Legelshurst (77731 Willstätt), Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Legelshurst is a village that is now incorporated in the municipality of Willstätt.

More information can be found about Legelshurst at GenWiki genealogy.net.

Jurisdiction
From 1330 to 1803 a village in the the Administrative District (Amt) of Willstätt.

From the rule of Graf Philipp III (1504—1538) until the line was extinguished in 1736 in the Grafschaft Hanau-Lichtenberg.

From 1736 - 1803 a village in the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

A graphic representation of the jurisdiction over Legelshurst can be found at GenWiki genealogy.net.

Church Records
Graf Philipp IV (ruled 1538—1590) of Hanau-Lichtenberg converted to the Lutheran faith and the Grafshaft became Lutheran during his reign.

The Lutheran Church books 1616-1962 for Legelshurst have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Church book duplicates for 1810-1870 are also available on-line at the Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg.
 * L 10 Nr. 2239	Legelshurst, Willstätt OG; Evangelische Gemeinde: Standesbuch 1810-1829