| Volume | 2 |
| Page | 405 |
| Type | D. |
| Lvl I | Pr. |
| Prov | Hess. -N. |
| Kr | Dillkreis |
| AG | Herborn Dillkreis |
| BKdo | Wetzlar |
| StdA | Bicken |
| Population | 799 |
| Vgl | Ofenbach |
*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. - Offenbach is a Dorf (Village).
Lvl I Pr. - Level I shows which Kingdom or State the place is located in. Offenbach is located in Preussen.
Prov Hess. -N. - The Province shows which Province or State the place is located in. Offenbach is located in Hessen-Nassau.
Kr Dillkreis - The Kreis for Offenbach is Dillkreis. A Kreis is a government district (similar to a U.S. county).
AG Herborn Dillkreis - The Amtsgericht for Offenbach is in Herborn Dillkreis. The Amtsgericht is where the Lower District Court is located.
BKdo Wetzlar - The Bezirkskommando for Offenbach is in Wetzlar. The Bezirkskommando is the District Military Command. You can look in the BKdo to find military records.
StdA Bicken - The Standesamt for Offenbach is in Bicken. The Standesamt is where the Civil Registration Office is located.
Vgl Ofenbach - A Vgl (Vergleiche) notation lists places with similar spellings that you may want to compare. In this case, you may want to try searching for Ofenbach.
The Catholic Parish is Herborn
The Protestant Parish is Bicken
*Source: Family Search
The list below are those places from the Meyers Gazetteer that are nearby to Offenbach
(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 | |||
If you see something incorrect, please let us know! Unfortunately, we are not able to provide information on specific families or names at any place.