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==Germany Feast Day Calendars==
==Germany Feast Day Calendars==
Many times in the German Church Records, a minister recorded the date of an event by the name of the Fixed or Moveable Feast Date which is based on the liturgical year (the church year) rather than the Julian or Gregorian date that we would recognize. To convert a Moveable Feast Day that you see in a record to the appropriate Julian or Gregorian date:
Many times in the German Church Records, a minister recorded the date of an event by the name of the Fixed or Moveable Feast Date which is based on the liturgical year (the church year) rather than the Julian or Gregorian date that we would recognize. To convert a Moveable Feast Day that you see in a record to the appropriate Julian or Gregorian date:
#Determine whether you need the Julian or Gregorian calendar using the chart of locations and starting years below;
#Determine whether you need the Julian or Gregorian calendar using the chart of locations and starting years below (or use the Steve Morse date conversion tool [https://stevemorse.org/jcal/julian.html here]);
#Then go down to the table of years and choose the one you need.
#Then go down to the table of years and choose the one you need.
==Gregorian Calendar Start Dates for Germany==
==Gregorian Calendar Start Dates for Germany==
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|-
!Country
!Country
!Start numbered year
on 1 January
!Adoption of
!Adoption of
Gregorian Calendar
Gregorian Calendar
|-
|-
|[[Germany Genealogy|Germany]], Catholic States
|[[Germany Genealogy|Germany]], Catholic States
|
|1583 or 1584
|1583 or 1584
|-
|-
|Germany, Aachen
|Germany, Aachen
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|[[Alsace-Lorraine, France or Germany Genealogy|Germany, Alsace (Elsaß)]]
|[[Alsace-Lorraine, France or Germany Genealogy|Germany, Alsace (Elsaß)]]
|
|1648, 1682
|1648, 1682
|-
|-
|Germany, Augsburg
|Germany, Augsburg
|
|1583, 1583
|1583, 1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Baden
|Germany, Baden
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Baden-Durlach
|Germany, Baden-Durlach
|
|1700
|1700
|-
|-
|Germany, Bavaria (Bayern)
|Germany, Bavaria (Bayern)
|
|1582, 1583
|1582, 1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Brandenburg
|Germany, Brandenburg
|
|1699
|1699
|-
|-
|Germany, Cleve
|Germany, Cleve
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Cologne (Köln)
|Germany, Cologne (Köln)
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Eichstadt
|Germany, Eichstadt
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Freiburg
|Germany, Freiburg
|
|1584
|1584
|-
|-
|Germany, Freising
|Germany, Freising
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Hannover (kingdom)
|Germany, Hannover (kingdom)
|
|1700
|1700
|-
|-
|Germany, Hennegau
|Germany, Hennegau
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Hesse (Hessen)
|Germany, Hesse (Hessen)
|
|1699
|1699
|-
|-
|Germany, Hildesheim
|Germany, Hildesheim
|
|1631
|1631
|-
|-
|Germany, Julich
|Germany, Julich
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Kurland
|Germany, Kurland
|
|1617
|1617
|-
|-
|Germany, Lausitz
|Germany, Lausitz
|
|1584
|1584
|-
|-
|Germany, Lorraine (Lothringen)
|Germany, Lorraine (Lothringen)
|
|1682, 1760
|1682, 1760
|-
|-
|Germany, Mainz
|Germany, Mainz
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Minden
|Germany, Minden
|
|1630, 1668
|1630, 1668
|-
|-
|Germany, Munster (Münster)
|Germany, Munster (Münster)
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Neuburg Palatinate (Pfalz)
|Germany, Neuburg Palatinate (Pfalz)
|
|1615
|1615
|-
|-
|Germany, Nuremburg (Nürnberg)
|Germany, Nuremburg (Nürnberg)
|
|1699
