Top of page

Introduction

Researching by Surname

Ancestral Gen-Sites

Researching by Location

Web-Resources

Image Gallery

     Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.

     The name Darmstadt first appears towards the end of the 11th century, then Darmundestat; Literally translated, the current German name Darmstadt means "Intestine City". This is just a coincidence however, and the origins of the name are unknown. 'Dar-mund' in Middle Low German is translated as "Boggy Headlands",but it could be a mispelling in local dialect of another name. Even locals often believe, incorrectly, that the name derives from the 'Darmbach' (a small stream formerly running through the city). In fact the stream received its current name much later, after the city, not vice versa.

     Darmstadt was chartered as a city by the Holy Roman Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian in 1330, at which time it belonged to the counts of Katzenelnbogen. The city, then called Darmstait, became a secondary residence for the counts, with a small castle being established at the site of the current, much larger edifice.

     When the house of Katzenelnbogen became extinct in 1479, the city was passed to the Landgraviate of Hesse, and was seat of the ruling landgraves (1567–1806) and thereafter (to 1918) of the Grand Dukes of Hesse.

surnames

The following are names of persons, found within our databases,

as having been either born, married or died in this location.

To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK.

McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families

Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

Steinmetz

Use this LINK to find more information

regarding these and other surnames.

Use this free genealogy site to help you get the best genealogy searches from Google™ by using your family tree, for your research. It will create a series of different searches  using tips or "tricks"

that will likely improve your results. The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about  this  or  any  other  Surname. 

Researching by location

Map of this Landkreise

Gazetteer of Places in this Landkreise

Links to More German Locations

Where in the World are my Ancestors?

map

The Red Dot in the map designates the location of the seat of government for this district (Landkreise).  A Purple Dot shows the location of identified ancestral Gen-Site(s).

Click on map for larger image

Populated Places near the Gen-Site of  EBERSTADT

Pfungstadt (1.5 nm)
Sankt Stephan (3.1 nm)

Ludwigshohe (2.3 nm)
Darmstadt (3.3 nm)

Trautheim (1.9 nm)
Traisa (2.5 nm)
Waschenbach (2.6 nm)
Nieder-Ramstadt (2.7 nm)
Frankenhausen (3.0 nm)

Malchen (1.6 nm)

Seeheim (2.4 nm)
Nieder-Beerbach (1.9 nm)
Seeheim-Jugenheim (3.0 nm)
Rolandshohe (2.5 nm)
Jugenheim an der Bergstrasse (3.6 nm)
Bickenbach (3.5 nm)
Brandhof (3.9 nm)
Ober-Beerbach (3.4 nm)
Alsbach (4.4 nm)

gazetteer

The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality at which these events may have occurred.

Darmstadt has 9 official 'Stadtteile' (boroughs). These are, alphabetically:

Links to more german locations

For more information about the Country and State in which this county is located  click  on  these  LINKS

Where in the world

Where in the World  are My Ancestors?

Resources which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important  as  their  names.   The

LINK to the left will take you to Maps, Gazetteers,   and other helpful  resources  that will assist you in discovering Ancestral Locations. 

ancestral gen-sites

       Anna Barbara Steinmetz was born at Eberstadt in 1729.  Anna Barbara was the daughter of Valentine Steinmetz the second husband of my 7^th great-grandmother Anna Elizabeth Wambold who was born in the nearby town of Pfungstadt.  Today Pfungstadt is located in the district of Darmstadt-Dieberg.  

EBERSTADT

EBERSTADT

LOCATION:  Country: Germany;   State: Hesse;   District: Darmstadt Urban district;  

Place:Eberstadt;   Coordinates/Map:  49°49′N 8°39′E

Map of showing location of Eberstadt  within the Darmstadt urban district

DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE(s):  Eberstadt is a borough of the urban district Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany with a population of 21,687 (as of 2007-12-31).  It is Darmstadt's southernmost suburb.

Eberstadt borders on the northern side further boroughs of Darmstadt (Bessungen, Darmstadt-West), east- and southwards the municipalities Mühltal, Seeheim-Jugenheim and on the western side the town of Pfungstadt. Eberstadt is a part of the Bergstraße. Between Eberstadt and Zwingenberg it splits into the "Old" and "New" Bergstraße (Bundesstraße 3).

ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:  see notes above

INTERNET WEB LINK(s):  Wappen von EBERSTADT;   Darmstadt Eberstadt;

Darmstadt-Eberstadt - Wikipedia;    Catholic Churches in Darmstadt Eberstadt;

Images for Darmstadt Eberstadt;  

Click on thumbnail for larger image

LOCATION:  Country: Germany;   State:;   District:;  

Place:;   Coordinates/Map:

DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE(s):

ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:

INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Zweibrücken - Wikipedia;   Zweibrucken, wikipedia (tranlated version)

Click on thumbnail

 for larger image

Web-sources

This search engine may

provide you with additional

information to assist with

your research about this topic.

·        Website & Webpages We Like

·        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

·        Free Genealogy Search Help For Google

·        Germany GenWeb

·        German Genealogy Info. & Resources

·        List of places in Germany

·        FEEFHS: Germany Genealogy Resources

·        German Genealogy - Yahoo discussion group

·       Germany - Rootsweb.com (message boards)

·       Genealogy.com: Places/Geographic, Europe

·       Cyndi's List - Germany / Deutschland

·       German Genealogy

·       Directory of Cities, Towns, Regions in Germany

·       German Heritage & Genealogy (D'Addezio.com)

·       The German Genealogy Network

·       SGGEE -German genealogy in eastern Europe

·        Darmstadt - Google Maps

·        Darmstadt (region) - Wikipedia

·        Darmstadt Impressions: Stadt Darmstadt

·        Images of Darmstadt

·        Darmstadt - Wikipedia

·        Darmstadt travel guide - Wikitravel

·        Darmstadt Travel Guide - VirtualTourist

·        Discover Darmstadt: Stadt Darmstadt

The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this place.   Here you will find books about the history and records of this county and other places such as towns and churches. 

This Link will take you to

our collections of reference books.  

Gallery

During our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities.  Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives.

The Market Plaza in the city of Darmstadt

Use this LINK to see the picture

gallery that pertains to this location.

Use the power of Google™ to find more interesting images about this topic. A Click on this button will link you to the Google  Images  Search   page.   Enter  the

topic you are searching in the box and click “Search Images”. At the “Images” display page you will see the image, as well as the website to which it is linked.

Contact information

Email

Snail mail:

Fred
889 Dante Ct.
Mantua, NJ 08051

USA

Updated 01 April 2011

Email

Pony Express:

Tom
6484 Riverstone Dr

Sooke, BC V9Z 0Y7

Canada