Europe beyond Switzerland
Germany and the rest of Europe
Mapped offline 2026-09-27; index-only.
Summary
- Records placed: 89 (85 proven, 2 probable, 2 possible); 65 Hegnauers; 27 couples with a Hegnauer husband and 14 Hegnauer women married into other families. Plus four English census entries left unplaced (see README).
- Baden, Catholic (Breisgau and Baar), 1665–1701: Casparus son of Joannis × Catharina Boier (m. 1665); Petrus × Maria Jeger (Joseph 1677); Peter × Anna Schertzinger (four children 1682–1688; the 1686 baptism is also indexed at Bleichheim, Emmendingen); Jacobus × Anna Ganter (Maria 1683, indexed both under the Archdiocese of Freiburg and at Blumberg, Donaueschingen — on the Swiss border north of Schaffhausen); Barbara (bur. 1701); Margaretha × Michael Seiter (1818); Adam × Susanna Hils (undated). "Freiburg" in the index is the archdiocese, not the parish.
- Baden, Lutheran (Markgräflerland): Michael son of Melchior × Dorothea Weissler (Wollbach 1691); Johann × Christine Schäufele (Mannheim 1904). The Basel families spill over into Lörrach and Müllheim (Rudin 1867–1874, Eckerlin 1877–1879; charted in Swiss cities and other cantons: Basel, Bern, St. Gallen, Zürich city, Luzern, and entries without a parish).
- Württemberg: Catholic Upper Swabia — four Hegnauer women married at Zußdorf (Wilhelmsdorf, Ravensburg) 1682–1712 (Gebhard, Diepolt, Egler, Thene) and two burials there (1712, 1737); Josephus × Maria Mayer (Schussenried 1724); Johannes × Magdalena Tilger (Stafflangen 1824). Lutheran — Martin son of Hanns (Gerlingen 1607–1627); a Hohenlohe/Tauber cluster: Anna Salome Catharina daughter of Ludwig (Wachbach 1694), Friedrich Ernst (Niedernhall 1803), Johann Georg (Westgartshausen 1810), Georg Adam son of Johann Jacob (Freudenbach 1811); and the Uster-born Elisabeth at Brackenheim/Ochsenburg 1877.
- Bavaria and Franconia: Roman × Maria Lamermair (Pfaffenhofen 1852), Wendelin (1821–1871), Philipp × Catharina Schenkel (Palatinate 1907), and Nuremberg 1910–1951: Josef × Philomena Ipfelkofer (m. 1910; she d. 1921), Joseph × Marie Hochmuth (m. 1922; probably the same Josef remarrying), Maria × Ludwig Leonhard Oßmann (1930), Otto Johann × Maria Wittenzellner (1934), Josef d. 1951. Carl Hegnauer × Freida Ordinger (daughter Rosa b. 1938 at Fürth, later Texas: H0599/H0600) is not in the German extract; he fits a son of Josef × Philomena (b. c.1910–1915) — possible only, not linked.
- North and east: Prenzlau 1639, Peterswalde (Pomerania) 1677, Neuheide (Elbing) 1824, Hesse-Nassau (Arnold b. 1861, m. 1889). These isolated entries are more likely misreadings of Hegner/Hagenauer than Hegnauers.
- France: Joannes, son of Martin Hegenauer (Saverne 1763), Anna Maria × Jacob Meyer (Sélestat 1778), Elisabeth × Jean Ulrich Huber (Paris 1850), Louise b. 1866 Nîmes (Lunel 1906). Austria: Matthias × Helena (1724); Adamus × Susanna (Carinthia, undated). Bohemia: Elisabeth × Eduard Lischka (1875). England: Edward × Muriel Edith (Camberwell 1919), Henrietta (1869–1947). Portugal: Cecilia Jauner Hegnauer (1798–1870, Lisbon).
