburg, Germany Genealogy|'''Hamburg''']]
[[File:Schleswig-Holstein map.png]]
*the city Geesthacht
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* municipalities: Großhansdorf, Schmalenbeck
<center>'''Modern and Historic Schleswig-Holstein'''
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'''Lübeck (Former City/State) Annexed'''
====Lost Areas====
[[File:Modern Schleswig-Holstein.png|300px]]|}</center>
From the province of Schleswig-Holstein, these areas were<br>
'''annexed to''' [[Hamburg, Germany Genealogy|'''Hamburg''']] in 1937-8
*The municipality of Altona
*The district of Wandsbek
*From the district of Stormarn: the municipalities Bergstedt, Billstedt, Bramfeld, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Lohbrügge, Poppenbüttel, Rahlstedt, Sasel, Steilshoop and Wellingsbüttel
*From the district Pinneberg: the municipality Lokstedt with Niendorf and Schnelsen
*From the administrative district Herzogtum Lauenburg: the place Kurslack in the Achterschlag of the municipality Börnsen
 
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==== Areas Now in Denmark,<br> By Kreis  ====
 
*[[Åbenrå County, Denmark Genealogy|Apenrade]]
*[[Haderslev County, Denmark Genealogy|Hadersleben]]
*[[Sønderborg County, Denmark Genealogy|Sonderburg]]
*[[Tønder County, Denmark Genealogy|Tondern]]
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'''Modern Schleswig-Holstein State in Germany'''<br>
[[File:Kreise Schleswig-Holstein.svg.png|450px]]
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===Silesia===
[[File:Silesia 1825-1950.png]]
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<center> '''County (Kreis) Map of Silesia'''</center><br>
'''Administrative districts: Oppeln=Violet , Breslau=Gold, Liegnitz=Green'''<br>
[[File:Schlesien Verwaltungsgliederung 1905.svg.png|1100px]]
===Thuringia (Thüringen)===
===Thuringia (Thüringen)===
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'''Historic areas'''<br>
'''From these historic areas'''<br>
'''now in Thuringia (Thüringen): '''<br>
'''now in Thuringia (Thüringen), '''<br>
''
'''click below''' <br>
*Reuss Older Line (Reuss ältere Linie)
'''on the related'''<br>
*Reuss Younger Line (Reuss jüngere Linie)
'''article for'''<br>
*Saxony-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg0
'''the region.'''
*Gotha, part of Saxe (Sachsen)-Coburg-Gotha
*[[Reuss Older Line Genealogy|'''Reuss Older Line''']]
*Saxony (Sachsen)-Meiningen
*[[Reuss Younger Line Genealogy|'''Reuss Younger Line''']]
*Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)
*[[Sachsen-Altenburg Genealogy|'''Saxony-Altenburg''']]
*Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
*parts of [[Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha Genealogy|'''Saxony-Coburg-Gotha''']]
*Schwarzburg Sondershausen
*[[Sachsen-Meiningen Genealogy|'''Saxony-Meiningen''']]
*[[Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Genealogy|'''Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach''']]
*[[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Genealogy|'''Saxony-Rudolstadt''']]
*[[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Genealogy|'''Schwarzburg Sondershausen''']]
[[File:155px-Deutschland Lage von Thüringen.svg.png|125px]]
[[File:155px-Deutschland Lage von Thüringen.svg.png|125px]]
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<center>'''Former States Now in Thuringia (Thüringen)'''</center><br>
<center>'''Former States Now in Thuringia (Thüringen)'''</center><br>
[[File:800px-THUERINGEN.png|750px]]
[[File:800px-THUERINGEN.png|450px]]


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<center>'''Modern Thuringia (Thüringen)'''</center><br>
[[File:Modern Thuringia Map.png]]


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[[Category:States of Germany]] [[Category:Germany]]
[[Category:States of Germany]] [[Category:Germany]]

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Current States of Germany and Their Territory From Historic States[edit | edit source]

After East Germany and West Germany were reunited, these jurisdictions of the government were put in place. Generally, when researching genealogical records, it is important to discern what government entity would have jurisdiction over the records of that locality at the time the record was made. For example, if the town your ancestor came from is in Baden-Württemberg today, the records in 1890 might be found in a library catalog under just Baden. If you learn that your ancestor lived in Baden in 1890, and you want to write to the local church to enquire about records, use Baden-Württemberg in the address.

Baden-Württemberg[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas now
in Baden-Württemberg,
click below on the related article
for the region.

