Compiled in 1912, this gazetteer includes all areas that belonged to the German Empire prior to World War I. You can find more than 210,000 place names in Meyers Orts.
Meyers Orts describes each town and the civil and religious jurisdictions it belongs to. This information should help you decide where to locate records for your ancestors. Each entry the gazetteer may include the following:
- Name of place
- Place type
- Name of state
- Government district
- Population
- Post Office and other Communications information
- Railroad information
- Courts
- Consulate
- Embassy
- Churches
- Schools
- Institutes
- Military
- Financial
- Business Institutions
- Trades and Industries
- Shipping Traffic
- Local government services
- Dependent Places
The Glenview Library has a physical copy of Meyers Orts in the Genealogy & Local History Room. You can also search the gazetteer online.
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