- Links to the Swiss lines: only through the Swiss-born people above (Uster → Brackenheim; Basel → Lörrach and Müllheim; La Chaux-de-Fonds → Rotterdam). No German family is shown by any record to come from Switzerland or to have sent anyone there.
Descendant chart
Chart format: Name (b./bapt. – d./bur.) [person key] {occurrence IDs}; × introduces a spouse with the marriage and the family key; children are indented under their parents' marriage. A link that is not proven carries ‹link: probable› or ‹link: possible› (reasons in the evidence section). A date followed by ? comes from a record attached only as possible. Spouses' origins are shown only where a record states or implies them. H-IDs are people already in the study (data/people.csv is their master). Dates are those of the FamilySearch index; no register image has been read (index-only).
Hanns Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-001] {O03238} × (spouse not named) [DE-WUERT-F01]
- Martin Hegnauer (b. c.1607 – bur. 9 April 1627) [DE-WUERT-002] {O03237}
Christian Hegnauer [DE-NORD-001] {O03262} × (spouse not named) [DE-NORD-F01]
- (name not indexed) Hegnauer (– bur. 4 June 1639) [DE-NORD-002] {O03263}
Joannes Hegnauer [DE-NORD-003] {O03268} × Elisabeth (unknown) [DE-NORD-004] [DE-NORD-F02]
- Catharina Hegnauer (bapt. November 1677) [DE-NORD-005] {O03267}
Petrus Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-001] {O02549} × Maria Jeger [DE-BADEN-002] [DE-BADEN-F04]
- Joseph Hegnauer (bapt. 28 January 1677) [DE-BADEN-003] {O02548}
Peter Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-004] {O02993, O03101, O03103, O03105, O03107} × Anna Schertzinger [DE-BADEN-005] [DE-BADEN-F05]
Jacobus Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-010] {O02546, O02990} × Anna Ganter [DE-BADEN-011] [DE-BADEN-F06]
Josephus Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-005] {O02581} × Maria Mayer [DE-WUERT-006] [DE-WUERT-F05]
- Caspar Hegnauer (bapt. 6 January 1724) [DE-WUERT-007] {O02580}
Matthias Hegnauer [AT-X-001] {O02390} × Helena (unknown) [AT-X-002] [AT-X-F01]
- Franciscus Antonius Hegnauer (bapt. 21 March 1724) [AT-X-003] {O02391}
Martin Hegenauer [FR-X-001] {} × Catharina Schmitt [FR-X-002] [FR-X-F01]
- Joannes Hegnauer (b. 1763, bapt. 27 December 1763) [FR-X-003] {O02414}
Friedrich Ernst Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-008] {O03208} × Maria Christiana (unknown) [DE-WUERT-009] [DE-WUERT-F07]
- Carolina Christina Catharina Hegnauer (bapt. 8 May 1803) [DE-WUERT-010] {O03209}
Johann Georg Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-011] {O03205} × Maria Barbara (unknown) [DE-WUERT-012] [DE-WUERT-F08]
- Maria Margarethe Hegnauer (bapt. 10 September 1810) [DE-WUERT-013] {O03204}
Johannes Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-014] {O02572} × Magdalena Tilger [DE-WUERT-015] [DE-WUERT-F10]
- Johannes Hegnauer (– d. 12 September 1824, bur. 14 September 1824) [DE-WUERT-016] {O02573}
Roman Hegnauer [DE-BAY-001] {O02497} × Maria Lamermair [DE-BAY-002] [DE-BAY-F01]
- Andreas Hegnauer (b. 21 May 1852, bapt. 21 May 1852) [DE-BAY-003] {O02498}
Rudolph Hegnauer [DE-NORD-006] {O03261} × Anna Maria (unknown) [DE-NORD-007] [DE-NORD-F03]
- Arnold Hegnauer (b. 11 August 1861) [DE-NORD-008] {O03260}
