FAQ: soc.genealogy.surnames.german place codes since 1815 version 1.1 January 28, 1998 changes this version: updated URL for list of place codes This FAQ lists place codes for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria since 1815, for use in posting to soc.genealogy.surnames.german, the other soc.genealogy.surnames.* newsgroups, and the Roots Surname List (RSL). For more information on the soc.genealogy.surnames.* newsgroups, see the FAQs, which are posted monthly and are available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~surnames/ Abbreviations for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are listed below. The abbreviations for Germany are in three cross-referenced lists, representing the borders of the German Confederation of 1815, the German Empire in 1905, and the modern German Federal Republic. Abbreviations for the Austro-Hungarian Empire are cross-referenced with the resulting modern nations, for reference purposes. Note that only queries using place codes ending in DEU, CHE, AUT, LIE, LUX, and HRR will be posted to soc.genealogy.surnames.german. A complete list of place codes is available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~surnames/abbreviations.cgi ****************************************************************************** Deutscher Bund 1815-1866 German Confederation German English code ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Osterreich Austria AUT + B"ohmen Bohemia BOH,AUT + K"arnten Carinthia KAE,AUT + Krain Carniola KRA,AUT + M"ahren Moravia MAE,AUT + Nieder"osterreich Lower Austria NOE,AUT + Ober"osterreich Upper Austria OOE,AUT + Salzburg SAB,AUT + Schlesien Silesia SCI,PRU,DEU / SCI,AUT + Steiermark Styria STE,AUT + Tirol Tyrol TIR,AUT + Vorarlberg VOR AUT Preussen Prussia PRU,DEU + Stadt Berlin Berlin City BER,PRU,DEU + Brandenburg BRG,PRU,DEU + Pommern Pomerania POM,PRU,DEU -Vorpommern Hither Pomerania -Hinterpommern Further Pomerania -schwedisch Pommern Swedish Pomerania + Schlesien Silesia SCI,AUT / SCI,PRU,DEU -Niederschlesien Lower Silesia -Oberschlesien Upper Silesia + Provinz Sachsen Province of Saxony SAC,PRU,DEU + Westfalen Westphalia WFA,PRU,DEU + Rheinland Rhineland RHE,PRU,DEU Bayern Bavaria BAY,DEU + Franken Franconia FRN,BAY,DEU + Pfalz Palatinate PFA,BAY,DEU + Oberpfalz Upper Palatinate OBP,BAY,DEU Sachsen Kgr. Saxony (Kingdom) SAC,DEU Hannover Hanover HAN,DEU W"urttemberg Wurtemberg WUE,DEU Baden BAD,DEU + Breisgau BRS,BAD,DEU Hessen Hesse HES,DEU + Hessen-Darmstadt Hesse-Darmstadt HD,HES,DEU + Hessen-Kassel/Kurhessen Hesse-Kassel/Electorate HK,HES,DEU + Hessen-Homburg (1817-) HOM,HES,DEU Luxemburg Luxembourg LUX Th"uringen Thuringia THE,DEU + Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld SXC,THE,DEU + Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg SXG,THE,DEU + Sachsen-Hildburghausen Saxe-Hildburghausen SXH,THE,DEU + Sachsen-Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen SXM,THE,DEU + Sachsen-Weimar Saxe-Weimar SXW,THE,DEU (see Deutsches Reich list for Th"uringen/Sachsen duchies 1825-) Braunschweig Brunswick BRU,DEU Mecklenburg MEC,DEU + Mecklenburg-Schwerin MSC,MEC,DEU + Mecklenburg-Strelitz MST,MEC,DEU Oldenburg OLD,DEU Holstein HOS,SCN,DNK / HOS,SCN,DEU Lauenburg LAU,DNK / LAU,DEU Nassau (-1849) NAS,DEU + Nassau-Usingen (-1816) + Nassau-Weilburg (-1816) Anhalt (1863-) ANH,DEU + Anhalt-Bernburg (-1863) ANB,ANH,DEU + Anhalt-Dessau (-1863) AND,ANH,DEU + Anhalt-K"othen (-1847) ANK,ANH,DEU Schwarzburg SCH,DEU + Schwarzburg-Sondershausen SON,SCH,DEU + Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt RUD,SCH,DEU Liechtenstein LIE Hohenzollern HOH,DEU + Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (-1849) + Hohenzollern-Hechingen (-1849) Reuss RES,DEU + Reuss-Ebersdorf (-1848) (j"ungere Linie) JL,RES,DEU + Reuss-Greiz ("altere Linie) AL,RES,DEU + Reuss-Lobenstein (-1824) (j"ungere Linie) JL,RES,DEU + Reuss-Schleiz (j"ungere Linie) JL,RES,DEU Lippe-Detmold LPD,DEU Schaumburg-Lippe SLP,DEU Waldeck WAL,DEU Frankfurt/Main FRK,DEU L"ubeck LUB,DEU Bremen BRE,DEU Hamburg HAM,DEU ****************************************************************************** Territories