has anyone ever heard of a small town named wambach in germany. when i map this i find 3 different towns of the same name in three different locations: hessen, bavaria and baden-wurttemburg. thanks for any help or advice you can give :)
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19092 posts
It gets worse. The German website Meinestadt.de lists five Wambachs (a second one in Bayern and an additional one near Aachen, in NR-W), although all are in parentheses after another town name. The name in parentheses might be historical, before a name change, or it could be the name of a nearby town that no longer exists. Why are you looking for this town (genealogy)? Do you know anything else about it that might help us narrow it down?
Posted by
OP
chicago, il, usa
84 posts
arghh.. yes genology. i'll have to ask my husband if he knows more but all his known family on that side are deceased..
Posted by
Berlin
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hi Kathy, yes, there are several places with the name Wambach in Germany and Austria. In Germany there are villages in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, NRW and Rhineland-Palatine. Also there are several Oberwambach (Upper-) and Niederwambach (Lower-). My familyname is Wambach and I am from Germany. Greetings
Posted by
OP
chicago, il, usa
84 posts
Hi Henry
How fun. I am not a true wambach as I married into the name. Have u been to any of the towns? We were planning to look for the town near Frankfurt as we fly in there. I think there is also one north of Munich. We will not be near Baden. We will be mostly Bavaria n dip into austria with stops on the Rhine n romantic road. Thank u for ur thoughts and advice. Can't wait to see ur beautiful country. Kathy
Posted by
Danville, VT
12040 posts
Is your husband's family of Catholic or Protestant origin? That could help narrow things down a little...
Posted by
OP
chicago, il, usa
84 posts
we are catholic... however, I just learned that his father's side (the wambach side) is protestant.
Posted by
Danville, VT
12040 posts
OK, that helps narrow things down. Ranking the contenders in order of descending probability, I would say Hessen > Baden > North Rhine >>>>> Bavaria. The Hessen location was once the Duchy of Nassau, then the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau. Of the possibilities, this region was the only that had a majority Protestant population. Baden was about 2/3 Catholic, and the Protestant population tended to concentrate in the northern cities of Heidelberg, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. The North Rhine territories were mostly Catholic but had a liberal sprinkling of Protestants, and outside of a few pockets in the cities, southern Bavaria was almost entirely Catholic. So, I think the Hessian location is most likely to have been your husband's Wambach motherland.