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Q1: What and where was Prussia?
Q2: What about the kings in Germany?
Q3: Who were the (9) Prussian kings?
Q4: What were the administrative areas of Ostpreußen (East Prussia)?
Q5: What were the "old" administrative areas of East Prussia?
Q6: What were the court districts in Ostpreußen before 1900?
Q7: Are there secular records of interest to family researchers?
Q8: Is there a listserv for East Prussia family researchers?
Q9: How do I find locations and maps for Prussia?
Q10: What books discuss hints and sources for East German searchers?
Q11: How many Mennonites lived in Ostpreußen (East Prussia)?
Q12: Is there a website which has Prussian Mennonnite records posted?
Q13: Where can I get information on archives in Poland?
Q14: What was the religion of people in Ostpreußen (East Prussia)?
Q15: What were the land measurements in Prussia?
Q16: How do you pronounce place names?
Q17: What were the classes of country people before 1900?
Q18: When were civil registers introduced?
Q19: Are there emigration records available?
Q20: Is there a genealogical society specializing in this area?
Q21: What information is available at GStAPK in Berlin-Dahlem?
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Q1: What and where was Prussia?
A1: The answer depends on the time frame:
1) pre-1806 2) 1806-1871 3) 1871-1918 and later.
1a) Prussia was a region which before 1772 consisted of what was later
known as
East Prussia (Ostpreußen) with capital of Königsberg, a duchy since
1525, a kingdom of the Hohenzollern dynasty since 1701
and
West Prussia (Westpreußen) with the Hanseatic cities of Danzig,
Elbing, Thorn, and Culm, part of Poland referred to as Polish Prussia
before 1772. The German literture refers to East and West Prussia
as Old or Original Prussia or (Altpreußen).
1b) In 1772 King Friedrich II of Prussia annexed Polish Prussia (without
the Danzig Territory) calling it West Prussia (Westpreußen) and
united it with East Prussia. In 1793 King Friedrich Wilhelm II also
annexed the Danzig and Thorn Territories, and 1793/1795 larger areas
of Poland which were called South Prussia (Südpreußen) and
New East Prussia (Neu-Ostpreußen).
The kingdom of Prussia at this time was not part of Germany. Königsberg
was capital and coronation city of the Prussian kings. Terms like
German government or German army have no meaning for this time period.
2) In 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Europe and abolished the German
empire and the title of Kaiser for Germany (capital:Wien or Vienna).
The Kaiser in Wien-Vienna became Kaiser of Austria with no power in the rest
of Germany. After Napoleon's final defeat in 1815 the kingdom of Prussia became known as "Die Vereinigten Preußischen Staaten" (United Prussian
States) which now also included provinces like Schlesien/Silesia,
Brandenburg,Pommern/Pomerania and areas as far west as the Rhine province.
Berlin now became the Prussian capital.
Until 1806 the Hohenzollern sovereign had many titles and hats from
Head of the Evangelic Church to King, Elector, Grandduke, Duke for the
various regions and realms under his rule. After 1806 he simply was
King of Prussia.
Terms like German government or German army have no meaning for this time
period until 1871.
3) In 1871 Germany as an empire with a Kaiser was reestablished with
Berlin as the capital of Germany and Prussia and with the Prussian king
also having the title of German Kaiser.
All monarchies in Germany were abolished in 1918, Prussia was declared
defunct in 1947 by the Allied victors. The original (East and West) Prussia
was cleansed of its ethnic German population and given to Poland and Russia.
The Western powers were silent on the ethnic cleansing of original Prussia
and Eastern Germany resulting in 12 millions of German refugees.
Q2: What about the kings in Germany?
A2: Before 1806 Germany was one kingdom and empire with one Kaiser and one
king who resided in Wien (Vienna). He was elected by the collegium of
Kurfürsten (electors) who in 1800 were the
3 archbishops of Köln (Cologne), Mainz and Trier and the
4 secular electors of Rhine-Pfalz, Brandenburg, Sachsen(Saxony), and
Böhmen(Bohemia).
The electors of Brandenburg and Sachsen had also ambitions to acquire the
title of king. Since they could not acquire this title inside Germany they
succeeded outside Germany:
Brandenburg by declaring themselves "King in Prussia" at Königsberg
in 1701, Sachsen by getting elected as King of Poland in 1697.
The Kaiser in Wien was powerless to prevent this ploy.
By 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte changed all that. Germany no longer was a kingdom
and empire. The titles of Kurfürst (elector) became meaningless and was
abolished and changed to Kings of Bohemia, Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria,
Württemberg, and Hannover by Napoleon's grace.
The archbishops and catholic church lost all their secular power in 1803.
Q3: Who were the (9) Prussian kings?
A3: Kurfürst (Elector) Friedrich III crowned himself first king
1.) as Friedrich I in Königsberg in 1701, died 1712, his son was
2.) King Friedrich Wilhelm I, 1712-1740, intolerant, his son was
3.) King Friedrich II the Great (Old Fritz), 1740-1786, his nephew was
4.) King Friedrich Wilhelm II, 1786-1797, intolerant, his son was
5.) King Friedrich Wilhelm III, 1797-1840, his son was
6.) King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, 1840-1861, his brother was
7.) King Wilhelm I, 1861-1888, became Kaiser 1871, his son was
8.) Kaiser and King Friedrich III, 1888 (99 days), his son was
9.) Kaiser and King Wilhelm II, 1888-1918.
Q4: What were the administrative areas of Ostpreußen (East Prussia)?
A4: Between 1824-1878 there was one Province of Prussia (Provinz
Preußen) which later was divided into two provinces (Ostpreußen, Westpreußen) with capitals in Königsberg
and Danzig, respectively.
This changed drastically after Word War I (1918).
In 1815-1900 there were the following districts and Kreise (counties):
Regierungsbezirk (district) of Königsberg with 20 Kreise (counties):
*Allenstein,*Braunsberg,Preußisch-Eylau,Fischhausen,F riedland,
Gerdauen, Heiligenbeil,*Heilsberg,Preußisch-Holland,
Königsberg-Stadt, Kbg-Land, Labiau,Memel,Mohrungen,Neidenburg,
Ortelsburg,Osterode,Rastenburg, *Rössel,Wehlau.
- * marks a Kreis in the Catholivc episcopy of Ermland (Warmia) which
area was annexed from Poland in 1772 -
Regierungsbezirk (district) of Gumbinnen with 16 Kreise (counties):
Angerburg,Darkehmen,Goldap,Gumbinnen,*Heydekrug,Insterburg,J ohannisburg,
Lötzen,Lyck,Niederung,Oletzko(Treuburg),Pillkallen,Ragn it,Sensburg,
Stallupönen,Tilsit.
