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OBERKALBACH, HESSEN, GERMANY
Village of My Berthold and Ullrich Ancestors INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT SURROUNDING VILLAGES Oberkalbach is a village 10 miles south of Fulda in a beautiful area known as the Rhoen. The lovely rolling hills, little forests, brooks, meadows and farmers’ fields surrounding small villages create a picturesque setting. Oberkalbach was the birthplace of my mother. I never lived there but I often visited my grandparents and extended family there as a child before I left my homeland to live in the United States. Over many years, I have collected information about this village and those in the surrounding area. This web site is my way of sharing some of this information with others whose ancestors came from this part of Germany. Formerly these villages were in county Schluechtern but today some are designated in the county of Fulda. |
Sketch of Oberkalbach on the cover of the 800-Year Oberkalbach booklet.
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Other villages in the old county Schluechtern, mostly south and west of Oberkalbach, are: Ahlersbach, Altengronau, Bellings, Breitenbach, Breunings, Eichenried, Elm, Gundhelm, Herolz, Heubach, Hintersteinau, Hohenzell, Hutten, Jossa, Klosterhoefe, Kressenbach, Marjoss, Mittelkalbach, Mottgers, Niederkalbach, Niederzell, Neuengronau, Oberzell, Ramholz, Schluechtern, Schwarzenfels, Seidenroth, Steinau, Sterbfritz, Uttrichshausen, Veitsteinbach, Vollmerz, Wallroth, Weichersbach, Weiperz, and Zuentersbach. These villages share much of the same history and customs, and many of their residents intermarried, resulting in similar surnames throughout the area. |
Towns and villages of former County (Kreis) Schluechtern and county seat Schluechtern. Those places marked with a black dot had a civil office where residents applied for permission to marry. They then married in their village churches. The residents of the other villages went to the closest office to apply. The Family History Library has microfilms of these marriage protocols.
NOTE: This web site is undergoing changes in weebly.com. The unbolded links below will still lead you to my former web site at ursula.foster.cc I am slowly transferring and editing those pages.
OBERKALBACH
Origin and Description
History
Lutheran Church
Cemeteries
Wooden Shoes
Dialect
House Names
Folk Tales
Castles
Folk Songs
Traditional Dress
Thirty Years War 1618-1648
Attack on Oberkalbach 1945
Oberkalbach Club Site (Translation)
BIOGRAPHIES
Ursula KAISER (That's Me)
Katharina BERTHOLD (My Mother)
Johannes BERTHOLD & Eva ULLRICH (My Grandparents)
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
Land Holders in 1596 and Male Inhabitants in 1654
Parish Records 1654-1900
Surnames in the Parish Records
Civil Marriage Contracts 1770-1832
Index to Civil Marriage Protocols 1718-1873
Getting Information from Church Records
EMIGRATION FROM OBERKALBACH AREA
Why Did They Leave?
To America From
Oberkalbach
Ahlersbach thru Gundhelm
Herolz thru Motten
Mottgers thru Schwarzenfels
Seidenroth thru Vollmerz
Wallroth thru Zuentersbach
From Germany To
Middlesex County New Jersey
Hardin County Ohio
Butler County Pennsylvania
Russia
Hungary
OBERKALBACH
Origin and Description
History
Lutheran Church
Cemeteries
Wooden Shoes
Dialect
House Names
Folk Tales
Castles
Folk Songs
Traditional Dress
Thirty Years War 1618-1648
Attack on Oberkalbach 1945
Oberkalbach Club Site (Translation)
BIOGRAPHIES
Ursula KAISER (That's Me)
Katharina BERTHOLD (My Mother)
Johannes BERTHOLD & Eva ULLRICH (My Grandparents)
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
Land Holders in 1596 and Male Inhabitants in 1654
Parish Records 1654-1900
Surnames in the Parish Records
Civil Marriage Contracts 1770-1832
Index to Civil Marriage Protocols 1718-1873
Getting Information from Church Records
EMIGRATION FROM OBERKALBACH AREA
Why Did They Leave?
To America From
Oberkalbach
Ahlersbach thru Gundhelm
Herolz thru Motten
Mottgers thru Schwarzenfels
Seidenroth thru Vollmerz
Wallroth thru Zuentersbach
From Germany To
Middlesex County New Jersey
Hardin County Ohio
Butler County Pennsylvania
Russia
Hungary
OBERKALBACH AREA EMIGRANTS ON PASSENGER LISTS
1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1856 1857 1858 1859
1860 1861
1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1856 1857 1858 1859
1860 1861
MISCELLANEOUS
U.S. Passports of Oberkalbach Area Immigrants
Shipwreck of the New Era 1854
Oberkalbach Area Hessian Soldiers
Oberkalbach Area Descendants in the USA
Commentary on This Web Site by a Native Oberkalbacher
The Day the U.S. Soldiers Came to Markoebel
Germany's Reaction to the Terrorist Attack 11 September 2001
U.S. Passports of Oberkalbach Area Immigrants
Shipwreck of the New Era 1854
Oberkalbach Area Hessian Soldiers
Oberkalbach Area Descendants in the USA
Commentary on This Web Site by a Native Oberkalbacher
The Day the U.S. Soldiers Came to Markoebel
Germany's Reaction to the Terrorist Attack 11 September 2001
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I would love to know why this information interests you :-)
This web site was originally started on AOL in November 2000 and has found different locations after AOL discontinued free websites. Some of the pages in this site lead you back to the originals. I am trying to move that information to weebly. Additions and corrections are being made as more information becomes available.
I would love to know why this information interests you :-)
This web site was originally started on AOL in November 2000 and has found different locations after AOL discontinued free websites. Some of the pages in this site lead you back to the originals. I am trying to move that information to weebly. Additions and corrections are being made as more information becomes available.