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Südwestpfalz is a district (Kreis)
in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz,
the district-free city Zweibrücken,
the districts Kaiserslautern and Bad Dürkheim,
the district-free city Landau
(the Taubensuhl/Fassendeich forest part of the
city), Südliche Weinstraße, and the French département
Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Pirmasens
is completely surrounded by the district.
The district was created in 1818 as the Landkommisariat Pirmasens. During the communal reforms of 1968-72 several changes were made to the district. In 1969 the neighboring district Bad
Bergzabern was dissolved and some
part of it was added, while other municipalities were incorporated into the
city Pirmasens.
In 1972 the district Zweibrücken
was dissolved and added into the district Pirmasens,
which in 1997 renamed itself to Südwestpfalz. |
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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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BLAU; BORN;
BRACHER; CLOTER; FORSTER;
ILGES; LEINER |
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The Blau, Born, Bracher,
Forster, and Ilges families lived in that area of Germany now located within
the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Sudwestpflaz. The Born, Bracher
and Forster families lived near Hornbach and the Blau,
Ilges families were associated with the community of Thaleischweiler.
Georg Bracher was probably born Hornbach around 1650.
His son Johann George Bracher was born at Hornbach in 1676.
In 1693 Johann George married Susanna Margaretta
Forster Born the daughter of Theodor Born and Kunigunda
Forster who was born at Hornbach about 1652. Johann George and Susanna Margaretta had at least 14 known children 7 of which were
born at Hornbach between 1694 and 1703. The Bracher
family moved to nearby Rimschweiler around 1704.
Johann Paul Ilges was born at Thaleischweiler around 1706. He first married a local woman named Anna Margaretha with whom he produced 5 known off-spring. In 1745 he married a second time to Maria
Catharina Blau, daughter of Nicolas Blau, and also native of Thaleischweiler. Four children were born of this union two
of whom were born at Thaleischweiler between 1745
and 1747. In 1750 Johann Paul and
Maria Catharina left Thaleischweiler and sailed to
America with five children aged 3 to 19 years old. |
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HORNBACH
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LOCATION: Municipal
Association: Zweibrücken-Land; Place: Hornbach; Coordinates/Map: 49° 11′ 17″ N,
7° 22′ 9″ E DIRECTIONS (MapQuest): From:
Frankfurt Au Maim Airport 60549; To: Hornbach
66500; Total Est. Time: 1
hour, 35 minutes Total Est. Distance: 104.30 miles, (see map in our
Image Archive) |
Center of Hornbach showing the Monastery
St. Fabian Church in Hornbach
Hornbach (street map) |
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DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE(s):
Hornbach is is situated southwest of the
Palatinate forest, on the border with France, south of Zweibrücken.
It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Zweibrücken-Land. The history of the community of Hornbach
is entwined with that of the monastery that was located there in 742. Pirminius founded
the Benedictine Monastery of St. Petrus im
damaligen Bliesgau
( Bistum
Metz ) gegründet. Peter, as a part of the
former Bliesgau
(Diocese of Metz). Pirmin war ursprünglich auch hier begraben, sein
Leichnam wurde aber im 16. Pirmin who died in 753 was originally
buried here, but in the 16th century his body was transferred to Innsbruck. Sichtbar ist heute aber die Grabkapelle des Heiligen.
Das Kloster
Hornbach, das im Jahr 1087 von Kaiser Heinrich
IV. dem Bischof von Speyer
geschenkt wurde, besaß bis ins 14. Up to the 14th century the monastery at Hornbach maintained a far-reaching
influence and provided an important impetus for the development in Upper Lorraine. In the fall of 1119 Emperor Henry V. visited
Hornbach on the way from Strasbourg to Metz. At this time he gave the Monastery the power to to design and circulate coins of the
realm. This practice continued until
1230. By this time power of the monastery but already begun to
decline. Am
16. On 16April 1352 erhielt Hornbach wie
die Nachbarstadt Zweibrücken
die Stadtrechte. April 1352 Hornbach became a part of the neighbouring
town of Zweibrücken. By 1548 only three monks were left
living in the monastery at Hornbach.
It finally closed in 1557 as a result of the Reformation. The buildings and other assests of the
monastery were subsequently used to establish a institution for the training
of clergy and as preparatory school for university studies. Because of the turmoil of the Thirty Years War the school relocated to Zweibrucken in
1631. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Anna Margaretha BRACHER, Birth: 1697?; Anna Margaretha BRACHER, Birth: 1701, Marriage: Abt. 1718; Anna Maria BRACHER, Birth: Abt. 1703; Marriage: 1722; Anna Maria Elizabeth BRACHER, Birth: Abt. 1694; Hans Jacob CLOTER, Marriage: 1722; Heinrich BRACHER, Birth: 1700; Johann George BRACHER, Birth: 1676 Marriage: 06 Jan 1693; Johann Nichel LEINER, Marriage: Abt. 1718; Kunigunda FORSTER, Birth: Abt. 1652; Susanna Barbara BRACHER, Birth: 1696?; Susanna BRACHER, Birth: 1699; Susanna Margaretta Forster BORN; Marriage: 06 Jan 1693 |
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s): Hornbach Hornbach Germany; Hornbach -
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THALEISCHWEILER
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LOCATION: Municipal
Association: Thaleischweiler-Fröschen;
Place: Thaleischweiler; Coordinates/Map:
49° 15′ 48″ N,
7° 34′ 59″ E DIRECTIONS (MapQuest): From: Frankfurt Au Maim Airport
60549; To: Thaleischweiler-Fröschen
66987; Total Est. Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes; Total Est. Distance: 92.18 miles, (see map in our Image Archive) |
Map of Sudwestpfalz showing the
location of Thaleischweiler- Fröschen
Street map of Thaleischweiler-Fröschen Some of the oldest
buildings in Thaleischweiler-Fröschen are found between Raiffeisen street in East and the Schwarzbach
road in the west, and are show on maps from 1739.
