The Catholic Parish of Gänheim (St. Laurentius) belongs to Bistum Würzburg in Bavaria. Its records have been digitized, beginning in 1655 and ending in the early 1900s. They are accessible at Matricula Online: Gänheim. The parish includes the villages of Aumühle bei Arnstein, Binsbach, Lindenhain, and Ruppertzaint.

My surnames of interest for Gänheim include BAUER, GEHRET, and SPAHN. Theoretical physicist and quantum mechanics pioneer Werner HEISENBERG descends of these same families.

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Gänheim Family Names

Surnames that appear in Gänheim Parish include: ALTENHÖFER, BAUER, BRAND, BURGER, DORN, FESER, GERICH, GEHRET, GRIESBAUER, GUENTHER, HOERLING, HOFFMANN, KARG, KERN, KIRSCH, KOENIG, KRAMPEL, LUTZ, MANGER, OCHS, PFISTER, RAU, SCHLOTTER, SCHNEIDER, SPAETH, SPAHN, STAHL, SUMSON, VOLLMUTH, WAHLER, WETH, WITTSTATT, ZIEGLER. Surnames in my direct ancestry with Gänheim roots are bolded.

Many of these families can be found in WikiTree’s Gänheim category.

My Ancestors in Gänheim Parish

My most recent common ancestors from Gänheim were my 6th great-grandparents, Georg SPAHN and Catharina BAUER, who married there in 1767. It was actually a double wedding, as their siblings married the same day. They moved to Sachsershof in Büchold Parish, then they relocated to Brebersdorf.

Jump down to an alphabetical listing of ancestors by surname.

6th Great-Grandparents

Johann Georg SPAHN
* 1747 Gänheim
oo 1767 Gänheim
+ 1802 Brebersdorf
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Anna Catharina BAUER
* 1749 Gänheim
oo 1767 Gänheim
+ 1807 Brebersdorf
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7th Great-Grandparents

Jost SPAHN
* 1724 Gänheim
oo 1742 Gänheim
+ 1786 Gänheim
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Anna Barbara SCHNEIDER
* 1722 Gänheim
oo 1742 Gänheim
+ 1761 Gänheim
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Johannes BAUER
* 1706 Gänheim
oo 1733 Gänheim
+ 1779 Gänheim
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Anna Maria GEHRET
* 1714 Gänheim
oo 1733 Gänheim
+ 1770 Gänheim
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8th Great-Grandparents

Andreas SPAHN

Elisabeth ZIEGLER

Andreas SCHNEIDER

Barbara ALTENHÖFER

Michael BAUER

Magdalena ALTENHÖFER

Valentin GEHRET

Barbara KOENIG

Index of Ancestors from Gänheim

ALTENHÖFER, Elisabeth
ALTENHÖFER, Magdalena
BAUER, Anna Catharina
BAUER, Johannes
BAUER, Michael
GEHRET, Anna Maria
GEHRET, Valentin
KOENIG, Barbara
SCHNEIDER, Andreas
SCHNEIDER, Anna Barbara
SPAHN, Andreas
SPAHN, Johann Georg
SPAHN, Jost
ZIEGLER, Elisabeth