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European Focus Photography
Villages and Towns
Photographed to date

© Copyright 1997 by James A. Derheim and FEEFHS, all rights reserved
Latest Update: 5 May 1997(Links updated)

This is a list of the specific towns, villages and sites photographed by James A. Derheim, owner of European Focus Photography, from December 1991 to November 13, 1996. More than 50,000 negatives from the following locations are on file in my Sioux Falls, South Dakota office.


Ask Me For a Special Quote on a Photo Package of Your Ancestral Home:If you have an interest in a town or village that is not on this list, please allow me to write you a special proposal that will tell you exactly what a package on your ancestral town or village would cost. Don't simply wait for your town or village to be photographed for someone else.......you could be waiting a long, long time. There are literally thousands of villages in just Germany alone, a country that fits easily into our state of Montana.

Send your query to me at JDerheim@aol.com with your postal address.

The sheer length of this list and the hundreds of towns and villages that are listed here should tell you one thing - Genealogists place a great deal of trust and faith in me and my highly professional service. This list represents more than 400 individual genealogists, who like you, have always wondered what their ancestral village or town looks like (and now they know).

Note the correct German diacritical marks are used for the Place name, followed by alternate spellings as used by North Americans, so as to be recognized by the website search engine indexer: Place Name / Alternate Spelling / Alternate Spelling

Germany:



State of Hessen:

Kassel (and in the Kassel area)
Oberaula
Niederaula
Hausen
Kleba
Hann. Munden / Hannsatadt Munden
Löwenhagen / Loewenhagen / Lowenhagen Allendorf on Werra
Marburg
Arolsen
Seeheim (in the Odenwald near Darmstadt)
Darmstadt
Pfungstadt
Dieburg
Oberklingen
Oberschmitten
Jugenheim (Odenwald)
Michelstadt (Odenwald)
Lützelsachsen / Luetzelsachsen / Lutzelsachsen
Langen (very near Frankfurt am Main)
Castle of Auerbach, near Bensheim, Odenwald
Alsfeld (north of Frankfurt am Main, near Marburg)
Feldkrücken / Feldkrueken / Feldkruken (near Alsfeld)
Hohensolms (near Wetlar)
Dorlar (near Wetlar)
Griedelbach (near Wetzlar)
Homburg / Efze (near Kassel)
Schaafheim (near Babenhausen / Darmstadt)


State of Baden-Wuerttemberg:
Boll (Hechingen area, south of Stuttgart)
Bonfeld (photographed for the second time for a new client)
Steinsfurt
Sinsheim
Eschelbach (near Sinsheim)
Jewish cemetery at Waibstadt near Sinsheim
Ehrstädt / Ehrstaedt / Ehrstadt (near Sinsheim)
Reihen
Bad Wimpfen (historic fortified town on the Neckar River)
Grombach (Near Bonfeld/Sinsheim)
Jewish cemetery at Heinsheim (outside of Bad Rappenau)
Castle of Schloss Nieppurg at Nieppurg (Sinsheim area)
Adelshofen
Ubstadt
Riedlingen (fortified town in southern part of this state)
Echterdingen (near Stuttgart)
Heidelberg

The following are all in the area of Stuttgart:
Göttelfingen / Goettelfingen / Gottelfingen
Reinberg
Markgröningen / Markgroeningen / Markgroningen
Grötzingen / Groetzingen / Grotzingen
Sollingen
Kirchheim unter Teck
Wasserstetten
Dapfen
Neuffen
Bissingen an der Teck
Owen
Aidlingen
Grombach (near Altensteig)
Altensteig
Ebingen (Albstadt)
Bühl / Buehl / Buhl (Black Forest)
Ritterbach
Mössingen / Moessingen / Mossingen (Black Forest)
Dettenhausen
Ergenzingen
Rohrdorf


State of Rheinland-Pfalz:

Affler (near border with Luxembourg)
Alzey
Mauchenheim
Desloch
Abtweiler
Herbitzheim
Oppenheim

