| Volume | 1 |
| Page | 158 |
| Type | D. |
| Lvl I | Els. -Loth. |
| B | Loth. |
| Kr | Château-Salins |
| Kt | Dieuze |
| AG | Dieuze |
| BKdo | Forbach |
| StdA | Bessingen 2) [self] |
| kath. Pfk. | 1 |
| Population | 182 |
*The original entry has a correcting entry in the addendum. Any data listed above has already been changed to match the correcting entry
Type D. - Bessingen is a Dorf (Village).
Lvl I Els. -Loth. - Level I shows which Kingdom or State the place is located in. Bessingen is located in Elsass-Lothringen.
Kr Château-Salins - The Kreis for Bessingen is Château-Salins. A Kreis is a government district (similar to a U.S. county).
AG Dieuze - The Amtsgericht for Bessingen is in Dieuze. The Amtsgericht is where the Lower District Court is located.
BKdo Forbach - The Bezirkskommando for Bessingen is in Forbach. The Bezirkskommando is the District Military Command. You can look in the BKdo to find military records.
StdA Bessingen 2) [self] - The Standesamt for Bessingen is in itself. The Standesamt is where the Civil Registration Office is located.
kath. Pfk. 1 - Bessingen has 1 katholisch Pfarrkirche (Catholic parish church).
The list below are those places from the Meyers Gazetteer that are nearby to Bessingen
(which may include itself) and are listed as containing a Catholic Church or Parish,
a Protestant Church or Parish, a Synagogue, or Other Church.
| Place | Distance (~miles) | Catholic | Protestant | Jewish | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishes | Churches | Parishes | Churches | Synagogues | |||