- Prior to c.1830, this district was also called Preußisch-Litauen
(Prussian Lithuania). It was here that the c30,000 Austrian
Salzburger refugees were settled in 1732 after the plague of 1712 -
Each Regierung was presided by the Regierungspräsident.
The official Regierung announcements were published since 1816 in the
weekly Amtsblatt which contained legal annoucements, promotions,
appointments of judges, teachers, officials, professors, foreclosures,
bankrupcies, auctions, medals and much more.
Each Kreis was headed by the Landrat who presided over the Landratsamt.
The Landratsamt records are deposited in Berlin and the Polish archives
with published brief inventories.
The Landrat was in charge of passport and emigrations matters and reported
to the district Regierung who in turn gave data to the provincial Oberpräsidium in Königsberg
.
Gazetteers for all villages and towns were published by Verein für
Familienforschung in Ost- und Westpreußen in Hamburg in its
Sonderschriften reprints Nr.43 (Königsberg,1820), Nr.48 (Gumbinnen,1818),
Note: East and West Prussia were united as one "Province of Prussia"
during 1824-1878.
In 1905 a third district of Allenstein was established from
the southern parts of the districts of Königsberg and Gumbinnen
comprising the Kreise of
Allenstein (Stadt and Land), Johannisburg, Lötzen, Lyck, Neidenburg,
Ortelsburg, Osterode, Rössel, and Sensburg.
This area is also known as Masuren (Latin: Masovia).
After WWI (1920) Ostpreußen lost the Memelland without a popular
referendum to the new Lithuania (Kreise of Memel, Heydekrug, part
of Kreis Tilsit and Ragnit beyond the Memel river).
A new Reg.Bezirk (district) of Westpreußen (or Marienwerder)
was added from the remaining divided province of West Prussia
(Kreise Elbing, Marienburg, Marienwerder, Rosenberg, Stuhm),
After WWII (1945) Ostpreußen was divided among Russia
(Kalinigrad Oblastj) and Poland.
For modern Polish names see
http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html
Q5: What were the "old" administrative areas of East Prussia?
A5: In 1806 the old adminitrative areas were
I. Ostpreußen with 983,034 Einwohner:
1.Ostpreußisches Kammer-Departement included the Kreise of
Samland (Schaken),Tapiau,Brandenburg,Rastenburg,Braunsberg,Heilsberg ,
Morungen,Neidenburg.
2.Litauisches Kammer-Departement included the Kreise of
Insterburg,Olezko,Sehesten.
IV. Neu-Ostpreußen with 914,610 Einwohner (a separate province):
8. Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Bialystok included the
Kreise of Lomza,Drohicin,Bielsk,Surasz,Bialystok,Bobrz,Dombrowa,Wygry,
Kalwary,Marianpol.
9. Departement der Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammer zu Plozk included the
Kreise of Wyszogrod,Lipno,Mlawa,Przasnik,Pultusk,Ostrolenka.
The concept of Kreis was different in pre-1808 Prussia and referred to
the districts of the noble families ("Die Adeligen Kreise") as well as
the Immediatstädte and royal Domainen-Ämter. The term "Regierung" referred
to the judicial (court) system before 1806 and to the district administration
after 1815. This is important to understand, if researchers want to judge
the relevance of records in the Berlin and Polish archives.
For historical maps see
Brandt-Goertz: Genealogical Guide to East and West Prussia,Minneapolis
MN 2002
Q6: What were the court districts in Ostpreußen before 1900?
A6: The highest provincial court was the Oberlandesgericht in Königsberg.
The lower courts (Landgerichte) and lowest courts (Amtsgerichte) were
Landgericht Allenstein with (10) Amtsgerichte:
Allenstein,Gilgenburg,Hohenstein,Neidenburg,Ortelsburg,Oster ode,
Passenheim,Soldau,Wartenburg,Willenberg.
Landgericht Bartenstein with (17) Amtsgerichte:
Barten,Bartenstein,Bischofsburg,Bischofstein,Domnau,Preu&sz lig;isch-Eylau,
Friedland,Gerdauen,Gutstadt,Heilsberg,Kreuzburg,Landsberg,No rdenburg,
Rastenburg,Rössel,Schippenbeil,Seeburg.
Landgericht Braunsberg with (10) Amtsgerichte:
Braunsberg,Heiligenbeil,Liebstadt,Mehlsack,Mohrungen,Mü hlhausen,
Preußisch-Holland,Saalfeld,Wormditt,Zinten/
Landgericht Insterburg with (6) Amtsgerichte:
Darkehmen,Goldap,Gumbinnen,Insterburg,Pillkallen,Stallup&oum l;nen.
Landgericht Königsberg with (8) Amtsgerichte:
Allenburg,Fischhausen,Königsberg,Labiau,Mehlauken,Pilla u,Tapiau,
Wehlau.
Landgericht Lyck with (10) Amtsgerichte:
Angerburg,Arys,Bialla,Johannisburg,Lötzen,Lyck,Margrabb owa,
Nikolaiken,Rhein,Sensburg.
Landgericht Memel with (4) Amtsgerichte:
Heydekrug,Memel,Prökuls,Russ.
Landgericht Tilsit with (6) Amtsgerichte:
Heinrichswalde,Kaukehmen,Ragnit,Skaisgirren,Tilsit,Wischwill .
The whereabouts of the records for the Landgerichte is unknown.
Some records of the Amtsgerichte are deposited at the Olsztyn archives today.
Of special interest are the land deed records (Grund- und Hypotheken-Acta)
with no published survey known. Legal basis for these land records is the
Prussian Hypotheken-Ordnung of 1783 which initially applied to crownlands
only. The court at that time was called Domainen-Justiz-Amt (until 1806),
Land- und Stadt-Gericht (1806-1849), Kreisgericht (1849-1879),
Amtsgericht (after 1879).
Land (sales and hereditary) contracts were negotiated, supervised
and written-up by court-appointed Landgeschworene (land jurors)
who also appraised (taxirten) the real estate and its contents
(imo- und mobiliar). Prior to 1783 land contracts were written
verbatim in triplicate by one hand and deposited usually with the
seller, purchaser and the Dorfschulz (mayor).
Last testaments and wills, Erbscheine, orphan records would be
deposited in the local Amtsgericht (in the Hypotheken-Acta, if land
ownership and remarriages were involved).
A remarriage of a widower/widow was always documented in the Amtsgericht
stating in detail the estate rights of surviving children as well as
rights and duties of parents and step parents. This is a source at the
Amtsgericht which is widely unknown and untapped (and unfilmed by the LDS).
If you are looking for records which describe the life and tribulations
of your ancestors, you cannot miss looking at the court records.
For research on estates the estate directories (Güteradre_b|cher)
list the owners and economic information (acreage, lifestock etc.):
Handbuch des Grundbesitzes im Deutschen Reiche.