|1699
|-
|-
|Germany, Osnabruck (Osnabrück)
|Germany, Osnabruck (Osnabrück)
|
|1624
|1624
|-
|-
|Germany, Paderborn
|Germany, Paderborn
|
|1585
|1585
|-
|-
|Germany, Passau
|Germany, Passau
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Prussia (Preußen)
|Germany, Prussia (Preußen)
|
|1610, 1612, 1700
|1610, 1612, 1700
|-
|-
|Germany, Regensburg
|Germany, Regensburg
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Rhenish Palatinate (Pfalz)
|Germany, Rhenish Palatinate (Pfalz)
|
|1699
|1699
|-
|-
|Germany, Saxony (Sachsen)
|Germany, Saxony (Sachsen)
|
|1699
|1699
|-
|-
|Germany, Silesia (Schlesien)
|Germany, Silesia (Schlesien)
|
|1584
|1584
|-
|-
|Germany, Strasbourg bisopric
|Germany, Strasbourg bisopric
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Strasbourg city
|Germany, Strasbourg city
|
|1682
|1682
|-
|-
|Germany, Trier
|Germany, Trier
|
|1583
|1583
|-
|-
|Germany, Ulm
|Germany, Ulm
|
|1699
|1699
|-
|-
|Germany, Westphalia (Westfalen)
|Germany, Westphalia (Westfalen)
|
|1584
|1584
|-
|-
|Germany, Wurzburg (Würzburg)
|Germany, Wurzburg (Würzburg)
|
|1583
|1583
|}
==Gregorian Calendar Start Dates for Switzerland==
This calendar was created primarily for Germany, but it can also be used for Switzerland. The following dates will assist you in determining when the Julian Calendar system stopped being used in your research area. Although Germany had changed over to the Gregorian Calendar by 1700, parts of Switzerland were still using the old Julian Calendar until 1812 when Napoleon modernized these areas under (temporary) French rule and brought them into the Gregorian Calendar system.
{| class="wikitable sortable FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|[[Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland]], Appenzell
|1724
|-
|[[Basel (Land) Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Basel Land]]
|1700
|-
|[[Basel (Stadt) Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Basel Stadt]]
|1700
|-
|[[Bern Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Bern]]
|1700
|-
|[[Fribourg Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Fribourg (Freiburg)]]
|1584
|-
| [[Genève Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Geneva (Genf)]]
|1700
|-
|[[Glarus Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Glarus]]
|1724
|-
|[[Graubünden Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Grisons (Graubünden)]]
| 1812
|-
|[[Lucerne Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Lucerne (Luzern)]]
|1584
|-
|[[Neuchâtel Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Neuchâtel]]
| 1700
|-
| [[St. Gallen Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, St. Gallen (Sankt Gallen)]]
|1724
|-
|[[Schaffhausen Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Schaffhausen]]
|1700
|-
|[[Schwyz Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Schwyz]]
|1584
|-
|[[Solothurn Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Solothurn]]
|1584
|-
|[[Thurgau Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Thurgau]]
|1700
|-
|Switzerland, Unterwalden (see [[Nidwalden Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Nidwalden]] and [[Obwalden Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Obwalden]])
|1584
|-
|[[Uri Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Uri]]
|1584
|-
| [[Valais Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Valais (Wallis)]]
|1622, 1655, 1656
|-
| [[Zug Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Zug]]
|1584
|-
|[[Zürich Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland, Zürich]]
| 1700
|}
|}
==Movable Feast Days==
==Movable Feast Days==
===Year Selection===
To include both the German and the Swiss changeover dates, the calendars found below will include:
 