Meisenheim

Kirchheim-Bolanden
Kreigsfeld
Albisheim
Königsfeld / Koenigsfeld / Konigsfeld / (North West of Koblenz)
Wahlen (south of Trier)
Trier (Germany's oldest Roman city)
Hassloch (near Landau)
Hochstadt (near Landau)
Manubach
Oberdiebach
Oberheimbach
Essingen including the Jewish cemetery
Bellheim (near Landau)
Andernach (north of Koblenz on the Rhine River)
Ruppach (near Koblenz)
Bingen (on the Rhine near Mainz)
Ruchheim (near Speyer)
Erlenbach (near Speyer)
Speyer
Alsenborn (near Kaiserslautern)
Altenkirchen (near Kaiserslautern)
Kaiserslautern


State of Mecklinburg-Vorpommern

The following villages and towns are all in a cluster near Schwerin)
Warsow
Altkalen
Gnoien church
Bobbin
Rey
Gehmkendorf (very, very small village, two photos)
Jördenstorf church / Joerdenstorf church / Joerdenstorf church
Schorrentin
Finkenthal
Gross Methling church
Stubbendorf
Lehmkuhlen
Warsow (different one)
Uelitz
Zarnekow
Gransebeith
Voigtsdorf

Horst
Isle of Rugen
Stralsund
Klein Vielen
Peckatel
Anklum
Neubrandenburg

Hohenbollentin (these four are near Neubrandenburg)
Neu Kenzlin
Alt Kenzlin
Lindenburg

Löcknitz / Loecknitz / Locknitz (these three are near Stettin / Poland border)
Fahrenwalde
Neuenfeld

Rostock
Ribnitz (these were the very first towns photographed for a client in 1991!)


State of Sachsen-Anhalt:

Halle an der Salle


State of Nordrhein-Westfalen:

Eisern (near Siegen)
Rödgen / Roedgen / Rodgen
Siegen
Leuterod
Nomborn (both near Montabaur)
Montabaur
Dillenburg (north of Siegen)
Soest ( a walled town near Paderborn)
Venne
Meyerhöfen / Meyerhoefen / Meyerhofen

Volnsberg
Niederfischbach


State of Thuringia:

Friedrichroda
Dietharz

Langenleuba
Niederhain
Rubenheim church
Eisenberg
Schmölln / Schmoelln / Schmolln
Büdelsdorf / Buedelsdorf / Budelsdorf
Alt Duvenstedt
Westerrönfeld / Westerroenfeld / Westerronfeld
Udestedt
Kleinfahner
Weimar
Gotha
Dachwig
Schmalkalden (kurort near Eisenach)
Muhlhausen
Billeben (small town near Muhlhausen)
Stotternheim
Klein Molsen
Erfurt
Suß / Suess / Suss (near Eisenach)
Braunsrode
Kirchgandern


State of Niedersachsen

Ankum
Bremen
Sottrum
Eyendorf
interior of church at Salzhausen, near Eyendorf

Benneckenstein (Harz)
Vienenberg
Osterwieck
Gross Felda (Harz)


State of Bavaria (Bayern)

Nürnberg / Nuernberg / Nurnberg
Sulzbach
Aichach

Wendsdorf
Schwaighausen
Fernabrünst / Fernabruenst / Fernabrunst
Deberndorf

Moosbach (these four are near the Czech Border)
Heumaden
Teuntz
Pischdorf

Berg (small town near Hof)
Schlegel (small town near Hof)
Hof
Poppenreuth
Speilberg
Munchberg
Venska
Töpen / Toepen / Topen

Castle of Neuschwanstein
Königsberg in Bayern / Koenigsberg in Bayern / Konigsberg in Bayern (near Bamberg)
Euerdorf
Trimberg
Rothenburg o.d. Tauber
Adelhofen
Feucht (these three near Nuernberg)
Schwarzenbruck
Burgthann
Pfaffenweiler