I. Das Königreich Preußen - Provinz Ostpreußen
1st ed. Berlin 1879
2nd ed. Berlin 1884
3rd ed. Berlin 1895
4th ed. Berlin 1903
5th ed. Berlin 1907
Niekammers Landwirtschaftliches Güter-Adreßbuch.
Band 3: Provinz Ostpreußen
1st ed. Stettin 1905
2nd ed. Leipzig 1913
3rd ed. Leipzig 1920
4th ed. Leipzig 1922
5th ed. Leipzig 1932
Q7: Are there secular records of interest to family researchers?
A7: There are 3 types of records compiled periodically for the period
of reign of Friedrich II who ruled 1740-1786:
1) Praestations-Tabellen (PT) are land tax lists since about 1774 for
West Prussia and since about 1723 for East Prussia and updated
about every 6 years until 1806 and continued from 1819 to about 1850.
They list land tenants on royal domaine lands (crownland) only, giving
names and land size in H(ufen), M(orgen) and R(uten). No PTs exist for
nobility land (adl.Rittergut,Dominium) or city territories (Kammergut).
The Kgl.(Royal) Domainen-Amt or Domainen-Rent-Amt administered and
levied the tax (=Praestation). The Domainen-Amt districts were usually
identical with the court districts (Amts-Gericht). After 1815 the domaine
lands were sold to the tenants in instalments which was completed by
about 1850. The new authority who handled the sales (=Ablösung) was
the General-Kommission zu Königsberg.
For later years the land records of the local Kataster-Amt (1861-)
should be consulted. Rittergut ownership restriction to the nobility
was lifted in 1867.
2) Mahl-Listen or Mühlen Consignationen list all heads of family by
name and number of women, sons, daughters, male and female
servants. They indicate that everyone of age 12-60 was taxed by head
for eating and milling grain, poor or rich alike. They were abolished
in 1806 by the Stein-Hardenberg reforms.
3) The courts introduced new deed record keeping for Prussia in 1783,
initially for crownlands only. Especially the Hypotheken-Acta
often give information on family affairs like mortgage beneficiaries,
orphans, new marriages, heirs in details not found anywhere else.
They often do not only reflect families with assets, but also paupers
as heirs and beneficiaries. Often copies of old documents and wills
are attached.
Q8: Is there a listserv for East Prussia family researchers?
A8: There is a mailing list ow-preussen-l for East and West Prussia.
To subscribe send text:
subscribe ow-preussen-L
to majordomo@genealogy.net
A more general list is PRUSSIA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com
To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the
quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to
PRUSSIA-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or
PRUSSIA-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).
Websites for German genealogy are
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/rindex.htm
http://w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/gene/reg/rindex.htm
http://www.germany.net/teilnehmer/100.110994/index.htm
http://www.inka.de/sites/akb/Ostpr&eußen/Mailingliste. htm
http://www.inka.de/sites/akb/Ostpreussen/index.htm
http://www.worldgenweb.org/Prussia/prussia.htm
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/ger1871.htm#ostpreussen
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/vereine/VFFOW/vffow.htm
http://www.ostpreussenblatt.de/
http://home.t-online.de/home/salzburger
http://www.judeninostpr&eußen.de
Genealogival sources:
http://www.feefhs.org/s&f/kbak-ae.html Sources A-E
http://www.feefhs.org/s&f/kbak-fg.html Sources F-G
http://www.feefhs.org/s&f/kbak-hk.html Sources H-K
http://www.feefhs.org/s&f/kblz-lo.html Sources L-O
http://www.feefhs.org/s&f/kblz-ps.html Sources P-S
http://www.feefhs.org/s&f/kblz-tz.html Sources T-Z
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/German_Genealogy/kb ak.htm
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/German_Genealogy/kb lz.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3505/kirchenb.htm
(Kreise Neidenburg, Ortelsburg,Sensburg und Tilsit)
Stiftung Martin-Opitz-Bibliothek Herne.
(formerly Bücherei des deutschen Ostens)
e-mail: mob@herne.de
http://w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/~geneal/kp/fome/andere/mob.htm l
Herder-Institut Marburg e.V. Gisonenweg 5 - 7, 35037 Marburg/Lahn
Telephon: 06421/184-0, Telefax: 184-139
e-mail: herder@mailer.uni-marburg.de
http://www.uni-marburg.de/herder-institut/bibliohp.html
http://w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/~geneal/kp/fome/andere/herderm b.html
http://www.uni-marburg.de/herder-institut/klassi.html
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Archivstrasse 12-14 D-14195 Berlin (Dahlem)
Tel.: (030) 839 01141 Fax: (030) 839 011 80
For those who are interested in the holdings of the
Privy State Archives in Berlin-Dahlem
Here are their main groups (HA = Haupt-Abteilungen) of records:
HA
I. Die sogenannten alten und neuen Reposituren (ca.1400-1808-1947)
II Generaldirektorium (1723 - 1808)
IIl. Ministerium der auswärtigen Angelegenheiten
IV. Heeresarchiv (mostly destroyed in 1945)
V. Königreich Westphalen
VI. Staatsvertrdge
VII. Urkunden
VIII Siegel, Wappen, Genealogie
IX. Bilder
X. Brandenburg
XI. Karten
XII. (Amts-) Drucksachen
XIII Filme
XIV. Westpreußen
XV. Pommern
XVI. Posen
XVII Schlesien
XVIII Sachsen
XIX. Grenzmark Posen - Westpreußen
XX. Historisches Staatsarchiv Kvnigsberg
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/prmss/orte/berlgsas.html
http://dg3.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/~stuebs/pommern/Archive/be rli-geh-st*
http://www.hinterpommern.de/Genealogie/Archive/Berli-geh-sta atsar/#bestaende
A small number of pre-1945 records survive in the Russian Archives
in Kaliningrad Oblast:
Gosudarstvennyj archiv Kaliningradskoj oblasti
ul. Komsomol'skaja 32
SU-236000 g. Kaliningrad obl.
Evang. Zentralarchiv Berlin.
http://www.ezab.de
Email: archiv@ezab.de
Listing of Lutheran churches:
http://paris.chem.yale.edu/zondlo/opru-ev.html
Q9: How do I find locations and maps for Prussia?
A9: An atlas is usually not the best tool to locate small towns or
villages. Maps of scales 1:25,000 (Messtischblatt) or 1:100,000
(Karte des Deutschen Reiches and Kreiskarten) and gazetteers
(Ortsverzeichnis) are.
The best German gazetteer is
Meyers Orts- and Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reiches,1912 edition,
which is available on microfiche in the LDS Family History Centers
and gives info on parish, Kreis, Standesamt, court, post office
etc. on all German locations.