* Julian dates for the years 1501-1812, and
* Gregorian dates for 1583-1900.
 
=== Year Selection ===
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
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*The book ''Genealogical Dates: A User-Friendly Guide'' by Kenneth L. Smith (FS Library call number [https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/722965 529.3 Sm61g]);
*The book ''Genealogical Dates: A User-Friendly Guide'' by Kenneth L. Smith (FS Library call number [https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/722965 529.3 Sm61g]);
*The book ''The Comprehensive Genealogical Feast Day Calendar'' by Inger M. Bukke, Peer K. Kristensen, and Finn A. Thomsen. (FS Library call number [https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/222913 529.44 C738]); and,
*The book ''The Comprehensive Genealogical Feast Day Calendar'' by Inger M. Bukke, Peer K. Kristensen, and Finn A. Thomsen. (FS Library call number [https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/222913 529.44 C738]); and,
*This [https://aulis.org/Calendar/Ecclesiastical_dates.html (British) Feast Day Calculator], but keep in mind that England began using the Gregorian Calendar much later, in 1752; so this calculator is only accurate for German areas <u>after that date</u>.
*This [https://aulis.org/Calendar/Ecclesiastical_dates.html (British) Feast Day Calculator], but keep in mind that England began using the Gregorian Calendar much later, in 1752; so use this calculator with caution and only for dates after 1752.
==Fixed Feast Days==
==Fixed Feast Days==
'''Please be aware that the following links are still being created and have no content yet.'''
===Alphabetical by the First Letter===
===Alphabetical by the First Letter===
"Changeover days" can also be useful - like the Latin terms for days, months and the like.
"Changeover days" can also be useful - like the Latin terms for days, months and the like.
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|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with T|T]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with T|T]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with U|U]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with U|U]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with V and W|V, W]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with V and W|V]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with X, Y, and Z|X, Y, Z]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with W|W]]
|Æ
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with X|X]]
|Ø
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with Y|Y]]
|Å
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days beginning with Z|Z]]
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" border="1"
|-
|-
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for January|January]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for January|January]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for February|February]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for February|February]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for March|March]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for March|March]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for April|April]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for April|April]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for May|May]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for May|May]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for June|June]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for June|June]]
|-
|-
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for July|July]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for July|July]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for August|August]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for August|August]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for September|September]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for September|September]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for October|October]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for October|October]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for November|November]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for November|November]]
|[[Denmark: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days (chronological order) for December|December]]
|[[Germany: Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for December|December]]
|}
|}
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Germany Feast Day Calendars[edit | edit source]

Many times in the German Church Records, a minister recorded the date of an event by the name of the Fixed or Moveable Feast Date which is based on the liturgical year (the church year) rather than the Julian or Gregorian date that we would recognize. To convert a Moveable Feast Day that you see in a record to the appropriate Julian or Gregorian date:

  1. Determine whether you need the Julian or Gregorian calendar using the chart of locations and starting years below (or use the Steve Morse date conversion tool here);
  2. Then go down to the table of years and choose the one you need.

Gregorian Calendar Start Dates for Germany[edit | edit source]

Distinguishing between Julian and Gregorian dates is the major difficulty for those researching in Europe starting around 1400. There were other solar calendars in use in some European areas during this time period, such as the Roman Calendar and the French Republican Calendar, but they have more obvious differences while the Julian and Gregorian Calendars look exactly alike.

Before the unification of Germany in 1871, different areas under different rulers, began adopting the new Gregorian Calendar at different times, which can make it difficult to know which calendar system is being used. This chart will help you keep track of which calendar was being used in your research area and time period.

