Locations in Mecklenburg

The MFP provides information on locations in Mecklenburg. This information will support genealogical research.

•  MFP LocationDatabase
•  Northern Genealogical Associations
•  Mecklenburg - Sweden
•  Help for Genealogical Research in the Ämter of Mecklenburg
•  The Monastary Dobbertin
• Map of Mecklenburg

MFP LocationDatabase

The MFP LocationDatabase contains 3343 entries and pursues three aims:

• a list of all places and residential towns in Mecklenburg that is as complete as possible, inclusive of died out or renamed places,
• the affiliation with parishes,
• a simple description of the location of the places.

Some sources that were used were various maps (from different times), indices of Schubert's volumes and Albrecht/Endler, Mecklenburg's geneological sources, 1936, p. 99ff. There were quite numerous additions, updates and (surprisingly many) corrections, that members of the association brought together.
The following method was chosen to come up with simple descriptions that are easy to follow and to draw up (maps with very clear coordinates are rarely available):
Only the location of parishes is given. The places themselves are to be found near that location. The location of the parish is given from a reference place through the distance in kilometers and the direction, while the best direction (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) was chosen. Reference places are the 13 cities Friedland, Güstrow, Hagenow, Malchin, Neubrandenburg, Neustrelitz, Parchim, Plau, Ratzeburg, Rostock, Schwerin, Waren and Wismar. Their location is shown in relation to Neubrandenburg, Rostock and Schwerin.
Note that places like 'Klein Trebbow' are called 'Trebbow, Klein' or 'Alt Käbelich' is called 'Käbelich, Alt' here. (u) means that this place has died out.

The DataBase contents was prepared by the following members of our association: Dr. J. Alm, T. Dittmer, Dr. D. Garling, Prof. Dr. H.-D. Gronau, M. Renken, K.-H. Schröder and P. Starsy.

Please, inform us if corrections or additions are necessary!

Northern Genealogical Associations

• Niedersächsicher Landesverein für Familienkunde e. V.
• Schleswig-Holsteinische Gesellschaft für Familienforschung und Wappenkunde e. V.
• Die Maus, Gesellschaft für Familienforschung e. V., Bremen
• Genealogische Gesellschaft, Sitz Hamburg e. V.
• Mecklenburgischer Verein für Familien- und Personengeschichte e. V.
• Pommerscher Greif e. V.

Mecklenburg - Schweden

There are genealogical relations between Mecklenburg and Sweden. Many emigrants went from Mecklenburg to Sweden, after the 30-years war Mecklenburg regions belonged to Sweden. Swedish genealogists with German ancestors are united in the G-Group (G like Germania: Roman name for Germany and the Baltic Sea area). The G-Group is a free group of genealogists in the StorStockholms Genealogiska Förening (Groß-Stockholmer Genealogical Association), which have German ancestors. Their aim is to help each other and also other interested people.

The president of the G-group, Gustaf von Gertten (Gustaf.von.Gertten@swipnet.se), and his group wants to have many contacts with genealogists and associations in Pomerania, Mecklenburg, Lower Saxonia and Schleswig-Holstein. Their website will be extended with German language pages, to help German genealogists in their research in Northern countries. By the way, in Riksarkivet in Stockholm are many records about Mecklenburg.

Help for Genealogical Research in the Ämter of Mecklenburg

Our member V. Rusbüldt maintains a list of hobby genealogists, who are doing research in special areas of Mecklenburg. If you have questions, advices, ... to these areas, you can contact the mentioned specialists. Keep in mind, that all these people are volunters and doing this extra work in their spare time! We thank all genealogists, who are ready to help others in their research.

If you have more complex question, problems, ..., you should condider to ask a professional genealogist for help.

The Monastary Dobbertin

In a short presentation by H. Alsleben the Monastary Dobbertin is presented (in German, for further information see also Dobbertin.Meckelborg.de