outside the boundaries of the German Confederation in 1815 Preussen Prussia + Ostpreussen East Prussia OPRU,DEU -Memel -Ermland -Masuren Masuria + Westpreussen West Prussia WPRU,DEU -Pommerellen -Kulmerland -Netzedistrikt + Posen POS,PRU,DEU + Neuenberg / Neuchatel (Prussian -1857, then Swiss) NE,CHE Schleswig-Holstein SCN,DEU + Schleswig SCL,SCN,DNK / SCL,SCN,DEU Elsass Alsace ELS,DEU / ELS,FRA Lothringen Lorraine LOT,DEU / LOT,FRA ****************************************************************************** Deutsches Reich 1905 German Empire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --K"onigsreiche Kingdoms Preussen Prussia PRU,DEU includes: Hannover, Hessen-Homburg, Kurhessen/Hessen-Kassel, Nassau, Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Hohenzollern Bayern Bavaria BAY,DEU Sachsen Saxony SAC,DEU W"urttemberg Wurtemberg WUE,DEU --Grossherzogt"umer Grand Duchies Baden BAD,DEU Hessen (same as Hessen-Darmstadt) HES,DEU Mecklenburg-Schwerin MSC,MEC,DEU Sachsen-Weimar Saxe-Weimar SXW,THE,DEU Mecklenburg-Strelitz MST,MEC,DEU Oldenburg OLD,DEU --Herzogt"umer Duchies Braunschweig Brunswick BRU,DEU Sachsen-Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen SXM,THE,DEU Sachsen-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg SXA,THE,DEU Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha Saxe-Coburg-Gotha SXC,THE,DEU Anhalt ANH,DEU --F"urstent"umer Principalities Schwarzburg-Sondershausen SON,SCH,DEU Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt RUD,SCH,DEU Waldeck und Pyrmont WAL,DEU Reuss "altere Linie (Greiz) AL,RES,DEU Reuss j"ungere Linie JL,RES,DEU includes: Ebersdorf, Gera, Lobenstein, Schleiz Schaumburg-Lippe SLP,DEU Lippe (Detmold) LPD,DEU --Freie St"adte Free Cities L"ubeck LUB,DEU Bremen BRE,DEU Hamburg HAM,DEU --Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen Alsace-Lorraine ELS-LOT,FRA/ELS-LOT,DEU + Elsass Alsace ELS,FRA / ELS,DEU + Lothringen Lorraine LOT,FRA / LOT,DEU ****************************************************************************** Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1992 Federal Republic of Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Baden-W"urttemberg Baden-Wurtemberg BAD-WUE,DEU Bayern Bavaria BAY,DEU (does not include Pfalz, includes Sachsen-Coburg) Berlin BER,DEU Brandenburg BRG,DEU Bremen BRE,DEU Hamburg HAM,DEU Hessen Hesse HES,DEU (includes Frankfurt am Main, Waldeck, parts of Prussia, Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Kassel) Niedersachsen Lower Saxony NSAC,DEU (includes Hannover, Oldenburg [except Birkenfeld], Braunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Hither Pomerania) MEC-VPOM,DEU Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia (includes Lippe-Detmold) NRHE-WFA,DEU Rheinland-Pfalz Rhineland-Palatinate RHE-PFA,DEU (includes Birkenfeld [part of Oldenburg], Hessen-Homburg) Saarland (southern part of Prussian Rhineland) SAA,DEU Sachsen Saxony SAC,DEU (parts of former Sachsen and all of former Schlesien west of the Neisse river) Sachsen-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt SAC-ANH,DEU (Anhalt plus part of Sachsen) Schleswig-Holstein (includes L"ubeck, Lauenburg) SCN,DEU Th"uringen Thuringia THE,DEU ************************************************************************ Schweiz - Switzerland - Suisse CHE Aargau AG,CHE Appenzell (Ausser Rhoden) AR,CHE Appenzell (Inner Rhoden) AI,CHE Basel-Landschaft/Basle BL,CHE Basel-Stadt/Basle BS,CHE Bern/Berne BE,CHE Fribourg/Freiburg FR,CHE Geneve/Genf/Geneva GE,CHE Glarus GL,CHE Graubunden/Grisons GR,CHE Jura JU,CHE Luzern/Lucerne LU,CHE Neuchatel/Neuenberg NE,CHE Nidwalden NW,CHE Obwalden OW,CHE Sankt Gallen/Saint Gall SG,CHE Schaffhausen SH,CHE Schwyz SZ,CHE Solothurn SO,CHE Thurgau TG,CHE Ticino/Tessin TI,CHE Uri UR,CHE Vaud/Waadt VD,CHE Valais/Wallis VS,CHE Zug ZG,CHE Zurich/Zuerich ZH,CHE ****************************************************************************** Austrian Hapsburg Empire (-1867) Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) also called the Dual Monarchy Osterreichisches Reich -1867 AUT Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867-1918 