There is LDS microfilm #068814 available of
Karte des Deutschen Reiches, scale 1:100000, 1km = 1cm
which may be loaned thru the LDS Family History Centers.
It covers Germany for 1914-1917.
Topographical Maps (Messtischblätter 1:25000) may also be
purchased from
Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
Richard-Strauss-Allee 11
60958 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
E-mail: mailbox@bkg.bund.de
http://www.bkg.bund.de/GI/Shop/index.html
For online maps see also
http://w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/gene/gifs/maps/
http://sites.inka.de/sites/akb/Ostpreussen/Karten.htm
http://www.ostpreussen.de.vu
For German-Polish place name dictionary, see
http://www.calle.com/world/poland/index.html
http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html
http://daugenis.mch.mii.lt/atspindziai/Leidiniai/Prusijoszem .de.htm
http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911/former.htm
Q10: What books discuss hints and sources for East German searchers?
A10: Wegweiser für Forschung nach Vorfahren aus den Ostdeutschen und
Sudetendeutschen Gebieten sowie aus den deutschen Siedlungsräumen
in Mittel-,Ost- und Südosteuropa (AGoFF-Wegweiser):
Verlag Degener &Co, 91413 Neustadt, Germany (1991 and later)
(The out-of-print English edition is being revised presently)
Germanic Genealogy (by Edward R.Brandt et alii), 2nd edition.
1997, St.Paul MN, 517 pp.,1st edition, 1995.
W.Krallert: Atlas zur Geschichte der deutschen Ostsiedlung,
Velhagen &Klasing, Bielefeld-Berlin-Hannover 1958.
The "Bibliographie der Geschichte von Ost- und Westpreußen"
by Ernst Wermke,
4 vols.,is the most complete bibliography which
includes genealogical publications.
Vol.1:Aalen 1962 (publications prior to 1929)
Vol.2:Aalen 1964 (publications 1930-1938)
Vol.3:Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1974 (publications 1939-1974)
Vol.4: Marburg 1974 (publications 1971-1974)
Altpreußische Biographie/ hrsg. im Auftrage der Historischen
Kommission für ost- und westpreußische Landesforschung von Christian
Krollmann, fortgesetzt von Kurt Forstreuter und
Fritz Gause. Marburg/Lähn 1941-.
Bd 1: Abegg - Malten. 1941.
Bd 2: Maltitz - Z. 1967.
Bd 3: Ergänzungen zu Bd 1 und 2. 1975 .
Bd 4: hrsg. ... von Ernst Bahr , Gerd Brauch. 1995.
Register zu den Bänden I-IV /bearb. von Achim Breuer, Gerd Brausch.
1995.
There have been some calls recently for books in English on
the German expulsion and ethnic cleansing in East Germany and
Eastern Europe:
Background: At the Tehran Summnit in November 1943 between the USA (Roosevelt),
the Soviet Union (Stalin) and the UK (Churchill), the Soviet Union
(Stalin) and the USA (Roosevelt) conspired that the Soviet Union should
annex the Northern part of East Prussia (Königsberg region) and that
the German population should be "resettled" (i.e.expelled) from the eastern
areas of Germany. These areas included German settlements since the 1200s.
Churchill did not take part in this conspiracy and voiced his reservation
and opposition, to no avail.
The United Nations Charta of 1945 promotes respect for human rights and
forbids annexations of areas against the will of the people.
It turns out that the USA was not interested to honor this charta, but rather
used the UNO to manipulate the organization for her own political goals
and apply double standards whenever it was suitable, even to this day.
The hope of the Prussian refugees that their homeland and property would be
restored by the UNO has not been honored.
Thorwald, Jurgen: Es begann an der Weichsel. 1951
Das Ende an der Elbe. 1952.
English: Flight in the winter;
[New York] Pantheon [1951] 318 p. 22 cm.
CALL #: 940.542 T52F
De Zayas, Alfred M.
Anmerkungen zur Vertreibung der Deutschen aus dem Osten.
English: The German expellees : victims in war and peace /
Alfred-Maurice De Zayas ; [original German version
translated by John A. Koehler].
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.
xlii, 177 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-169) and
index. CALL #: DJK 28.G4D413 1993
De Zayas, Alfred M.
Anmerkungen zur Vertreibung der Deutschen aus dem Osten.
English: A terrible revenge : the "ethnic cleansing" of the east
European Germans, 1944-1950 / Alfred-Maurice de Zayas ;
[original German version translated by John A. Koehler].
1st pbk. ed. with additions.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
xlii, 179 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-171) and
index. CALL #: DJK 28.G4D413 1994
De Zayas, Alfred M.
"Die Wehrmacht-Untersuchungsstelle - Dokumentation alliierter
Kriegsverbrechen im Zweiten Weltkrieg" 1979,
ISBN 3-8004-1051-6 (6th edition, 1998).
English edition:
"The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau, 1939-1945 -
Documentation of Allied War Crimes in WWII"
Nebraska University Press,1989, Paperbound,
364 pages, bibliography, index, photographs,
ISBN: 0-8032-9908-7
De Zayas, Alfred M.
"Anglo-American responsibility for the expulsion of the Germans 1945-48".
"A legal analysis of ethnic cleansing", in
Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe, co-edited by Steven
Vrdy, and Hunt Tooley, Columbia University Press, New York 2003.
OTHER ENTRIES: Germans Europe, Eastern History 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 Refugees.
World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities.
Population transfers Germans.
Beschloss, Michael R.:
THE CONQUERORS
Roosevelt, Truman And The Destruction Of Hitler'S Germany, 1941-1945
Simon & Schuster, 2002, 400 pages , ISBN: 0-684-81027-1
Vertreibung der deutschen Bevölkerung aus den Gebieten ostlich der
Oder-Neisse, published by Bundesministerium für Vertriebene, Flüchtlinge
und Kriegsgescha"digte, 1954/60, new 1993 edition by
Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 3 vols., (ISBN 3-89350-547-4).
http://www.rollenhagen.de/Pommern/maps/saatzig.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~radde/FlightDanzig.html
http://members.tripod.com/~radde/ProcessExpulsionStolp.html
http://members.tripod.com/~radde/Prologue.html
http://www.meaus.com/Expulsion_of_Germans.html
http://www.codoh.com/incon/incontrans.html
http://www.rautenberg-druck.de/Buch.html
The Federal archives in Bayreuth has compiled the most detailed documentation
on the German ethnic cleansing from Eastern Germany and Easteren Europe.
Address:
Bundesarchiv Bayreuth
Postfach 5025
95424 Bayreuth
Ph.: 0921-57087
The following material is available for research and copying:
1. Gemeindeseelenlisten (name lists), incl. village maps comprising
15568 population lists for 12083 towns and villages, 7745 village maps
for 6750 communities.