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Former States Now
in Baden-Württemberg

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Modern Baden-Württemberg

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Bavaria[edit | edit source]

From these historic
areas now in Bavaria,
click below on the related
article for the region.

Bavaria 19th Century and Beyond

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Modern Administrative Regions of Bavaria

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Hessen[edit | edit source]

Hessen Refers to Several Different Localities[edit | edit source]

When your ancestors reported their homeland as Hessen, it could have meant Hessen and Hessen-Nassau is the maps above. It also could refer to one of these territories. Basically, these are areas that went by other names prior to the unification of Germany in 1871. Then they were merged into Hessen and Hessen Nassau.

These areas combined to make up Hessen-Nassau in 1871.
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Hessen-Kassel (a.k.a. Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, 1567-1803; Electorate of Hessen or Electoral Hessen, 1803-1866; Hessen-Nassau, 1866-1945; Province of Kurhessen, 1945-46)








Hessen-Homburg, 1668-1806

(a.k.a. part of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1806-1815)



Free City of Wetzlar




Hessen-Kassel 1871 Kreis

Biedenkopf
City of Hanau
City of Kassel
City of Marburg
Eschwege
Fritzlar
Gelnhausen
Hanau
Hersfeld
Höchst

Homberg
Kassel Kreis
Marburg
Melsungen
Rotenburg
Schlüchtern
Wiesbaden
Witzenhausen
Ziegenhain


Homburg 1871 Kreis
Oberlahnkreis, now Limburg-Weilburg
Meisenheim (kreis), Rheinland, now Rheinland-Palatinate


Wetzlar 1871 Kreis
Wetzlar, exclave of Rhein Province

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This area became Hessen in 1971.
___________________________________________ Hessen-Darmstadt

(a.k.a. Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt; Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (1816-1867); Hessen, 1867-1919; People's State of Hesse, 1919-1945; Greater Hesse (Groß-Hessen), 1945-1946)

It consisted of three areas: Rhenish-Hessen or Rhein-Hessen, Oberhessen, and Starkenberg.

Rhein-Hessen
1871 Kreis
Worms
Bingen
Alzey
Mainz
City of Worms
City of Mainz


Oberhessen
1871 Kreis
Giessen
Volgelsbergkreis
Wetteraukreis

Starkenburg
1871 Kreis
Bensheim
Darmstadt
Dieburg
Erbach
Hepperheim
Gross-Gerau
Offenbach

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Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)[edit | edit source]

From these historic
areas now in Lower
Saxony, click below
on the related article
for the region.

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Former States Now in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)

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Modern Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas
now in Mecklen-Vorpommern
click below on
the related article
for the region.

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Former States Now in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

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Modern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas
now in Nordrhein-Westfalen
click below on
the related article
for the region.

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Former States Now in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Modern Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas now in Rhineland-Palatinate
(Rheinland-Pfalz), click below on
 the related article for the region.

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Former States Now in
Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)

Rheinland-Pfalz 1871.png

Modern Rhineland-Palatinate
(Rheinland-Pfalz)

Modern Rheinland-Pfalz.png

Saarland[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas
now in Saarland, click below
on the related article
for the region,
(created after World War I.)

  • the Saar-Pfalz (kreis or county) was from Bavaria
  • all the other counties were from Prussia

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Modern Saarland and Former Areas Now in Saarland

Saar-Pfalz-(kreis or county) Was Bavarian

All Other Counties Were Prussian

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Saxony[edit | edit source]

  • The Kingdom of Saxony became modern Saxony (Sachsen).
  • Click here for Wiki articles.

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Kingdom of Saxony
German Empire, 1871

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Modern State of Saxony
Former Kingdom of Saxony

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"Old Saxony"' is the original homeland of the Saxons in the northwest corner of modern Germany and corresponds approximately to the modern German states of:

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Saxony-Anhalt[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas
now in Saxony-Anhalt
click below on
the related article
for the region.

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Former States Now in Saxony-Anhalt

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Modern Saxony-Anhalt

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Schleswig-Holstein[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas now in
Schleswig-Holstein, click below
on the related article for the
region.

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Modern and Historic Schleswig-Holstein

Lübeck (Former City/State) Annexed

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Thuringia (Thüringen)[edit | edit source]

From these historic areas
now in Thuringia (Thüringen),
click below
on the related
article for
the region.

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Former States Now in Thuringia (Thüringen)

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Modern Thuringia (Thüringen)

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