German Villages

GERMAN, AUSTRIAN, & SWISS VILLAGES
FROM WHICH OUR GERMANNA
ANCESTORS IMMIGRATED

This page contains a table which lists the German villages from which our Germanna ancestors immigrated. These were the colonists who arrived in Virginia in 1714 and 1717 (with a few "late-comers" between 1717 and about 1725), and settled at "Germanna". The table lists the villages, the region of Germany in which each village is located, names of the individuals that came from each village, and the Michelin Deutschland Map in which each village can be found. In the first column, a village name can be clicked to take you to a short history of that village, or maps, or photos, whichever are available.

In the "Location" column, the location is as follows:
1. Borough/Community/Municipality
2. Town
3. District
4. Administrative Region
5. State

(If I have misplaced any of these villages as to the State, Administrative Region, District, Town, etc., please email me at [email protected]. I've tried to locate them at Mapquest and Wikipedia, but some of them are so small their exact placement within the structure of Germany is difficult.)

GERMAN VILLAGES

VILLAGES	LOCATION	Germanna NAMES	MAP#
Aufkirchen (Maps) Aufkirchen (Photos)	1. Aufkirchen 2. Gerolfingen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Andreas (Andrew) GAAR Johann GAAR Rosina GAAR Eve SEIDELMANN	546
Bergnerzell (Maps) Bergnerzell (Photos)	1. Bergnerzell 2. Feuchtwangen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Johann Michael VOLCK Maria Sabina Charlotta VOLCK Johann Georg UTZ Anna Barbara MAJER	546
Beyerberg (Maps) Beyerberg (Photos)	1. Beyerberg 2. Gerolfingen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Andreas (Andrew) GAAR Johann GAAR Rosina GAAR Eve SEIDELMANN	546
Du�lingen (Maps)	2. Du�lingen 3. T�bingen 4. T�bingen 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Conrad BREUEL Johannes BREYHEL Martin BR�HL Agnus DURR Anna DURR Conrad DURR Jacob RUOP Johannes SCHELLING Margaretha SCHELLING	545
Eisern (Maps)	1. Eisern 2. Siegen 3. Siegen-Wittgenstein 4. Arnsberg 5. North Rhine-Westphalia	Johannes R�HLSBACH	543
Falkenstein (Maps) Falkenstein (Photos)	1. Falkenstein 2. Marienthal 3. Winweiler 4. Donersbergkreis 5. Rhineland-Pfalz	Anna Maria SIEBER*	543
Frankenhofen (Maps) Frankenhofen (Photos)	1. Frankenhofen 2. Gerolfingen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Andreas (Andrew) GAAR Johann GAAR Rosina GAAR Eve SEIDELMANN	546
Gemmingen (Maps) Gemmingen (Photos)	2. Gemmingen 3. Heilbronn 4. Stuttgart 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Hans Michael CLORE Hans Martin CLORE Susanna CLORE Johann Georg WEAVER Philipp Joseph WEAVER	545
H�fnerhaslach (Maps)	1. H�fnerhaslach 2. Kernstadt 3. Heilbronn 4. Stuttgart 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Barbara BARTENSCHLAG Matthias BARTENSCHLAG	545
Haundorf (Maps) Haundorf (Photos)	1. Haundorf 2. Gunzenhausen 3. Wei�enburg-Gunzenhausen 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Anna Barbara MAJER Johann Georg UTZ Johann Michael VOLCK Maria Sabina Charlotta VOLCK	546
Illenschwang (Maps-2000) Illenschwang (Maps-2002) Illenschwang (Photos-2000) Illenschwang (Photos-2002)	1. Illenschwang 2. Wittelshofen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Andreas (Andrew) GAAR Johann GAAR Rosina GAAR Eve SEIDELMANN	546
Klings (Maps) Klings (Photos)	1. Klings 2. Oberes Feldatal 3. Bad Salzungen 4. Wartburgkreis 5. Th�ringen	Cyriacus FLESHMAN (FLEISCHMANN)	544
K�hnhardt am Schlegel (Maps) K�hnhardt am Schlegel (Photos)	1. K�hnhardt am Schlegel 2. Feuchtwangen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Anna Barbara MAJER Johann Georg UTZ Johann Michael VOLCK Maria Sabina Charlotta VOLCK	546
Lambsheim (Maps) Lambsheim (Photos)	1. Lambsheim (Free Municipality) 2. 3. 4. Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 5. Rhineland-Pfalz	Anna Maria BENDER Theobald CHRISTLER	543
Marienthal (Maps) Marienthal (Photos)	2. Marienthal 3. Winweiler 4. Donersbergkreis 5. Rhineland-Pfalz	Christian SIEBER	543
Mosbach (Maps) Mosbach (Photos)	1. Mosbach 2. Feuchtwangen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Anna Barbara MAJER Johann Georg UTZ Johann Michael VOLCK Maria Sabina Charlotta VOLCK	546
Mottgers (Maps)	1. Mottgers 2. 3. Frankfurt 4. Darmstadt 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Paul J�GER	545
Neuenb�rg (Maps) Neuenb�rg (Photos)	2. Neuenb�rg 3. Enzkreis 4. Karlsruhe 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Cyriacus FLEISHMAN Mary Catherine FLEISHMAN Veltin FLEISHMAN Anna Barbara SCH�NE Quirinus SCH�NE	545
Oberbaldingen (Maps)	1. Oberbaldingen 2. 3. Swhwartzwald-Baar-Heuberg 4. Freiburg 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Anna Maria HENGSTELER Hans HENGSTELER Maria KUNTZLER Matthias HENGSTELER Thomas KUNTZLER Salome METZGER Barthlin MULLER Maria MULLER Sabastian (Basche/Bastian) MULLER Anna SULZMANN Peter SULZMANN	545
Obermichelbach (Maps) Obermichelbach (Photos)	1. Obermichelback 2. Wittelshofen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Andreas (Andrew) GAAR Johann GAAR Rosina GAAR Eve SEIDELMANN	546
Oberzell (Maps)	1. Oberzell 2. 3. Frankfurt 4. Darmstadt 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Claus J�GER	545
�tisheim (Maps) �tisheim (History) �tisheim (Photos)	2. �tisheim 3. Enzkreis 4. Karlsruhe 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Johannes BREYHEL*** Ursula ROOP/RUOP	545
Schwaigern (Maps) Schwaigern (Photos)	2. Schwaigern 3. Heilbronn 4. Stuttgart 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Anna BICKEL Anna FLAMM Johannes FLAMM Barbara KNEER Jacob KNEER Barbara LUTZ Hans LUTZ Anna Maria RUFFLIN George RUFFLIN Johannes (Hans) RUFFLIN Martin RUFFLIN Georg (Jerg) WILHEIT Johann Georg WILHEIT John J. WILHEIT John Michael WILHEIT Michael WILHEIT	545
Seiderzell (Maps) Seiderzell (Photos)	1. Seiderzell 2. Feuchtwangen 3. Ansbach 4. Middle Franconia 5. Bavaria	Anna Barbara MAJER Johann Georg UTZ Johann Michael VOLCK Maria Sabina Charlotta VOLCK	546
Siegen (Maps) Siegen (Photos)	2. Siegen 3. Siegen-Wittgenstein 4. Arnsberg 5. North Rhine-Westphalia	HOFFMAN - HUFFMAN	543
Stetten am Heuchelberg(Maps) Stetten am Heuchelberg(Photos)	1. Stetten am Heuchelberg 2. Schwaigern 3. Heilbronn 4. Stuttgart 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Michael HOLD/HOLT	545
Weichersbach (Maps)	1. Weichersbach 2. 3. Frankfurt 4. Darmstadt 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Nicholas Y�GER*	545
Windecken (Maps)	1. Windecken 2. Nidderau 3. Main-Kinzig-Kreis 4. Darmstadt 5. Hesse	Johannes BENDER	543
Winnweiler (Maps)	1. Winnweiler 2. 3. Winweiler 4. Donersbergkreis 5. Rhineland-Pfalz	Adam Y�GER	543
Zaberfeld (Maps) Zaberfeld (Photos)	2. Zaberfeld 3. Heilbronn 4. Stuttgart 5. Baden-W�rttemberg	Michael KAEFER Apollonia KAEFER	545