2. Ost-Dokumentation
- Fragebogenberichte (Gemeindeschicksalsberichte) zur
Dokumentation der Vertreibung der Deutschen aus
Ostmitteleuropa und aus den deutschen Siedlungsgebieten
in Südosteuropa (Questionaires on ethnic cleansing)
- Erlebnisberichte zur Dokumentation der Vertreibung der
Deutschen aus Ostmittel- und Südeuropa
(First hand reports on ethnic cleansing)
- Erhebungsbögen (Auswertungsbögen) der Dokumentation
der Vertreibungsverbrechen (Evaluation on crimes against refugees)
- Unterlagen der Flucht über die Ostsee (Flight via the Baltic sea)
- Dokumentation über das Leben deutscher Flüchtlinge in Dänemark
(Refugee life in Denmark)
- Berichte über das Leben der deutschen Volksgruppen
jenseits der östlichen und südöstlichen Reichsgrenzen
(Reports on life in German communities outside Germany)
- Berichte von Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens
aus den Gebieten östlich von Oder und Neisse zum
Zeitgeschehen 1919-1945 (Reports by public figures from areas
east of Oder and Neisse on life during 1919-1945)
- Berichte über Verwaltung und Wirtschaft in den Gebieten
östlich von Oder und Neisse sowie in Böhmen und Mähren
(Reports on administration and business in the areas east of Oder
and Neisse as well as Bohemia and Moravia).
For refugee camps in Denmark see:
Henrik Havrehed, Die Deutschen Flüchtlinge in Dänemark 1945-1949,
Heide 1989;
Arne Gammelgaard, Treibholz. Deutsche Flüchtlinge in Dänemark
1945-1949, Varde-Museum 1993, ISBN 87-89834-07-0;
Leif Guldmann Ipsen, Menschen hinter Stacheldraht. Flüchtlingslager
Oksbol 1945-1949, Blavandshuk Engsmuseum 2002, ISBN 87-89834-43-7
Q11: How many Mennonites lived in Ostpreußen (East Prussia)?
A11: Since Mennonites enjoyed certain privilegia, the authorities
counted them carefully.
Here are some statistics from censuses for East Prussiä
(see Mennonite Life, April 1969 p.83-86 for details)
district 1816 1821 1831 1843 1852 1861 1871 1880 1890 1900
------------------------------------------------------------ -----------
Ostpreußen:
Königsberg 303 466 375 340 266 198 193 237 184 191
Gumbinnen 312 422 641 707 779 752 789 791 811 737
Kingdom 14954 15079 14756 14313 14780 13725 14040 13849 13833 13876
Q12: Is there a website which has Prussian Mennonnite records posted?
A12: Consult the website of the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society:
http://www.mmhs.org/mmhs/mmhsgen.htm
Q13: Where can I get information on archives in Poland?
A13: Consult the websites
http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki/geninfo6.htm
http://ciuw.warman.net.pl/alf/archiwa/
http://pgsa.org/archives_eng.htm
Q14: What was the religion of people in Ostpreußen (East Prussia)?
A14: The majority in 1890 was Evangelical (83.5%), the Catholics (12.8%)
were concentrated in the four Kreise of Ermland or Warmia; 14,411 Jews.
(Allenstein, Braunsberg, Heilsberg, Rössel) which had been annexed by
Prussia in 1772 and had not experienced the reformation of the
16th century.
Q15: What were the land measurements in Prussia?
A15: The land measurements in some areas before 1815 were based on the
Culm units:
1 culm.Hufen = 30 culm.Morgen (= ca.16.8 ha = ca.41.5 acres)
1 culm.Morgen = 300 culm.Ruten (QRuten = sqRods) = ca.1.383 acres
After 1815 the prevailing measurements were the Magdeburg units:
1 preuß.Hufen = 30 preuß.Morgen (= ca.7.66 ha = ca.18.9 acres)
1 preuß.Morgen = 180 preuß.Ruten(QRuten = sqRods) = ca.0.632 acres
Q16: How do you pronounce place names?
A16: Here is a sampling of phonetic transcription:
Königsberg = KE-nicks-berk
Gumbinnen = goom-BIN-nen
Danzig = DUNN-tsick
Marienwerder = mar-ree-en-VER-der
Marienburg = maa-REE-en-burg (platt:MAR-yen-burg)
Graudenz = GROU-dents
Culm = COOLM
Tiegenhof = tee-ghen-HOF
Thorn = TORN
Q17: What were the classes of country people before 1900?
A17: Here are some samples found in the records:
Arbeitsmann = (non-farm) laborer
Bauer = term after about 1850 for farmer owning at least 1 Hufe (=16.8 ha)
and less than 500 Morgen of land.
Deputant = land laborer paid in kind (Deputat) like grain, potatos, lodging.
Einlieger = subtenant
Einwohner (pre-1850) = same as Emphyteut, Nachbar, or Bauer.
Eleve = Trainee, apprentice on a Gut
Emphyteut (pre-1850) = tenant on royal Amt land (West Prussia only)
Gutsbesitzer = modern term after about 1850 for large estate farmer
(>500 Morgen).
Hakenbüdner,Höker = store owner/tenant selling everyday supplies which
are displayed on hooks from walls and ceiling
Kätner,Katner = tenant of small shack (Kate) with land
Krüger,Krugpächter = tenant of inn (Krug) or pub or pharmacy owned and
licensed by king or noble landlord
Leute see Tagelöhner
Nachbar = member of group (Nachbarschaft) leasing land from landlord
Pächter = tenant.
Rendant = Bookkepper, Accountant on a Gut
Rittergutsbesitzer = owner of large medieval estate farm.
Schänker, Schankwirt = Krüger
Tagelöhner, Instleute, Leute = land laborers earning daily wage in
kind (Deputat), lodging, some cash.
Q18: When were civil registers introduced?
A18: Civil registers of births,marriages,deaths were introduced in October
of 1874. The Civil registry office is called Standesamt.
Before this time, the Lutheran church records (1815-1874) or special
Dissidenten-Register (1847-1874) served as official registers, and a
duplicate copy was deposited at the local court (Amtsgericht).
Many of the Standesamt civil registers have survived in the Southern
part of Ostpreußen (East Prussia) which was annexed by Poland in 1945.
The story is quite different in the Northern part of Ostpreußen
annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 as the Kaliningrad Oblastj.
The Red Army followed a deliberate course of annihilation and looting.
Records had no priority for saving, art treasures and books were
destroyed or taken to Russia. The burned-out Royal castle in Königsberg
was levelled as late as the Brezhnev era. Even today, as we write 1997,
the Russian parliament, the Duma, voted against returning German records
and artifacts and overruled a veto by President Yeltsin.