Johann Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-013] {O03228} × Christine Schäufele [DE-BADEN-014]; m. 13 February 1904, Mannheim [DE-BADEN-F08]
Philipp Hegnauer [DE-BAY-004] {O02336} × Catharina Schenkel [DE-BAY-005] [DE-BAY-F02]
- Elisabetha Magdalena Hegnauer (b. 31 January 1907, bapt. 17 February 1907) [DE-BAY-006] {O02337}
Josef Hegnauer (– d. March 1951?) [DE-BAY-007] {O03018, O03019, O03023} × Philomena Ipfelkofer (– d. February 1921) [DE-BAY-008] {O03020, O03021}; m. 7 February 1910, Nuremberg [DE-BAY-F03] × Marie Hochmuth [DE-BAY-009] {O03022}; m. May 1922, Nuremberg [DE-BAY-F04] ‹probable›
Edward Hegnauer [UK-X-001] {O03128} × Muriel Edith (unknown) [UK-X-002] {O03129} [UK-X-F01]
- Ernest Maxwell Hegnauer (bapt. 8 June 1919) [UK-X-003] {O03127}
Otto Johann Hegnauer [DE-BAY-012] {O03016} × Maria Wittenzellner [DE-BAY-013] {O03015}; m. January 1934, Nuremberg [DE-BAY-F06]
Adam Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-017] {O02294, O03655} × Susanna Hils [DE-BADEN-018] [DE-BADEN-F09]
Johann Jacob Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-021] {O03202} × (spouse not named) [DE-WUERT-F06]
- Georg Adam Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-022] {O03203} × Maria Catharina Richter [DE-WUERT-023]; m. 1811, Freudenbach (Mergentheim) [DE-WUERT-F09]
Joannis Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-019] {O02551} × (spouse not named) [DE-BADEN-F01]
- Casparus Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-020] {O02550} × Catharina Boier [DE-BADEN-021]; m. 27 September 1665, Archdiocese of Freiburg (parish not in the index) [DE-BADEN-F02]
Ludwig Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-024] {O03206} × (spouse not named) [DE-WUERT-F02]
- Anna Salome Catharina Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-025] {O03207} × Georg Adolph Müller [DE-WUERT-026]; m. 9 September 1694 [DE-WUERT-F04]
- Melchior Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-024] {O03227} × (spouse not named) [DE-BADEN-F03]
- Michael Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-025] {O03226} × Dorothea Weissler [DE-BADEN-026]; m. 18 May 1691, Wollbach (Lörrach) [DE-BADEN-F07]
Hegnauer women married into other families (parents not identified)
Magdalena Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-003] {O02582, O02592, O02593} × Felix Gebhard [DE-WUERT-004]; m. 31 May 1682 [DE-WUERT-F03]
Maria Hegnauer [DE-BAY-010] {O03017} × Ludwig Leonhard Oßmann [DE-BAY-011]; m. 22 March 1930 [DE-BAY-F05]
(name not indexed) Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-015] {O03230} × Nikolaus Arbert [DE-BADEN-016] [DE-BADEN-F10]
Anna Maria Hegnauer [FR-X-004] {O02426} × Jacob Meyer [FR-X-005] [FR-X-F02]
Anna Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-017] {O02590, O02591} × Adam Diepolt [DE-WUERT-018] [DE-WUERT-F11]
Catharina Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-019] {O02583, O02587, O02588, O02589} × Johann Adam Egler [DE-WUERT-020] [DE-WUERT-F12]
Elisabeth Hegnauer [FR-X-006] {O02634} × Jean Ulrich Huber [FR-X-007] [FR-X-F03]
Elisabeth Hegnauer [CZ-X-001] {O02389} × Eduard Lischka [CZ-X-002] [CZ-X-F01]
Magdalena Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-027] {O02585} × Michael Thene [DE-WUERT-028] [DE-WUERT-F13]