Country Adoption of

Gregorian Calendar

Germany, Catholic States 1583 or 1584
Germany, Aachen 1583
Germany, Alsace (Elsaß) 1648, 1682
Germany, Augsburg 1583, 1583
Germany, Baden 1583
Germany, Baden-Durlach 1700
Germany, Bavaria (Bayern) 1582, 1583
Germany, Brandenburg 1699
Germany, Cleve 1583
Germany, Cologne (Köln) 1583
Germany, Eichstadt 1583
Germany, Freiburg 1584
Germany, Freising 1583
Germany, Hannover (kingdom) 1700
Germany, Hennegau 1583
Germany, Hesse (Hessen) 1699
Germany, Hildesheim 1631
Germany, Julich 1583
Germany, Kurland 1617
Germany, Lausitz 1584
Germany, Lorraine (Lothringen) 1682, 1760
Germany, Mainz 1583
Germany, Minden 1630, 1668
Germany, Munster (Münster) 1583
Germany, Neuburg Palatinate (Pfalz) 1615
Germany, Nuremburg (Nürnberg) 1699
Germany, Osnabruck (Osnabrück) 1624
Germany, Paderborn 1585
Germany, Passau 1583
Germany, Prussia (Preußen) 1610, 1612, 1700
Germany, Regensburg 1583
Germany, Rhenish Palatinate (Pfalz) 1699
Germany, Saxony (Sachsen) 1699
Germany, Silesia (Schlesien) 1584
Germany, Strasbourg bisopric 1583
Germany, Strasbourg city 1682
Germany, Trier 1583
Germany, Ulm 1699
Germany, Westphalia (Westfalen) 1584
Germany, Wurzburg (Würzburg) 1583

Gregorian Calendar Start Dates for Switzerland[edit | edit source]

This calendar was created primarily for Germany, but it can also be used for Switzerland. The following dates will assist you in determining when the Julian Calendar system stopped being used in your research area. Although Germany had changed over to the Gregorian Calendar by 1700, parts of Switzerland were still using the old Julian Calendar until 1812 when Napoleon modernized these areas under (temporary) French rule and brought them into the Gregorian Calendar system.

Switzerland, Appenzell 1724
Switzerland, Basel Land 1700
Switzerland, Basel Stadt 1700
Switzerland, Bern 1700
Switzerland, Fribourg (Freiburg) 1584
Switzerland, Geneva (Genf) 1700
Switzerland, Glarus 1724
Switzerland, Grisons (Graubünden) 1812
Switzerland, Lucerne (Luzern) 1584
Switzerland, Neuchâtel 1700
Switzerland, St. Gallen (Sankt Gallen) 1724
Switzerland, Schaffhausen 1700
Switzerland, Schwyz 1584
Switzerland, Solothurn 1584
Switzerland, Thurgau 1700
Switzerland, Unterwalden (see Nidwalden and Obwalden) 1584
Switzerland, Uri 1584
Switzerland, Valais (Wallis) 1622, 1655, 1656
Switzerland, Zug 1584
Switzerland, Zürich 1700

Movable Feast Days[edit | edit source]

To include both the German and the Swiss changeover dates, the calendars found below will include:

  • Julian dates for the years 1501-1812, and
  • Gregorian dates for 1583-1900.

Year Selection[edit | edit source]

1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518
1519 1520 1521 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536
1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554
1555 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572
1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590
1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600
1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618
1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636
1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654
1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672
1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690
1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 1700
1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718
1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736
1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754
1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772
1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790
1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800
1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818
1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836
1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854
1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872
1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890
1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Calendar Notes

  • Because some feast days are always on a specific day of the week (e.g., Easter is always on a Sunday) this can be used as a point of reference to help you determine which calendar is being used in the records.
  • See Julian and Gregorian Calendars for more information about calendar conversions.

Other Tools[edit | edit source]

There are a couple of other great tools for calculating a moveable feast day, including:

  • The book Genealogical Dates: A User-Friendly Guide by Kenneth L. Smith (FS Library call number 529.3 Sm61g);
  • The book The Comprehensive Genealogical Feast Day Calendar by Inger M. Bukke, Peer K. Kristensen, and Finn A. Thomsen. (FS Library call number 529.44 C738); and,
  • This (British) Feast Day Calculator, but keep in mind that England began using the Gregorian Calendar much later, in 1752; so use this calculator with caution and only for dates after 1752.

Fixed Feast Days[edit | edit source]

Please be aware that the following links are still being created and have no content yet.

Alphabetical by the First Letter[edit | edit source]

"Changeover days" can also be useful - like the Latin terms for days, months and the like.

A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z

Feast Days in Chronological Order[edit | edit source]

January February March April May June
July August September October November December
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