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Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the Sudwestpflaz |
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Sudwestpfalz Coat of Arms The three red
bars on golden ground in the left half is the coat of arms of Hanau-Lichtenberg,
while the lion in the right half is the lion of Palatinate.
These marks the two historic states which were located on the district's area
until the end of the 18th century. |
Südwestpfalz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
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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.
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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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Südwestpfalz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Surnames
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following are surnames of persons, found within our data bases, identified
has having been either born, married or died in this location. |
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Blau; Born;
Bracher; Cloter; Forster; Ilges; Leiner |
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To find out more about each surname listed
above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information regarding these
surnames may also be found at: |
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Südwestpfalz District, Rhineland-Palatinate Ancestral Gen-Site(s) |
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Hornbach
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Center of Hornbach showing the Monastery |
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LOCATION: District: Sudwestpfalz; State: Rhineland-Palatinate Country: Germany |
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COORDINATES: 49° 11′ 17″ N,
7° 22′ 9″ E
(49.188056°,
7.369167°) |
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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) |
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WEB LINK(s): Hornbach
Hornbach Germany; Hornbach -
Wikipedia; Hornbach,
wikipedia (translated version) |
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ANCESTOR(s): Born;
Bracher; Cloter; Forster; Leiner |
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BACKGROUND /
HISTORY: |
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Hornbach is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz
district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It 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. Zahlreiche
Dorf- und Hofgründungen gehen auf dieses Kloster zurück. |
Im Herbst 1119 besuchte Kaiser Heinrich V. Hornbach auf dem Weg von Straßburg nach Metz und verlieh dem Kloster das Münzrecht , das bis etwa 1230 ausgeübt wurde. 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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Thaleischweiler
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The
Village Community House Some of the oldest buildings in
Thaleischweiler-Froschen are found between Raiffeisen street in East and the
Schwarzbach road in the west, and are show on maps from 1739. |
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LOCATION:
District: Sudwestpfalz; State: Rhineland-Palatinate Country: Germany |
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COORDINATES:
49° 16′ 0″ N, 7° 35′ 0″ E |
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DIRECTIONS (MapQuest): From: Frankfurt Au Maim Airport
60549; To: Thaleischweiler-Froschen 66987; Total Est. Time:
1 hour, 25 minutes; Total Est.
Distance: 92.18 miles, (see map in our Image Archive) |
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WEB LINK(s): Thaleischweiler-online; |
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ANCESTOR(s): Blau, Ilges |
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The town of Thaleischweiler-Fröschen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
("collective municipality") of Thaleischweiler-Fröschen. It is located in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 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 Froschen 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 Gemarkungen, 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. Wie unser Dorf zu seinem Namen gekommen ist, dürfte
beim Ortsteil Thalfröschen klar sein. |
During the
12th century the villages of Thalieschweier and Froschen 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 oil mill 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
Froschen 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 Froschen, 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 became a part of the district of Pirmasens
until 1997 when Pirmasens renamed itself Sudwestpflaz. |
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Südwestpfalz District, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany List of Localities The list below will assist
in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage,
death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have
occurred. Source: Wikipedia |
Area map
of Sudwestpflaz (red star indicates Thaleischweiler-Frocshen) |
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Collective
Municipalities (Verbandsgemeinde) of the Sudwestpflaz District |
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PIRMASENS-LAND
[seat: Pirmasens] |
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[seat:
Zweibrücken]
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Südwestpfalz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Website ResourcesThe following are links to
websites that will provide you with specific genealogical information
to assist with your research for this district (kries). Source: Google
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General Resource Sites |
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Südwestpfalz
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Südwestpfalz
County (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Südwestpfalz
street map: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - Multimap
Südwestpfalz
| English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
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Sudwestpfalz
Travel Blogs
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Südwestpfalz - [ Translate this page ]
Landkreis
Südwestpfalz - Cityreview - [ Translate this page
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Südwestpfalz District, Rhineland-Palatinate
Image GalleryDuring 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. |
Ruins of old castle at Thaleischweiler-Froschen |
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Pony Express: Tom |
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Snail mail: Fred USA |
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