The Catholic Parish of Schirmitz (St. Jakob) belongs to Bistum Regensburg in Bavaria. Its records have been digitized, beginning in 1639 and ending in 1895. They are accessible at Matricula Online: Schirmitz. The parish includes the villages of Bechtsrieth, Pirk, Pirkmühle, Pischeldorf, Trebsau, and Tröglersricht.

Schirmitz Family Names

Surnames that appear in Schirmitz Parish include: ADAM, ALBRECHT, ARGAUER, BALK, BAIER, BAUER, BÄUMLER, BEER, BEIMLER, BERGLER, BLAS, BOCK, BODENSTEINER, BOJER, BRAUN, DEINER, DIETL, ECKERT, ERMER, FALTENBACHER, FEHR, FIDLER, FISCHER, FLEISCHMANN, FORSTER, FRITSCH, FUCHS, GOETZ, GRAF, GRUBER, HAAS, HÄRTL, HAGN, HERRMANN, HIEROLD, HILBURGER, HOFMANN, KAGERER, KICK, KLIER, KNEIDL, KOLLER, KRAPF, KRUEG, LANDGRAF, LANG, LINDNER, LUKAS, MEIER, MEILLER, MELCHNER, MILLNER, NEUMANN, OTT, PAUSCH, PIRKMÜHLER, PIRNER, PRUCKNER, REICHL, REIL, RIEDL, ROSNER, ROTH, RUESS, SCHARBAUER, SCHIEDER, SCHMIDT, SCHNEIDER, SCHWAB, STREIBL, SOMMER, STRIGL, TREMMEL, TROIDL, USCHOLD, WEISS, WINTER, WITTMANN, WURZER, ZETTER. Surnames in my direct ancestry are bolded.

Many of these families can be found in WikiTree’s Schirmitz category. Get in touch with me if you have any questions, know more about these families, or would like to get in touch.

Schirmitz Family Book

Here are 160 pages of family groups for Schirmitz based on transcriptions I’ve been working on. This includes all Hilburgers and it quickly evolved to include many other Schirmitz families. The source of the original documents is Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg (BZAR), Pfarrmatrikel Schirmitz, Volumes 1-8, and the file can also be downloaded. Note that the families are sorted in alphabetical order.

Ancestors in Schirmitz Parish Records

My 4th great-grandfather and immigrant ancestor Tobias HILBURGER (🌳 🌐) was born in 1819 in Kaimling, Roggenstein Parish, the son of a farmer from Schirmitz.

That man was Joseph HILBURGER, born in 1777 in Schirmitz, a son of Johannes HILBURGER and Anna Barbara SOMMER (she was a native of Frauenricht, Neunkirchen bei Weiden Parish). He relocated to Kaimling in his adult life and passed away there.

Johannes HILBURGER was born in 1739 in Schirmitz. He had a twin brother Johann Veit who died in infancy. They were sons of Veit HILBURGER and Anna Elisabeth LINDNER (she was a native of Enzenrieth, Luhe Parish).

Veit HILBURGER was born in 1688 in Schirmitz. He was an influential man in Schirmitz with significant land holdings and a son of Johannes HILBURGER and Anna Magdalena.

Johannes HILBURGER was born in 1650 in Schirmitz. He was a son of Matthias HILBURGER and Catharina KICK (she was a native of Moosbürg).

Matthias HILBURGER was born about 1620. He was a son of an elder Matthias HILBURGER, born about 1590.