Mecklenburg Gazetteer: Catholic and Reformed Parishes

by Daniel Schlyter

The following is a list of the locations of Roman-Catholic and Evangelical Reformed parishes in Mecklenburg- Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. For the older parishes, this listing indicates what vital records existed as of 1935.

Abbreviations:
C = Christenings
M = Marriages
D = Deaths/Burials
* = indicates no records are available at the Family History Library. In those cases where records are records have been microfilmed they often do not cover the full range of years that were available in 1935.

Roman Catholic

Roman Catholicism was not well established in Mecklenburg until the twentieth century. The most significant early congregations were in the cities of Schwerin, Neustrelitz, Rostock, Ludwigslust, and Bützow. For each parish, the founding date of the parish is given in parentheses.

Boizenburg (1928)*

Bützow (1935)*
    1874-1920 - belonged to parish in Rostock
    1920-1935 - belonged to parish in Güstrow

Friedland (1912)*

Güstrow (1920)*

Hagenow (1935)*

Ludwigslust (1810)
    C,M,D 1810-1935

Marlow (1932)*

Matgendorf (1932)*

Neubrandenburg (1920)*

Neustrelitz (1859)
    C,M 1860-1935
    D 1859-1935

Parchim (1920)*

Rostock (1873)*
    C,M,D 1873-1935

Stavenhagen (1932)*

Schwerin (1672)
    C 1687-1935
    M 1679-1935
    D 1692-1935

Tessin (1929)*

Teterow (1922)*

Waren (1908)*

Wismar (1903)*

Wittenburg (1932)*

Evangelical Reformed

The Reformed protestant faith was established in the city of Bützow. These Protestants did not follow the teachings of Martin Luther. The French Protestants were Huguenots. The German Protestants followed similar tenets established by Swiss religious reformers.

Bützow (1701)
    French C 1701-1778
    M 1701-1764
    D 1767-1778
    German C 1706-1750
    M 1706-1749
    D 1741-1749