Most Standesamt (Polish: Urzed Stanu Cywilnego) records in Southern
East Prussia remained in the old offices and were taken over by the Polish authorities. They are listed in the
Gazetteer of Polish People's Republic Localities.
The full title is SPIS MIEJSCOWOSCI POLSKIEJ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ LUDOWEJ,
published in Warsaw 1968, and on LDS microfilm #844,922.
Prior to 1874, the church records (Kirchenbücher) of the official
churches (Evangelic and catholic) served as recognized documents for the
purpose of proving one's birth, marriage, and death and had to meet
certain standards of accuracy and completeness. Members of minor
(unregcognised) churches had to record their vital statistics with the
pastor of the official churches.
Q19: Are there emigration records available?
A19: The state archives have many emigration records which were
filmed by the LDS FHL.
For details see:
Learned, Marion Dexter, 1857-1917:
Guide to the manuscript materials relating to American history
in the German state archives, Washington, D.C.,
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Publication no. 150 , 1912, 352 p.:
-also Kraus reprints NY 1965-
p.107-108: StA Königsberg, today in Berlin HA.XX.
(there are a number of updates done by the LOC Manuscript Division,
call no.L173.L4 Suppl. 1929-1932, vol.1 p.179-181 for Königsberg).
Q20: Is there a genealogical society specializing in this area?
A20: The Verein für Familienforschung in Ost- und Westpreußen
was established in 1924 in Königsberg and was reestablished
after WWII in Hamburg.
It publishes the annual Altpreußische Geschlechterkunde and
Familienarchiv as well as a series of Sonderschriften of sources.
Annual membership with foreign address is DM 90.
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/vereine/VFFOW/vffow.htm
Application for membership and ordering of publications
may be directed to
Frau Elisabeth Meier
Postfach 11 05 39
46125 Oberhausen, Germany
email: vffow@genealogy.net OR VFFOW@MAIL.EICS.COM
Computers: dflade@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de
If you have property claims to your ancestral home or farm in Prussia
which was lost due to ethnic cleansing in 1945, you may want to consider
purchasing shares (EUR 50 minimum for one share) of
"Preußische Treuhand - Prussian Claims Inc."
Preußische Treuhand - Prussian Claims Inc.
Q21: What information is available at GStAPK in Berlin-Dahlem?
A21: The Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (GStAPK)
in Berlin-Dahlem is the central archives of Prussia.
The older records (1723-1808) are deposited in
HA.II Generaldirektorium, Abt.7 Ostpreußen und Litauen.
(i.e.Districts of Königsberg and Gumbinnen).
which is divided into 4 parts:
a. Bestallungs-, Kassen und Etatssachen, 1714-1808, Findbuch, 1 vol.
(Government appointments, budgets etc.)
b. Materien, 1716-1808 (Many topics, divided into "Titel" numbers),
Findbuch, 3 vols., Ortsregister (locality index)
zu den Kontributionskatastern und Klassifikationsanschlägen (1772/73)
1 vol., Findkartei: Personenregister der Kolonisten.
c. 1.Ämtersachen and 2.Ämterverpachtungssachen, 1714 - 1806
with an alphabetic listing of Ämter.
This part is separated into Ostpreußen and Litauen, then again
each into "Generalien, Mühlen-Sachen, Brau- und
Krug-Sachen,Remissions-Sachen". Findbuch: 3 vols.
Note: The Praestations-Tabellen (Land Tax Tables) is a separate
collection which is aranged by the same Ämter designations.
d. Städte-Sachen, 1698 - 1806, Findbuch, 3 vols.,
in alphabetical order of cities and towns.
Click here for c. Ämtersachen of Ostpreußen
The three types of land ownership in Prussia about 1800 were:
A. Towns and Cities
B. Noble Land Lords (Adel, Rittergüter)
C. Crown Lands (Royal Ämter).
The percentual areas under agricultural cultivation around 1800
were as follows:
A. B. C.
Ostpreußen (Königsberg): 6.5% 42.2% 51.3%
Litauen (Gumbinnen): 3% 22% 75%
The Ämter-Sachen, thus, would cover the majority of land-related records,
comprising 6349 Akteneinheiten,
and are inventorized in 6 volumes of Findbücher:
Band 1:
1. Ämtersachen
Kammerdepartement Königsberg
Ämter Allenstein bis Liebstadt , Nr . 1 - 1074
Band 2
Ämter Lochstädt bis Wormditt , Nr. 1075 - 2140
Band 3
Kammerdepartement Gumbinnen
Ämter Althof-Insterburg bis Kassigkehmen, Nr . 2141 - 3242
Band 4
Ämter Katteneu bis Fürstlich Anhalt - Dessauische Güter ,
Nr. 3243 - 4404
Band 5
2. Ämterverpachtungen
Kammerdepartement Königsberg
Ämter Allenstein bis Wormditt , Nr. 4405 - 5392
Band 6
Kammerdepartement Gumbinnen
Ämter Althof - Insterburg - Winge , Nr. 5393 - 6349
According to Herbert Pöppel, the listing from the Findbücher is
as follows:
Band 1
==== 1 . Ämtersachen
========Kammerdepartement Königsberg=========
Amt Nr .
Allenstein 1 - 41
Balga 42 - 83
Barten 84 - 117
Bartenstein 118 - 138
Behlenhof 139 - 156
Brandenburg 157 - 197
Braunschweig 198 - 224
Dirschkeim 225 - 247
Dollstädt 248 - 271
Fischhausen 272 - 318
Frauenburg 319 - 348
Friedrichsberg 349 - 370
Friedrichsfelde 371 - 388
Friedrichsgraben (Amt Seckenburg) 389 - 446
Erbgut Gerdauen (see III 2029 )
Erbgut Gilgenburg ( see II Materien 8025 )
Grosshof (see Tapiau )
Grünhoff 447 - 500
Guttstadt 501 - 544
Heilsberg 545 - 578
Hohenstein 579 - 620
Kalthof 621 - 648
Karpon 649 - 669
Karben 670 - 692
Karschau 693 - 720
Kaymen 721 - 757
Kleinhof (see Amt Tapiau )
Kobbelbude 758 - 782
Kargan 783 - 816
Labiau 817 - 898
Lappönen 899 - 929
Laptau 930 - 957
Lankischken 958 - 1011
Liebemühl 1012 - 1044
Liebstadt 1045 - 1074
Band 2
==== 1. Ämtersachen
============Kammerdepartement Königsberg=========
Amt Nr.