AUT-HUN Districts of the Empire: German English Local (*) code The Austrian portion of the Empire includes the parts of Austria in the German Confederation of 1815, plus the following: + Bosnien-Herzegowina Bosnia and Herzegovina (C) Bosna i Hercegovina BIH,AUT (administered by Austria 1878-1908, annexed by Austria 1908) + Bukowina Bukovina (U) Bukovyna BUK,AUT (also called Buchenland in German, Bucovina in Romanian) + Dalmatien Dalmatia DAL,AUT + Galizien Galicia (P) Galicja GAI,AUT (U) Halychyna + Illyria (1815-1849, then divided into other districts) ILR,AUT + Istrien Istria IST,AUT + Lombardei Lombardy (I) Lombardia (to Sardinia 1859) LOM,AUT + Veneto (to Italy 1866) (I) Veneto VNT,AUT The Kingdom of Hungary was divided into more than 50 counties as of 1901. A partial listing of regions follows. The regions do not necessarily correspond one-to-one to counties. + Baranya Baranya (H) Baranya BAR,HUN (C) Baranja + Batschka Batchka (H) Bacska BAT,HUN (C) Backa + Banat Banat (H) Banat BAN,HUN + Kroatien Croatia (C) Hrvatska HRV,HUN + Syrmien Syrmia (H) Szerem SRM,HUN (C) Srijem (S) Srem + Slavonien Slavonia (H) Szlavonia SLA,HUN (C) Slavonija + Siebenb"urgen Transylvania TRN,ROM / TRN,HUN (*) The Local languages are as follows: (H) Hungarian (C) Serbo-Croatian, or Croatian when (S)erbian is different (P) Polish (U) Ukrainian (I) Italian ****************************************************************************** Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire The following states were created from or received terrritory from the Austro-Hungarian Empire following World War I. "Osterreich Austria AUT + Burgenland (1921-) BUR,AUT (created from parts of 4 Hungarian counties) + K"arnten Carinthia KAE,AUT + Nieder"osterreich Lower Austria NOE,AUT + Ober"osterreich Upper Austria OOE,AUT + Salzburg SAB,AUT + Steiermark Styria STE,AUT + Tirol Tyrol TIR,AUT + Vorarlberg VOR AUT + Wien Vienna WIE,AUT Ungarn (1918-) Hungary (H) Magyarorszag HUN (Currently divided into 19 counties and 5 county-boroughs. Codes for these can be made available as needed.) Tschechoslowakei Czechoslovakia Ceskoslovensko (1918-1992) CSK (Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia, Slovakian counties of Hungary) + Sudetenland SUD,DEU / SUD,CSK (German speaking parts of Bohemia and Moravia) Tschechien Czech Republic (1993-) CZE Slowakei Slovakia (1993-) Slovensko SVK Jugoslawien (1918-) Yugoslavia (C) Jugoslavija YUG Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes 1918-1921 (incl. Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia which were not part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Yugoslavia currently consists of Serbia and Montenegro.) + Bosnien-Herzegowina (1918-1992) BIH,YUG Bosnia and Herzegovina (C) Bosna i Hercegovina + Kroatien (1918-1991) Croatia (C) Hrvatska HRV,YUG (Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, parts of Istria and Carniola) + Mazedonien Macedonia (1918-1991) MKD / MKD,YUG + Montenegro MNT / MNT,YUG + Serbien Serbia (C) Srbija SER / SER,YUG + Woiwodina Vojvodina (C) Vojvodina VOJ,SER,YUG (This district encompasses areas in Batchka and the Banat in Serbia, Yugoslavia, and it should only be used in the era 1918-.) + Slowenien Slovenia (1918-1991) SVN,YUG (parts of Carniola and Istria) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-) (C) Bosna i Hercegovina BIH Kroatien (1991-) Croatia (C) Hrvatska HRV Slowenien Slovenia (1991-) SVN Italien Italy (I) Italia ITA (received parts of Istria and Tirol, including Trieste and Trento in 1920) Polen Poland (received Galicia in 1920, 1923) POL Rum"anien Romania (R) Romania ROM (received Transylvania and Bukovina in 1920) Sowjetunion Soviet Union (see note under Ukraine) SUN Ukraine UKR (received western Galicia and northern Bukovina after World War II) ____________________________________________________________________________ Abbreviations list contributions by Kurt Baudendistel, John D. von Bergen, Christian Carey, Richard Carruthers, Jim Eggert, Reinhold Herrmann, Karen Isaacson, Gordon McDaniel, Bill Mills, Franz Quint, Siegfried Rambaum, Michael Stamm, Herbert Stoyan, Arthur Teschler.