Czechia Opava Land Archive Finding Aid

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Overview
Finding records in this collection for a particular city, town, or village in the Opava Land Archive records can be difficult and time consuming. This page has been created for researchers to leave notes for finding places within the records.

The page numbers below refer to the online page number and not to the numbers printed or written at the top of the page.

To search the Opava Land Archive catalog for other cities and villages, click here. Help expanding the scope of this page is welcome from all researchers of the Opava Land Archive. Many hands make light work.

A helpful gazetteer for correlating the German and Czech place names may be found in the Gazetteer of Austria at this site. Free registration is required.

Localities (sorted by German place name)

 * Bärn (Moravský Beroun, Olomouc, Olomoucký, Czech Republic)
 * Burgwiese (Burkvíz, Město Albrechtice, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic)
 * Geppersdorf (Linhartovy, Město Albrechtice, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic)
 * Jägerndorf (Krnov, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic)
 * Kohlbach (Kobylí, Krásné Loučky, Krnov, Moravskoslezský, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic)
 * Kreuzberg (Křížová, Hošťálkovy, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic)
 * Olbersdorf (Město Albrechtice, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic )
 * Schönwiese (Krásné Loučky, Krnov, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic )
 * Zechitz (Stránské, Rýmařov, Bruntál, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic )

Olbersdorf (Albrechtice u Rýmařova, Břidličná, Bruntál)
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 * Catholic
 * Births, Marriages, Deaths 1694 - 1720, Call Number: R II 1 Link to R II 1 at Archive Site

Church Records in the Opava Land Archive
Archive Reference CN = Call Number IN = Inventory Number


 * Catholic
 * Index to Births 1788 - 1885, CN: Kr XII 13, see pages 1-77 (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Births, Marriages, Deaths 1780 - 1788, CN: Kr XII 1, see pages 1-70 (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Births 1788 - 1821, CN: Kr XII 2, see pages 39-56
 * Births 1821 - 1845, CN: Kr XII 3, IN: 973, see pages 43-62
 * Births 1846 - 1855, CN: Kr XII 4, see pages
 * Births 1856 - 1864, CN: Kr XII 5, see pages
 * Births 1865 - 1885, CN: Kr XII 6, see pages
 * Index to Marriages 1788 - 1874, CN: Kr XII 12, see pages 1-35 (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Marriages 1789 (some 1788) - 1847, CN: Kr XII 7, see pages
 * Marriages 1838 - 1849, CN: Kr XII 8, see pages
 * Index to Deaths 1788 - 1891, CN: Kr XII 11, see pages 1-73 (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Deaths 1788 - 1847, CN: Kr XII 10, see pages 50-74
 * Deaths 1848 - 1891, CN: Kr XII 9, see pages

Church Records in the Opava Land Archive
Archive Reference CN = Call Number IN = Inventory Number


 * Catholic
 * Index to Births 1788 - 1885, Call Number: Kr XII 13 See pages 1-77 (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Births, Marriages, Deaths 1780 - 1788, Call Number: Kr XII 1 See pages 1-70 (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Births 1788 - 1821, Call Number: Kr XII 2 See pages 57-83
 * Births 1821 - 1845, IN: 973, CN: Kr XII 3, image numbers 63-96
 * Births 1846 - 1855, Call Number: Kr XII 4 See pages
 * Births 1856 - 1864, Call Number: Kr XII 5 See pages
 * Births 1865 - 1885, Call Number: Kr XII 6 See pages
 * Index to Marriages 1788 - 1874, Call Number: Kr XII 12 See pages 1-35 (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Marriages 1789 (some 1788) - 1847, Call Number: Kr XII 7 See pages
 * Marriages 1838 - 1849, Call Number: Kr XII 8 See pages
 * Index to Deaths 1788 - 1891, Call Number: Kr XII 11 See pages 1-73] (Interleaved with records of Geppersdorf, Kohlbach, Schönwiese, and Tropplowitz)
 * Deaths 1788 - 1847, Call Number: Kr XII 10 See pages 75-107
 * Deaths 1848 - 1891, Call Number: Kr XII 9 See pages

Neudörfel, Langendorf, Hütte, Altbürgersdorf (Nová Ves, Dlouhá Ves, Hutě, Staré Purkartice)
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 * Births 1788 - 1830, Call Number: Kr XIII 4 Link to Kr XIII 4 at Archive Site
 * Neudörfel [Nová Ves], pages 1-65
 * Hütte [Hutě], pages 105-117
 * Langendorf [Dlouhá Ves], pages 118-183
 * Altbürgersdorf [Staré Purkartice], pages 184-231


 * Births 1831 - 1850, Call Number: Kr XIII 8 Link to Kr XIII 8 at Archive Site
 * Neudörfel [Nová Ves], pages 1-59
 * Hütte [Hutě], pages 92-103
 * Langendorf [Dlouhá Ves], pages 104-160
 * Altbürgersdorf [Staré Purkartice], pages 161-210

Zechitz (Stránské, Rýmařov, Bruntál)
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 * Catholic
 * Births, Marriages, Deaths 1694 - 1720, Call Number: R II 1 Link to R II 1 at Archive Site