Lochstädt 1075 - 1090
Mehlauken 1091 - 1173
Mehlsack 1174 - 1198
Mensguth 1199 - 1223
Mohrungen 1224 - 1263
Natangen 1264 - 1280
Neidenburg 1281 - 1336
Neuhausen 1337 - 1368
Ortelsburg 1369 - 1422
Osterode 1423 - 1472
Palmnicken 1473 - 1481
Petersdorf (see Amt Taplacken )
Preu_isch Eylau 1482 - 1517
Preu_isch Holland 1518 - 1555
Preu_isch Mark 1556 - 1599
Rastenburg 1600 - 1644
Rössel 1645 - 1679
Rossitten 1680 - 1686
Saalau 1687 - 1734
Schaacken 1735 - 1768
Schippenbeil (see Amt Rastenburg )
Seckenburg (see Amt Friedrichsgraben )
Seeburg 1769 - 1800
Soldau 1801 - 1833
Tapiau 1834 - 1898
Taplacken 1899 - 1953
Uderwangen 1954 - 1987
Waldau 1988 - 2019
Wandlacken 2020 - 2042
Wartenburg 2043 - 2066
Willenberg 2067 - 2115
Wormditt 2116 - 2140
Band 3
===== 1. Ämtersachen
========Kammerdepertement Gumbinnen========
Amt Nr .
Althof - Insterburg 2141 - 2182
" - Memel 2183 - 2247
" - Ragnit 2248 - 2284
Angerburg (see Amt Popiollen) 2285 - 2330
Arys 2331 - 2355
Ballgarden 2356 - 2403
Baubeln 2404 - 2452
Brakupönen 2453 - 2488
Bredauen 2489 - 2519
Bredupönen 2520 - 2544
Budwetschen 2545 - 2565
Buylien 2566 - 2587
Czychen 2588 - 2633
Czymochen 2634 - 2651
Danzkehnen 2652 - 2673
Didlacken (Amt Gaudischkehmen) 2674 - 2716
Dinglauken 2717 - 2743
Dörschkehmen 2744 - 2772
Gaudischkehmen (see Amt Didlacken) 2773 - 2794
Georgenburg 2795 - 2845
Gerskullen 2846 - 2882
Göritten 2883 - 2908
Grünweitschen (Amt Mattischkehmen) 2909 - 2928
Grumbkowkaiten (see Amt Uszpiauen) 2929 - 2980
Gudwallen 2981 - 3027
Heinrichswalde 3028 - 3059
Heydekrug 3060 - 3099
Insterburg (see Amt Althof - I.)
Johannisburg 3100 - 3152
(3153 vacant)
Jurgaitschen 3154 - 3212
Kasigkehmen 3213 - 3242
Band 4
==== 1. Ämtersachen
=======Kammerdepartement Gumbinnen==========
Amt Nr.
Kattenau 3243 - 3274
Kiauten 3275 - 3316
Klemmenhof 3617 - 3348
Königsfelde 3349 - 3367
Kukerneese 3368 - 3427
Kussen 3428 - 3460
Lesgewangminnen 3461 - 3494
Linkuhnen 3495 - 3575
Löbegallen 3576 - 3602
Lötzen 3603 - 3642
Lyck 3643 - 3683
Mattischkehmen (see Amt Grünweitschen )
Maygunischken 3684 - 3689
Memel (see Amt Althof-Memel )
Molienen 3690 - 3723
Nassawen 3724 - 3737
Norkitten (see Fürstlich Anhalt-Dessauische Güter )
Oletzko 3738 - 3770
Plicken 3771 - 3795
Polommen 3796 - 3840
Plicken 3771 - 3795
Polommen 3796 - 3840
Popiollen (see Amt Angerburg) 3841 - 3867
Prökuls 3868 - 3889
Ragnit (see Amt Althof Ragnit)
Rhein 3890 - 3938
Russ 3939 - 3984
Schnittken (see Amt Rhein) 3985 - 4010
Schreitlauken 4011 - 4043
Seehesten 4044 - 4084
Sommerau 4085 - 4103
Sperling 4104 - 4142
Stannaitschen 4143 - 4179
Stradaunen 4480 - 4209
Szirgupönen 4210 - 4238
Tilsit 4239 - 4245
Tollmingkehmen 4246 - 4273
Uszpiaunen (see Amt Grumbkowkaiten) 4274 - 4279
Waldaukadel 4280 - 4304
Uszpiaunen (see Amt Grumbkowkaiten) 4274 - 4279
Waldaukadel 4280 - 4304
Weedern 4305 - 4342
Winge 4343 - 4394
Fürstlich Anhalt-Dessauische Güter 4395 - 4404
Band 5
==== 2.Ämterverpachtungen
======== Kammerdepartement Königsberg
Amt Nr .
Allenstein 4405 - 4426
Balga 4427 - 4447
Barten 4448 - 4462
Bartenstein 4463 - 4476
Behlenhof 4477 - 4488
Brandenburg 4489 - 4510
Braunsberg 4511 - 4521
Dirschkeim 4522 - 4544
Dollst:dt 4545 - 4557
Fischhausen 4558 - 4580
Frauenburg 4581 - 4593
Friedrichsberg 4594 - 4608
Friedrichsfelde 4609 - 4618
Friedrichsgraben (Amt Seckenburg) 4619 - 4631
Gro_hof (see Tapiau)
Grünhoff 4632 - 4652
Guttstadt 4653 - 4664
Heilsberg 4665 - 4679
Hohenstein 4680 - 4694
Kalthof 4695 - 4710
Karpon 4711 - 4722
Karben 4723 - 4739
Karschau 4740 - 4755
Kaymen 4756 - 4776
Kleinhof (see Amt Tapiau)
Kobbelbude 4777 - 4794
Kargan 4795 - 4809
Labiau 4810 - 4833
Lappönen 4834 - 4843
Laptau 4844 - 4861
Laukischken 4862 - 4876
Liebemühl 4877 - 4891
Liebstadt 4892 - 4907
Lochstädt 4908 - 4924
Mehlauken 4925 - 4950
Mehlsack 4951 - 4963
Mensguth 4964 - 4978
Mohrungen 4979 - 4995
Natangen 4996 - 5004
Neidenburg 5005 - 5031
Neuhausen 5032 - 5050
Ortelsburg 5051 - 5065
Osterode 5066 - 5084
Palmicken 5085 - 5095
Petersdorf (see Amt Taplacken )
Preu_isch Eylau 5096 - 5113
Preu_isch Holland 5114 - 5128
Preu_isch Mark 5129 - 5146
Preu_isch Holland 5114 - 5128
Preu_isch Mark 5129 - 5146
Rastenburg 5147 - 5168
Rössel 5169 - 5180
Rossitten 5181 - 5195
Saalau 5196 - 5216
Schaacken 5217 - 5235
Schippenbeil (see Amt Rastenburg )
Seckenburg (see Amt Friedrichsgraben )
Seeburg 5236 - 5250
Soldau 5251 - 5266
Tapiau 5267 - 5283
Taplacken 5284 - 5305
Uderwangen 5306 - 5319
Waldau 5320 - 5336
Wandlacken 5337 - 5354
Wartenburg 5355 - 5366
Willenberg 5367 - 5381
Wormditt 5382 - 5392
Willenberg 5367 - 5381
Wormditt 5382 - 5392
Band 6
=== 2. Ämterverpachtungen
Kammerdepertement Gumbinnen
Amt Nr .
