The Rh. Bavaria (Pfalz) remained part of Bavaria well beyond 1871 - until at least 1918. David Samuelsen "Robert E. Hausman" wrote: > > Marie, you wrote: > > >While looking at the FHC site for baptismal records online...I keep seeing > >Gönnheim, Pfalz, Bayern....but not my Gönnheim, Rhine, Germany, are these two > >different places? > > > >When I checked map for Gönnheim Rhine it was in the Palantine area...not in > >the Bavarian area which I believe Bayern stands for. > > > >Would appreciate some clarification from those of you more knowledgeable with > >Germany areas. > > The Palatinate (Pfalz) was given to Bavaria in 1815 after Napoleon was driven > out. The tradition of government in the German Empire was that the head of > state was either royalty or an elector. The elector might be lay or > ecclesiastic > but always owed allegiance to the Hapsburg Emperor in Austria. > > The Elector Palatinate had been a major force in earlier German history but, > after 150 years of invasions and devastation the line was extinct and the power > gone. Thus, the fate of the Palatinate was in the hands of Metternich, the > Emperor's chancellor. Left alone, he would have made it a direct territory > of the Hapsburg emperor but internal politics in Vienna argued for a compact > Austria centered around the traditional territories of Austria and > Hungary. Thus, > he had to hand it off to someone and the semi-independent Bavarian monarchy > was convenient. > > The Pfalz remained "Bavarian" until it became part of the new German Empire > in 1871. > > The IGI classes the Pfalz as part of Bayern as it was 1815-1871. Perhaps, > they also needed a place to put it. > > Rob Hausman > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Robert E. Hausman > hausman@bu.edu > www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html > > HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS > > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > to unsubscribe