Protestant Church in Thalieschweier The oldest parts of
the church are from the first half of the 13th Century (probably before
1239). The current layout dates from the 15th Century. |
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DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE(s): The town of Thaleischweiler-Fröschen is the
seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
("collective municipality") of Thaleischweiler-Fröschen. It is situated on the western edge of the
Palatinate forest,
approx. 7 km north of Pirmasens.
Thaleischweiler is first mentioned in 1237
by the name Eiswilre then located in Leiningen. After
the death of the ruler Frederick Leininger in 1237
this locality came under the control of his eldest son Frederick III who also
inherited, the castle Grebinstein (Gräfenstein) along with the villages of Roth Albin (Rodalben Merz), Merichishalbin, as
well as Eiswilre (Thaleischweiler). In 1295 Fröschen
is mentioned in records for the first time as the hamlet of Froßauwe
then found in the area of Deux Ponts.
Both communities are far older than the first time they appeared in
the local records that survived the last 1000 years. Apparently Der
ursprüngliche Bann Thaleischweiler war bereits zur Zeit des Frankenreiches
der südlichste Teil nicht nur des Wormsgaues und damit auch der Diözese
Worms, sondern auch des Reichslandes um Kaiserslautern.Thaleischweiler was already a community as early as the Frankish
Empire when it was located within the southernmost part of
the Kaiserslautern within the diocese of Worms. Er
umfaßte die heutigen Gemarkungen Thaleischweiler, Thal- und Höhfröschen,
Höheinöd und jenen Teil der heutigen Gemarkung Burgalben, der rechts des
Schwarzbachs liegt. This area also included the current villages of Thaleischweiler, Thal- and Höhfröschen, and Höheinöd. Sie bildeten
zusammen mit Herschberg die Pfarrei Thaleischweiler.Together
with Herschberg these towns formed the parish of Thaleischweiler which is still in existence today. While Um die
Grenze des ursprünglichen Bannes Thaleischweiler südlich des Schwarzbaches
festzustellen, müssen wir auf die Entstehung des Ortsteils Thalfröschen
zurückgreifen. Thaleischweiler emerged as a
community as early as the 7th century it was also commonly
referred to Thalfröschen as between the 9th
and 12th centuries.
During the 12th century the villages of Thalieschweier
and Fröschen were part of the imperial fiefdom of the
Counts of Saarbrucken. After the
death of Count Simon Saarbrücker I in 1182 the
villages were split between the Count’s two sons Simon II and Heinrich Graf
I. The border between the two
districts ran along the Pfarrgasse today at City Hall, from
where the main road to the east to Herschberger
Street and from there south to the old mill, (Faüstermuhle), which remained in the possession of the Graftschaft Zweibrücken. Dies mag für die erste Zeit nach der Teilung gegolten,
dürfte sich aber im Laufe der zeit verwischt haben, da sich die Untertanen
seit alters her wie auch die Zugezogenen ihre Herrschaft frei wählen konnten.
After 30 years of war between the two rulers the towns of Dies trifft insbesondere für die Zeit nach dem 30
jährigen Krieg zu, während dem Thaleischweiler und Fröschen fast ausgestorben
waren und durch Einwanderungen aus der Schweiz wieder neu besiedelt wurden.
Thaleischweiler and Fröschen
were almost extinct. Through
immigration they were eventually re-populated by immigrants from
Switzerland. After six centuries of
division the borders between the two towns became insignificant and
eventually no longer existed. Since
that time Thaleischweiler was also under the
occupation of the Palatinate by the French in the years 1793/94, and
continued to belong to France until 1814.
The many years of turmoil and foreign rule were finally followed by
long years of peace, in which the two places, Thaleischweiler
and Fröschen, could flourish freely.
They were finally under a united dominion within the state of Beide Orte bilden seit der Zugehörigkeit zu Bayern
(1816 – 1935) und seit der Verwaltungsgliederung im Jahr 1818 eine politische
Gemeinde, mit einer gemeinsamen Bürgermeisterei, der auch Höhfröschen
angehörte. Bavaria from 1816 to 1935.
In 1818 both towns began to share the same political and
administrative structure, which also included Höhfröschen
until this arrangement was dissolvedSie wurde
erst im Jahre 1921 aufgelöst. in 1921.
In
1979, the villages in the Thaleischweiler-Fröschen Verbandsgemeinde became a part of the district of Pirmasens. Further political redistricting in 1997
resulted in a larger regional Sudwestpfalz
governmental unit centered in Landau. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Anna Catharina Ilges, Birth: 1741; Anna Elisabetha
Ilges, Birth: Abt. 1731; Anna Margaretha
Ilges (Nee?), Birth: 1702,
Death: 1742; Christina Margaretha Ilges, Birth; Johann Georg Ilges, Birth: 23 Nov 1745; Johann Paul Ilges, Birth: Abt. 1706, Marriage: 23 Feb 1745; Maria Barbara Ilges, Birth: 1747; Maria Catharina Blau
Birth: Abt. 1710, Marriage: 23 Feb 1745; Maria Ottilia Ilges, Birth: Abt.
1736; Susanna Maria Ilges, Birth |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Thaleischweiler-online; Thaleischweiler-Fröschen – Wikipedia |
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