Margaretha Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-022] {O02552} × Michael Seiter [DE-BADEN-023] [DE-BADEN-F11]
(name not indexed) Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-029] {O03234} × Wilhelm Matner [DE-WUERT-030] [DE-WUERT-F14]
- (name not indexed) Hegnauer [DE-NORD-009] {O03266} × George Schroeter [DE-NORD-010] [DE-NORD-F04]
People with no family link
- Barbara Hegnauer (– bur. 2 May 1701) [DE-BADEN-027] {O02995}
- Wendelin Hegnauer (b. 1821 – d. 17 May 1871, bur. 18 May 1871) [DE-BAY-014] {O02496}
- Anna Hegnauer (– bur. 8 September 1712) [DE-WUERT-031] {O02586}
- Catharina Hegnauer (– bur. 21 July 1737) [DE-WUERT-032] {O02584}
- Louise Hegnauer (b. 1866) [FR-X-008] {O03178}
- Cecilia Jauner (b. 1798 – d. 23 October 1870, bur. 23 Oct 1870) [PT-X-001] {O03978}
- Henrietta Hegnauer (b. 1869 – d./bur. 17 March 1947) [UK-X-004] {O03307, O03445, O03446}
- Jean Hegnauer [UK-X-005] {O03949}
Evidence for the generational links
- Martin Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-002] → DE-WUERT-F01: proven — burial at Gerlingen 9 Apr 1627: b. 1607, father Hanns Hegnauer
- (name not indexed) Hegnauer [DE-NORD-002] → DE-NORD-F01: proven — burial at Prenzlau 4 Jun 1639 of a child of Christian Hegnauer
- Johannes Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-016] → DE-WUERT-F10: proven — burial 14 Sep 1824 at Stafflangen names his parents Johannes Hegnauer × Magdalena Tilger
- Arnold Hegnauer [DE-NORD-008] → DE-NORD-F03: proven — Hesse-Nassau civil index: b. 11 Aug 1861, parents Rudolph Hegnauer × Anna Maria; married 10 Oct 1889
- Georg Adam Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-022] → DE-WUERT-F06: proven — his 1811 marriage names his father Johann Jacob Hegnauer
- Casparus Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-020] → DE-BADEN-F01: proven — his 1665 marriage names his father Joannis Hegnauer
- Anna Salome Catharina Hegnauer [DE-WUERT-025] → DE-WUERT-F02: proven — her 1694 marriage names her father Ludwig Hegnauer
- Michael Hegnauer [DE-BADEN-025] → DE-BADEN-F03: proven — his 1691 marriage names his father Melchior Hegnauer
Merges
- DE-BADEN-F06 Jacobus Hegnauer × Anna Ganter: the baptism of 1683 is indexed twice: Archdiocese of Freiburg and Blumberg (Donaueschingen) - the parish is Blumberg, on the Swiss border north of Schaffhausen
- DE-BAY-F04 Josef Hegnauer × Marie Hochmuth: Joseph Hegnauer remarries fifteen months after the death of Philomene: taken to be the same man (probable)
Open questions
- Nuremberg–Fürth: Josef's birth and origin (Nuremberg civil registers 1910); children of Josef × Philomena 1910–1920; Carl × Freida Ordinger's marriage (Fürth, 1930s).
- Baden Catholic families (1665–1701): parishes behind "Freiburg"; Blumberg and Bleichheim registers. Blumberg lies next to the canton Schaffhausen: a Swiss connection is geographically plausible but unrecorded.
- Zußdorf (1682–1737): the four Hegnauer women there are probably sisters; their parents' marriage (c.1650–1665) would anchor a Catholic Upper-Swabian stem.
- Lutheran Hohenlohe/Tauber cluster (1694–1811): one family? The Wachbach, Niedernhall, Westgartshausen and Freudenbach registers.
- Check doubtful readings (Prenzlau, Peterswalde, Neuheide, the Chorley census) against the images before counting them as Hegnauers.