Glauberg, Hessen One Place Study

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Panorama of Glauberg with the Glauberg hill in the background.

Glauberg, Hessen One Place Study

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Name

Glauberg is a village in the German state of Hesse, belonging to the municipality of Glauburg in the Wetteraukreis. It lies at the foot of a hill with the same name, Glauberg, which has the ruins of a medieval castle, the Glauburg, on it.

Location of the municipality of Glauburg in the Wetteraukreis.

Geography

Continent: Europe

Country: Germany

District: Wetteraukreis

Municipality: Glauburg

GPS Coordinates: 50.314722°, 9°

Elevation: 130 m (430 ft)

Etymology

The earliest source to mention Glauberg is in the Lorsch codex, naming it in marca Gloubero in 844/846^[1]. Later name forms (for the castle) include Glouburg, Glouburch and Glauburg^[1]. This comes from Old High German glou, meaning 'clever', 'smart', 'intelligent'^[2]. It can also be connected to OHG glāwi, 'shrewdness, vigilance'^[2]. Burg, from OHG burg, means 'castle, fortress'. Put together, Glauburg therefore means 'vigilant castle'. The hill's name derives from that, with -burg being replaced by -berg, 'mountain, hill', from which the name of the village derives.

Territorial structure

• 843-ca. 900: Glauberg, Mark Glauburg, Ostfranken, Ostfrankenreich
• ca. 900-962: Glauberg, Mark Glauburg, Franken, Ostfrankenreich
• 962-abt. 1250: Glauberg, Mark Glauburg, Franken, Heiliges Römisches Reich^[2]
• abt. 1250-1601: Glauberg, Amt Ortenberg, different condominia (see here for more details), Heiliges Römisches Reich^[2][3]
• 1601-1677: Glauberg, Amt Gedern, Stolberg-Wernigerode, Heiliges Römisches Reich^[2][4]
• 1677-05.01.1804: Glauberg, (Amt Gedern,) Stolberg-Gedern, Heiliges Römisches Reich^[2][4][1][5]
• 06.01.1804-31.07.1806: Glauberg, (Amt Gedern,) Stolberg-Wernigerode, Heiliges Römisches Reich^[2][4]
• 01.08.1806-22.11.1813: Glauberg, Amt Gedern, Hessen, Rheinbund^[1]
• 23.11.1813-07.06.1815: Glauberg, Amt Gedern, Hessen
• 08.06.1815-31.12.1820: Glauberg, Amt Gedern, Hessen, Deutscher Bund
• 01.01.1821-05.06.1832: Glauberg, Landratsbezirk Nidda, Hessen, Deutscher Bund^[1]
• 06.06.1832-17.05.1848: Glauberg, Kreis Nidda, Hessen, Deutscher Bund
• 18.05.1848-20.12.1849: Glauberg, Regierungsbezirk Nidda, Hessen, Deutsches Reich
• 21.12.1849-22.08.1851: Glauberg, Regierungsbezirk Nidda, Hessen, Deutsche Union
• 23.08.1851-11.05.1852: Glauberg, Regierungsbezirk Nidda, Hessen, Deutscher Bund
• 12.05.1852-23.08.1866: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Hessen, Deutscher Bund^[1]
• 24.08.1866-30.06.1867: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Hessen
• 01.07.1867-31.12.1870: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Hessen, Norddeutscher Bund
• 01.01.1871-25.04.1943: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Hessen, Deutsches Reich
• 26.04.1943-04.06.1945: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Hessen, Großdeutsches Reich
• 05.06.1945-18.09.1945: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Amerikanische Zone, Gesamtdeutschland
• 19.09.1945-30.11.1946: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Groß-Hessen, Amerikanische Zone, Gesamtdeutschland^[1]
• 01.12.1946-22.05.1949: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Hessen, Amerikanische Zone, Gesamtdeutschland
• 23.05.1949-30.06.1971: Glauberg, Kreis Büdingen, Hessen, Deutschland^[1]
• 01.08.1972-today: Glauberg, Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Deutschland^[1]

Genealogical sources and indices

Church books 1653-1875

• Scans of the church books of Glauberg 1653-1875 on archion.de (paywall)
  • marriage records have a gap for the years 1714-1727 and 1808
  • burial records have a gap for the years 1711-1727 and 1808
  • chronological and alphabetical indices of the church books of 1653-1727 I created based on photographs of the originals:
    • Chronological index of the baptism register of Glauberg, 1653-1727.
    • Alphabetical index of the baptism register of Glauberg, 1653-1727.
    • Chronological index of the marriage register of Glauberg, 1653-1713.
    • Alphabetical index of the marriage register of Glauberg, 1653-1713.
    • Chronological index of the burial register of Glauberg, 1653-1710.
    • Alphabetical index of the burial register of Glauberg, 1653-1710.

• Transcription of the church books of Glauberg 1728-1807 by Emma Kauschat is available as a PDF on the website of the Heimats- und Geschichtsverein Glauburg (scroll down to "Kirchenbuch Glauburg 1728-1808[sic]")
  • chronological and alphabetical indices of the church books of 1728-1807 I created based on this transcription:
    • Chronological index of the baptism register of Glauberg, 1728-1807.
    • Alphabetical index of the baptism register of Glauberg, 1728-1807.
    • Chronological index of the marriage register of Glauberg, 1728-1807.
    • Alphabetical index of the marriage register of Glauberg, 1728-1807.
    • Chronological index of the burial register of Glauberg, 1728-1807.
    • Alphabetical index of the burial register of Glauberg, 1728-1807.

