All of Germany
Databases, projects, etc.
Federal States (Bundeslaender) of Germany
Specific databases, projects, etc.
Baden - Württemberg
Bayern / Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hessen / Hessia
Mecklenburg - Vorpommern / Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania
Niedersachsen / Lower Saxony
Nordrhein - Westfalen / North Rhine - Westphalia
Rheinland - Pfalz / Rhineland - Palatinate
Saarland
Sachsen / Saxony
Sachsen - Anhalt / Saxony - Anhalt
Schleswig Holstein
Thüringen / Thuringia
German Empire 1871 - 1918
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Prussian State 1866 - 1918
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Locate places of origin
Germany
Gov - Das genealogische Ortsverzeichnis
A tool for locating places in present-day Germany and former German territories. Lists towns with reference to Federal States (Bundesländer) and Counties (Kreise)
Mapquest - Germany
Locates German towns on maps
For former German territories try
Mapquest - Poland
Historic Germany
Database
57,686 locations east of the Oder and Neisse Rivers along the borders of the eastern provinces before 1919