Althof-Insterburg 5393 - 5409
" -Memel 5410 - 5432
" -Ragnit 5433 - 5451
Angerburg (see Amt Popiollen) 5452 - 5474
Arys 5475 - 5491
Ballgarden 5492 - 5517
Baubeln 5518 - 5535
Brakupönen 5536 - 5550
Bredauen 5551 - 5564
Bredupönen 5565 - 5576
Budwetschen 5577 - 5591
Buylien 5592 - 5506
Czychen 5607 - 5617
Czymochen 5618 - 5628
Danzkehnen 5629 - 5644
Didlacken (Amt Gaudischkehmen) 5645 - 5659
Dinglauken 5660 - 5675
Dörschkehmen 5676 - 5693
Drygallen 5694 - 5705
Gaudischkehmen (see Amt Didlacken )
Georgenburg 5706 - 5720
Gerskullen 5721 - 5735
Göritten 5736 - 5750
Grünweitschen (Amt Mattischkehmen) 5751 - 5768
Grumbkowkaiten (see Amt Uszpiauen) 5769 - 5788
Gudwallen 5789 - 5806
Heinrichswalde 5807 - 5820
Heydekrug 5821 - 5836
Insterburg (see Amt Althof - I.)
Johannisburg 5837 - 5849
Jurgaitschen 5850 - 5867
Kasigkehmen 5868 - 5885
Kattenau 5886 - 5898
Kiauten 5899 - 5916
Klemmenhof 5917 - 5932
Königsfelde 5933 - 5946
Kukerneese 5947 - 5963
Kussen 5964 - 5979
Lesgewangminnen 5980 - 5992
Linkuhnen 5993 - 6009
Löbegallen 6010 - 6022
Lötzen 6023 - 6039
Lyck 6040 - 6052
Mattischkehmen (see Amt Grünweitschen )
Maygunischken 6053 - 6059
Memel (see Amt Althof -Memel )
Molienen 6060 - 6075
Nassawen 6076 - 6086
Oletzko 6087 - 6102
Plicken 6103 - 6113
Polommen 6114 - 6121
Popiollen 6122 - 6129
Prökuls 6130 - 6150
Ragnit (see Amt Althof Ragnit)
Rhein 6151 - 6166
Russ 6167 - 6181
Schnittken (see Amt Rhein) 6182 - 6190
Schreitlauken 6191 - 6203
Seehesten 6204 - 6214
Sommerau 6215 - 6229
Sperling 6230 - 6240
Stannaitschen 6241 - 6258
Stradaunen 6259 - 6269
Szirgupönen 6270 - 6283
Tilsit 6284 - 6289
Tollmingkehmen 6290 - 6301
Uszpiaunen (see Amt Grumbkowkaiten )
Waldaukadel 6302 - 6317
Weedern 6318 - 6333
Winge 6334 - 6349
Later records are deposited in
HA XX and are summarized as follows:
XX Historisches Staatsarchiv Königsberg
Rep. 1 Oberpräsident von Schrötter
Rep. 2 Oberpräsident der Provinz Ostpr&eußen
Rep. 2 c Landeskulturamt zu Königsberg
Rep. 4 Kriegskommissariat
Rep. 5 Kriegs- und Domänenkammer zu Königsberg
Rep. 8 Kriegs- und Domänenkammer zu Gumbinnen
Rep. 9 Kriegs- und Domänenkammer zu Bialystok
Rep. 10 Regierung zu Königsberg
Rep. 10 K Regierung zu Königsberg, Katasterabteilung
Rep. 12 Regierung zu Gumbinnen
Rep. 14 Regierung zu Allenstein
Rep. 15 Bezirksausschuss zu Allenstein
Rep. 17 Polizeipräsidium zu Königsberg
Rep. 17 a Polizeidirektion zu Tilsit
Rep. 18 Landratsämter (Braunsberg, Fischhausen, Goldap, Gumbinnen,
Heilsberg, Heydekrug, Insterburg, Königsberg Land / Samland,
Labiau, Lötzen, Lyck, Memel, Oletzko / Treuburg, Ortelsburg,
Osterode, Preußisch Holland, Rastenburg, Rössel, Sensburg,
Tilsit, Wehlau)
Rep. 26 Oberburggräfliches Amt
Rep. 31 Oberlandesgericht zu Königsberg
Rep. 32 Generalstaatsanwaltschaft zu Königsberg
Rep. 36 Landgerichte (Allenstein, Bartenstein,
Braunsberg, Insterburg, Königsberg, Lyck, Tilsit)
Rep. 37 Staatsanwaltschaften (Allenstein,
Bartenstein, Braunsberg, Insterburg, Königsberg, Lyck, Memel)
Rep. 38 a Amtsgericht zu Königsberg
Rep. 38 b Stadtgericht zu Königsberg
Rep. 38 d Hospitalkollegium zu Königsberg
Rep. 39 Kreis-, Amts- und Stadtgerichte
(Allenstein, Angerburg, Bartenstein, Bialla / Gehlenburg,
Bischofstein, Braunsberg, Darkehmen, Domnau, Fischhausen,
Goldap, Gumbinnen, Guttstadt, Heiligenbeil, Heilsberg,
Heinrichswalde, Heydekrug, Insterburg, Johannisburg,
Kaukehmen/Kuckerneese, Kreuzburg, Labiau, Landsberg,
Lötzen, Lyck, Memel, Mohrungen, Mühlhausen, Neidenburg,
Nikolaiken, Nordenburg, Ortelsburg, Passenheim, Pillau,
Pillkallen/Schlossberg, Preußisch Holland, Ragnit,
Rastenburg, Russ, Saalfeld, Seeburg, Sensburg,
Stallupönen/Ebenrode, Tapiau, Tilsit, Wehlau, Willenburg,
Wischwill, Zinten)
Rep. 40 Justizamtskollegium zu Saalfeld
Rep. 41 Domänenjustizämter (Osterode, Tapiau, Taplacken, Wehlau)
Rep. 42 Kreisjustizkommission zu Saalfeld
Rep. 50 Domänenämter, Domänenrentämter
(Allenstein, Brandenburg, Mohrungen, Osterode,
Preußisch Holland, Tapiau, Wehlau, Wormditt)
Rep. 51 Forstamt Nassawen
Rep. 52 Remontedepot zu Sperling
Rep. 53 Gemeindeakten (Christiankehmen)
Rep.150 Innungen