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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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| 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: | | | link3= |
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| | ==Anhalt== |
| | 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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| Wedlitz and Hoym (1597) | | Wedlitz and Hoym (1597) |
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| For other parishes in Anhalt see [[Anhalt Gazetteers|Anhalt Gazetteers]] | | For other parishes in Anhalt see [[Anhalt_Gazetteers]]. |
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| [[Category:Anhalt, Germany]] [[Category:Germany Church History]] | | [[Category:Anhalt, German Empire]] [[Category:Germany Church History]] |