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''[[Europe]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Germany Genealogy|Germany]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Anhalt, Germany Genealogy|Anhalt]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Church History''' <br> 
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==Anhalt==
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In the 16th century Anhalt accepted the Lutheran doctrine. Thus the area is entirely Evangelical Lutheran. The area was divided over the centuries into four principalities: Dessau, Bernburg, Cöthen and Zerbst. In 1548 a decree was issued to create church registers in which pastors had to record marriages, baptisms and deaths with year, month and day. A church book from Rieder was established in 1539 and is henceforth the oldest church book in Anhalt. Others from the 16th century are:  
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*[[Anhalt Biography|Biographies]]
*[[Anhalt Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Anhalt Census|Census]]
*[[Anhalt Church Directories|Church Directories]]
*[[Anhalt Church History|Church History]]
*[[Anhalt Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Anhalt Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Anhalt Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Anhalt Directories|Directories]]
*[[Anhalt Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Anhalt Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Anhalt Heraldry|Heraldry]]  
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*[[Anhalt Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Anhalt Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Anhalt Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Anhalt Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Anhalt Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Anhalt Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Anhalt Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Anhalt Online Genealogy Records|Online Genealogy Records]]
*[[Anhalt Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Anhalt Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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*[[Anhalt Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Anhalt History|History]]
*[[Anhalt Jurisdictions|Jurisdictions]]
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*[[Anhalt Language and Languages|Language and Languages]] 
*[[Anhalt Maps|Maps]]
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*[[Anhalt Archives and Libraries|Archives & Libraries]]
*[[Anhalt Societies|Societies]]
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In the 16th century Anhalt accepted the Lutheran doctrine. Thus the area is entirely Evangelical Lutheran. The area was divided over the centuries into four principalities: Dessau, Bernburg, Cöthen and Zerbst. In 1548 a decree was issued to create church registers in which pastors had to record marriages, baptisms and deaths&nbsp;with year, month and day. A church book from Rieder was established in 1539 and is henceforth the oldest church book in Anhalt. Others from the 16th century are:  


Hohnsdorf (1559)  
Hohnsdorf (1559)  
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Wedlitz and Hoym (1597)  
Wedlitz and Hoym (1597)  


 
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For other parishes in Anhalt see [[Anhalt_Gazetteers]].
For other parishes in Anhalt see [[Anhalt Gazetteers|Anhalt Gazetteers]]  


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[[Category:Anhalt, Germany]]  [[Category:Germany Church History]]

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Anhalt Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Record Types


Anhalt Background
Local Research Resources

In the 16th century Anhalt accepted the Lutheran doctrine. Thus the area is entirely Evangelical Lutheran. The area was divided over the centuries into four principalities: Dessau, Bernburg, Cöthen and Zerbst. In 1548 a decree was issued to create church registers in which pastors had to record marriages, baptisms and deaths with year, month and day. A church book from Rieder was established in 1539 and is henceforth the oldest church book in Anhalt. Others from the 16th century are:

Hohnsdorf (1559)

Rathmannsdorf (1577)

Coswig (1586)

Lausigk (1590)

Bernburg (1595)

Nienburg a. S. (1563)

Dessau (St. Marien) (1578)

Bernburg-Waldau (1587)

Ratho (1593)

Wedlitz and Hoym (1597)

 

For other parishes in Anhalt see Anhalt Gazetteers