information for wurzburg germany

[goldminer1960]

Hi i am new to this so please bare with me and if i am posting in the wrong area i am sorry. i am and have been trying to find out about where i can locate my grand parents graves in wurzburg germnay and who i would contact to find out if i can find out where he served during ww2. He worked with the red cross under hitlers rule during ww2. Any info would be appreciated. the names i am seeking are hugo weyrich and mina weyrich. thanks

[Gerdan]

You should start and ask here:

Stadtarchiv Würzburg
Neubaustraße 12

97070 Würzburg

Telefon: 0931 373308


Gerdan

[max history]

That's not correct I'm afraid. The Stadtarchiv will not have that information. To discover the location of your grandparents' graves, you should contact:
Standesamt Würzburg,
Rückermainstrase 2,
97070 Würzburg,
Germany.
email: standesamt@stadt.wuerzburg.de
Tel: 0931 - 37 24 21.
If your grandparents are buried in Würzburg, they will have the information. Some authorities make a small charge for the information.
For military records, you must contact:
Bundesarchiv Militärarchiv,
Wiesentalstraße 10,
79115 Freiburg im Breisgau,
Germany.
email: militaerarchiv@bundesarchiv.de
Tel. 0761/47817-0.
Hope that helps.
Max.

[Gerdan]

Max

the Standesamt (Registry Office) in this case is only responsible for the death record.

The Friedhofsamt (Cemetery administration) knows where in Würzburg they are burried.

And as I think the grandparents' graves could have been interterred more that 30 years

ago the files of the Friedhofsamt as well as the files / death register of the Standesamt are not any

more in the custody of these officers but given to the local archive (Stadtarchiv) by law.

(§§ 5 and 7 Personenstands Gesetz n.F.)

Gerdan

[max history]

Max

the Standesamt (Registry Office) in this case is only responsible for the death record.

The Friedhofsamt (Cemetery administration) knows where in Würzburg they are burried.

And as I think the grandparents' graves could have been interterred more that 30 years

ago the files of the Friedhofsamt as well as the files / death register of the Standesamt are not any

more in the custody of these officers but given to the local archive (Stadtarchiv) by law.

(§§ 5 and 7 Personenstands Gesetz n.F.)

Gerdan

Gerdan,
I'm sorry, but I think you are mistaken as that is not my experience. During my research into SS Generals, I started by contacting the local Stadtarchiv of each town. Without exception, they all redirected me to the town Standesamt. I then received correct information countless times from the relevant Standesamt. Where they didn't have the necessary information, they redirected me to the relevant Friedhof authority. Some made charges for the information and some didn't. I still have all the letters that were exchanged and all the receipts for payments. They are all from the town Standesamt or Friedhof authority.
I am of course, referring to grave locations and not death records (death certificates or entries of death) which do end up with the Stadtarchiv usually, but these do not give grave locations which is what the original poster is looking for.
The best method is to try and discover what religion the person followed and then contact the local church. Where the person is buried in the town cemetery, there will be a Friedhof office. All towns are different, but if there is no information, the best place to start is always the Standesamt whose records usually give an indication of which route to take.
Regards,
Max.

[Gerdan]

Max,

you correspondence with the different Standesämter should have been before 1.1.2009. Could that be so?

Because from that date on the new Standesamts Gesetz changed the situation totally.

The new law is based on § 5 and § 7 Personenstands Gesetz (neu)

§ 7 Aufbewahrung

(1) Die Personenstandsregister und die Sicherungsregister sind dauernd und räumlich voneinander getrennt und vor unberechtigtem Zugriff geschützt aufzubewahren.


(2) Für die Sammelakten endet die Pflicht zur Aufbewahrung mit Ablauf der in § 5 Abs. 5 für das jeweilige Register genannten Frist.


(3) Nach Ablauf der in § 5 Abs. 5 genannten Fristen sind die Personenstandsregister, die Sicherungsregister und die Sammelakten nach den jeweiligen archivrechtlichen Vorschriften den zuständigen öffentlichen Archiven zur Übernahme anzubieten."

Gerdan

[max history]

Yes, my research was in the late 1990s and earlier this century, prior to the publication of volume 1 of my book on SS Generals in 2004.
Thanks,
Max.

[Gerdan]

So meanwhile the situation has changed (by a new law).
Regards,

Gerdan

[max history]

I still think the best initial enquiry should be made to the Standesamt.
Max.