Germany Empire and Current States
Germany 
Historic and Current States
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.
Baden-Württemberg
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From these historic areas now
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in Baden-Württemberg
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Bavaria
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From these historic
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Hessen
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From these historic areas
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Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
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From these historic
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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From these historic areas
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North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
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From these historic areas
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Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)
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From these historic areas now in Rhineland-Palatinate
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Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)
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(Rheinland-Pfalz)
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Saarland
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From these historic areas
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Saar-Pfalz-(kreis or county) Was Bavarian
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Saxony
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German Empire, 1871
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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 (Sachsen-Anhalt)
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Schleswig-Holstein
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From these historic areas now in
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Thuringia (Thüringen)
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From these historic areas
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