Local heritage book of Heiligenstadt i.OFr.

Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken lies in the valley of the Leinleiter in the heart of the so-called "Fränkische Schweiz". The Lutheran church there historically served the surrounding community from Brunn (Bronn) in the North to Störnhof in the South, from Oberleinleiter and Burggrub in the West to the Aufseß valley in the East. This OFB is a partial compilation of the church records from Heiligenstadt i. OFr. and is an on-going project. The period covered by those church books is from 1655 to 1927. The records reflect a diversity of confession and many records concerning Catholic residents are recorded in the Lutheran church books and, likewise, Lutheran records appear in the Catholic church books from the area. Further, some of the outlying villages in the Heiligenstadt congregation were at times served by surrounding churches and I have drawn from those other sources, as well.

Beside Heiligenstadt, the following list of villages are contained within this community. I have presently made no attempt to standardize the spelling of these places and have generally recorded them as written by the pastor or priest when he recorded them at the time.

Brunn (Bronn)
Burggrub
Draisendorf (Traisendorf)
Gößmannsberg (Jobstmannsberg)
Greifenstein
Leidingshof (Laidenhof, Laidingshof)
Neudorf
Oberleinleiter
Rothenstein
Reckendorf
Siegritz
Störnhof
Stücht
Traindorf
Veilbronn
Voigendorf
Volkmannsreuth
Zoggendorf (Zochendorf)

Send questions, corrections and additions to: hernlem@gmail.com

Bradley Hernlem
May 2023

Sources:
The primary sources are the digitized Lutheran churchbooks from Heiligenstadt i. OFr. Additional sources include the digitized Lutheran and Catholic church books from adjacent congregations. Such Lutheran congregations include Aufseß, Muggendorf, Wüstenstein, and Unterleinleiter. Some records are drawn from the Catholic church books from Burggrub, Tiefenpölz, Unterleinleiter, Hochstahl Hollfeld, Waischenfeld and others.

Updates and Notes

As of the latest revision, the following Heiligenstadt registers are provisionally completed:

Baptism Registers 1655-1910

Marriage Registers 1655-1883

Burial Registers 1655-1927

Some entries remain unrecorded pending further information and scrutiny.