AUSTRIAN VILLAGES

VILLAGES	LOCATION	Germanna NAMES	MAP#
Gresten (Maps) Gresten (Photos)	1. Gresten 2. 3. 4. Scheibbs 5. Lower Austria	PLANKENBICHLER BLANKENBAKER HOLT SCHEIBLE	730

SWISS VILLAGES
VILLAGES	REGION	Germanna NAMES	MAP#
Altdorf (Maps)**	Canton Schaffhausen	Sebastian METZGER	551
	Canton Bern	Leonhard CHRISTLER	551

**(Altdorf, Switzerland, is just about 30 miles south of Oberbaldingen, Germany, where other members of the METZGER family lived before coming to the Colonies.)

*Nicholas Y�GER & Anna Maria SIEBER married 11 May 1706 in Marienthal, Palatinate, Germany.

Reference Sources:

1)Before Germanna, Bountiful, UT:, AMER, GEN. LEND, LIB., 1990, Books Nos. 1,2,3,4,6,10, & 11, Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmerman.
2)Genealogy of the Descendants of John GARR, CS71.G2371, John Westley GARR, 1894.

***We use the surname BREYHEL here because that is the first spelling of the name that is found in the Virginia records; however, Johannes eventually was entered into the Colonial records as "John BROYLES". If one wants to be a "purist" when it comes to the spelling of his name, he/she is out of luck. There IS no definite spelling for the name! In the �tisheim Lutheran Church Records, in Germany, his and his family's name was spelled variously: BRIEL, BREYEL, BREIHEL, BREIHELS, BRE�EL, BRE�HEL, BRUEL, BREUEL, etc. I suppose that we should get used to the fact that, in those times, surnames usually had no specific spelling. The name was written as the "scribes" "heard" the name, and as they thought it should be spelled.

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