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Darmstadt-Dieburg is a Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Offenbach, Aschaffenburg,
Miltenberg,
Odenwaldkreis, Bergstraße, Groß-Gerau, and the district-free city of Darmstadt, which it surrounds. The district was
created in 1975 by merging the previous districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg. The district is located in the Odenwald mountains. Most famous in the district
is the Messel Pit, where many in the oil shale of a Tertiary lake were found. The site is listed in
the UNESCO world heritage list since 1995.
The coat of arms show a lion in the top part,
taken from the coat of arms of the counts of Katzenelnbogen. The lion holds a
wheel, the symbol of state of Mainz. Both owned big parts of the districts
area in the past. The 23 stars in the bottom represent the municipalities of
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died
in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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Reinhard; Steinmetz; Wambold;
Zimmerman |
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Additional information regarding these and other
surnames may also be found at: |
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different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about this or
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PROFILE(s)
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Pfungstadt
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LOCATION: District:
Darmstadt-Dieburg; Place: Pfungstadt; Coordinates/Map: 49.805556,
8.604444 |
An
inscription found above the entrance of the Protestant church
reveals that the building was constructed between 1746 and 1748 on the
foundations of several previous churches. The
medieval tower was redesigned and completed in 1752. |
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DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE(s): Pfungstadt is a German town of 25,117 inhabitants, in the
district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in the state of Hesse.
The town was first mentioned in 785 as property of the Monastery of Lorsch and got its town rights in 1886 due to
its railway station. It is situated
just west of the Odenwald hills, one of the closest being Frankenstein
with its castle ruin of monstrous fame (Mary Shelley) on its summit. It is said,
Shelley used the name after asking a sailor on a Rhine trip to tell her the name of "this
yonder castle". |
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ANCESTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Reinhard,
Anna Elizabetha Birth:19 Sep 1716; Reinhard,
Arnold Birth:1684
Marriage: 26
Feb 1714/15 Death:
21Aug
1727; Reinhard, Elizabetha Margaretha Birth: 01May
1721; Reinhard,
Johann George Birth: 14 Nov 1718; Reinhard, Johann
Peter Birth:09 Aug
1723; Reinhard,
Valentine Sr. Birth: 10 Oct 1725; Steinmetz, Johann
Christoph Birth: 13 Oct 1732; Steinmetz,
Valentine Birth: 01Jun 1702 Marriage: 27 Apr
1728; Wambold,
Anna Elizabeth Birth: 18 Nov 1693; Marriage:
26
Feb 1714/15 Marriage:
27
Apr 1728 |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Pfungstadt
- Wikipedia; Pfungstadt, DE (translated); Welcome to Pfungstadt (translated); The
official site of the city (in German); interactive city map |
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Seeheim-Jungenheim
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LOCATION: District:
Darmstadt-Dieburg; Place: Seeheim-Jugenheim; Coordinates/Map: 49.75,
8.65 |
A forest trail near Seeheim |
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DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE(s): Seeheim-Jugenheim is a municipality in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of approximately 17,000. Seeheim-Jugenheim consists of seven
villages: Balkhausen (population 693), (population 4,448), Malchen (population 1,004), Ober-Beerbach (population 1,269), Seeheim (population 9,060), Steigerts (population 81), and Stettbach (population 144). The municipality was
formed on January 1, 1977 through the unification of the previously separate
municipalities of Seeheim and Jugenheim.
Until January 1, 1978 the municipality was known as Seeheim; after
that it became known as Seeheim-Jugenheim. |
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ANCESTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Anna
Margaretha Zimmerman born here.
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Seeheim-Jugenheim city information; |
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map
The Red Dot in the map
designates the location of the seat of government for this county. A Purple Dot shows the location
of identified ancestral Gen-Site(s). |
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gazetteer
The
list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your
ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality
at which these events may have occurred. |
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For more information about the Country and State in
which this county is located
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which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
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Maps, Gazetteers,
and other helpful
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GENERAL RESOURCES |
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· Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
German Genealogy Info. & Resources · FEEFHS: Germany Genealogy Resources · German Genealogy - Yahoo
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Germany - Rootsweb.com (message boards) ·
Genealogy.com:
Places/Geographic, Europe ·
Cyndi's
List - Germany / Deutschland ·
Directory of Cities, Towns, Regions in
Germany ·
German Heritage & Genealogy (D'Addezio.com) |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this place. Here you will find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
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Gallery
During our research we have collected images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
Castle Heiligenberg
was frequently visited by Tsar Nicholas
II of Russia |
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If you
have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location,
we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether
we have any images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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