• Scans of the duplicates of the church books of Glauberg 1808-1875 on familysearch.org
  • births/baptisms are indexed (but prone to errors), marriages and deaths/burials are not

Notes from the church books

I have created a Free Space page with transcriptions and translations of notes from the church books of Glauberg that are mostly not of genealogical interest, but interesting nonetheless: Space:Notes_from_the_Church_Books_of_Glauberg.

Jewish register 1841-1870

• Scans of the Jewish register of Glauberg 1841-1870 on familysearch.org (not indexed)

Civil register 1876-1956

• Scans of the civil register of Glauberg on lagis-hessen.de, containing:
  • Births 1876-1900
  • Marriages 1876-1925
  • Deaths 1876-1956

The families of Glauberg

Families from 1653 to today

The following table contains a list of all the families who have lived for at least two generations in Glauberg since the time sources exist.

Definitions:

Name: name of the family in the most modern spelling

Alternative spellings: alternative spellings of the family name used by pastors before the standardization of German orthography at the end of the 19th century

Progenitor: the first person of the family to have verifiably lived in Glauberg

Origin: place of birth of the progenitor

# of gens: number of generations of the family living in Glauberg, including the progenitor's generation, verified by sources

Time frame: time from the first to the last mention of the family name in a source; if the name is still found in the modern phone book of Glauberg, the last mention is set as 'today'

Length: length of the time frame in years; keep in mind that this is only a minimum value as families could have lived in Glauberg before and after being mentioned in any available sources

Family names from older sources

Here are some family names mentioned in sources older than 1653. Their connection to the later families is unclear. The only name that also appears in the church books after 1653 is Nickel.

The pastors of Glauberg

Johannes Sansdorf was the first Lutheran pastor of Glauberg^[8].

Earlier (catholic) pastors mentioned in sources:

• Johann Schreiber from Miltenberg, around 1460^[24]
• Johannes Molnozes, passed away in Glauberg in 1488^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} „Glauberg, Wetteraukreis“, in: Historisches Ortslexikon <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/idrec/sn/ol/id/12094> (Stand: 21.5.2023)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Wiesenthal, G. (1936). Die alten Namen der Gemarkung Glauberg [Doctoral dissertation, Hessische Ludwigsuniversität zu Gießen (today Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)]. Digital library of the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Glauburg. https://www.heimat-und-geschichtsverein-glauburg.de/mediathek/
3. ↑ Seite „Amt Ortenberg“. In: Wikipedia – Die freie Enzyklopädie. Bearbeitungsstand: 6. Oktober 2021, 09:36 UTC. URL: https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amt_Ortenberg&oldid=216155682 (Abgerufen: 8. Juni 2023, 14:47 UTC)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Seite „Herrschaft Gedern“. In: Wikipedia – Die freie Enzyklopädie. Bearbeitungsstand: 7. Juni 2022, 06:04 UTC. URL: https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herrschaft_Gedern&oldid=223497398 (Abgerufen: 8. Juni 2023, 14:52 UTC)
5. ↑ Church books of Glauberg 1728-1807 (transferred by Emma Kauschat)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} HStAD Fonds X 4 No 72: Schenkungsurkunde eines Grundstücks in Glauberg an den Deutschen Orden, Dokumentenbuch Sachsenhausen, Bl. 212v
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} HStAD Fonds B 8 No 9/424: Verkaufsurkunde eines Grundstücks in der Gemarkung Enzheim
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6} Wilhelm Diehl, Pfarrer- und Schulmeisterbuch für die hessen-darmstädtischen Souveränitätslande, Hassia sacra Bd. 4, Darmstadt 1930 (S. 293ff)
9. ↑ HStAD Fonds B 11 No 162/2: Reg.: Battenberg, Isenburger Urkunden Nr. 1261
10. ↑ HStAD Fonds B 8 No 10/69: Verkaufsurkunde Grundstücke in Lindheim 1594
11. ↑ Das Glauburgische Familienarchiv
12. ↑ Notariatsinstrument, mit Notariatssignet sowie 3 anhängende Siegel.
13. ↑ HStAD Fonds A 14 No 487: Gerichtsurkunde 1473
14. ↑ HStAD Fonds X 4 No 2393: Gerichtsurkunde 1461
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} Alles begann vielleicht um 1580... Der Schäferstreit
16. ↑ HStAD Fonds B 11 No 85: Verkaufsurkunde 1544
17. ↑ Vorfahren von Theodor Georg Carl Frhr. von Risch
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Grave stone in the chancel of the church of Glauberg
19. ↑ HStAD Fonds B 8 No 6/358: Verkaufsurkunde 1550
20. ↑ HStAM Fonds 86 No 27383: Weisung zur Untersuchung in einem Erbschaftsstreit 1600
21. ↑ HStAD Fonds X 4 No 4238: Verkaufsurkunde 1509
22. ↑ HStAD Fonds B 11 No NACHWEIS: Entlassungs- und Verweisungsmitteilung 1444
23. ↑ HStAD Fonds A 3 No 128/2: Verkaufsurkunde 1613
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1} Abschrift eines Notariatsinstruments, 15. Jh. (Or. Staatsarchiv Magdeburg Rep. H, VII A Nr. 65)
25. ↑ HStAM Fonds 86 No 30532: Klageurkunde
26. ↑ HStAD Fonds B 8 No 9/150: Vergleich betreffend Tausch verschiedener Grundstücke 1547