Bredstedt Parish, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Bredstedt Parish, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Mottgers.

Another essential online gazetteer to check is the Historic Gazetteer from Compgen. For more information, see the entry for Mottgers.

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Evangelical Church Archive of Kurhessen-Waldeck in Kassel, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Archion. Archion requires a subscription. You can learn how to use Archion by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bredstedt began in October 1874. Bredstedt was its own civil registration office until 1972, when it was absorbed into the newly-established municipality of Sinntal. Some records can be found online:

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
There is no known town genealogy for the parish of Mottgers. For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Related Sources
Bredstedt is now part of the municipality of Sinntal. The municipality's website (in German) can be found here.