Kleinhoppersdorf
Warzfelden church

Burglein (these villages near Ansbach) Wendorf
Schwaighausen
Weissenbronn church


State of Schleswig-Holstein:
Badegow
Itzehoe

Kiel
Hohn
Elsdorf

Tönningstedt / Toenningstedt / Tonningstedt (all four are north of Hamburg)
Jersbeck
Fredesdorf
Leezen church interiors only

Celle (south of Hamburg)

The following are all small towns near Flensburg:

Munkbrarup
Ulstrip
Wees
Massbull
Grundhoff
Rosgaard
Norderbrarup
Brarupholz


France:



Alsace locations:
Reippertswiller
Vendenheim (these four are all on the outskirts of Strasbourg)
Bischheim
Berstett
Eckwersheim
Seebach (near Wissembourg)
Wissembourg
Gumbrechtshofen
Zutzendorf
Schoenburg
Pfalzweyer (northern Alsace, Vosges mountains)

Strasbourg
Le Havre
Thiepval WWI Monument
Lille
Sauchy Lestree (near Cambrai)


Southeastern France:

Dampierre les Bois (near Swiss border)


Poland:

Chodziez (near Pila and Poznan)
Srbrnogora (near Chodziez)

Grzmiaca
Wierchowo

Lisewo (northern Poland)

Byszyno (near Bialogard)
Ciechanow (north of Warsaw)
Tylmanowa (southern Poland near Zakopane)
Kroscienko (southern Poland near Zakopane)

Pieszyce (southwest Poland)
Debno (southwest Poland)

Wisniowo Elckie (these four villages are near Suwalki in northeast Poland) Kaleczyny
Kucze
Pisanica

Opoki (near Torun)
Grabie (near Torun)
Wyrzysk (near Torun)

Nietuszkowo (these four villages are north of Chodziez, south of Pila (Poznan area)
Nowa Wies Ujska
Ujscie
Byszki
Skrzetusz (near Poznan)

Lag (northern Poland near Suwalki)
Buckowo
Domochowo (near Koszalin, reshoots for another client)

Near Bydgoszcz:
Radwanki
Zakrzewek
Zakerzewska Kolonia
Sepolno
Wiecbork
Naklo

All near Koszalin:
Stare Debno
Wojslawiec
Slawa
Cieszeniewo
Modrzewo
Dobrzany
Ognica
Dolice

Kaleczyny (these five are all near Szczecin)
Roby
Resko
Nowogard
Troszczyno

Borzytuchom (Born Tuchom)
Tuchomko (Klein Tuchom)
Tuchomie (Gross Tuchom)

Kielpino (near Gdansk)
Goreczyn
Sliwice
Lesno

Bobolice
Buckowo
Domochowo

Marienowo (Marienfliess)
Wiechowo (Buche)

Wierchowo
Grabczyn

Polczyn Zdroj
Glubczyn
Skepe (near Torun)

Trabki (Trampke)
Kornik

Piaseczno (Patzig)
Trzin Sko Zdroj (Bad Schoenfliess)
Goralice (Gorlsdorf)

Pniewo (Pinnow)
Lubica (Gross Hertzberg)
Zoltnica (Soltnitz)

Izbiczno
Bieganin
Bieganin Hauland
Polskie
Ludwina
Sowina
Dobra Nadzieja

A special project: The route of the march of the POWs from Zagan to Spremburg - from Stalag Luft IV (Site of the film and true story, "The Great Escape")

All the following villages and towns are near Rszesow:

Pilzno
Leki Gorne
Leki Dolne
Chorkowka
Zrecin
Jaslo
Siedliska Bogusz
Jarienowka
Lipnica Gorne
Lipnica Dolne
Debowiec
Biecz
Skolyszyn
Slawecin
Jablonica
Twierdza
Siedliska Bogusz
Kamienica Gorna
Baczalka
Januskowice
Frysztak
Lubla
Latoszyn
Debica
Broniszow
Brzeziny
Pryzybowka


Italy:



Roggiano Gravina (near Cosenza)
Lappano (near Campobasso)
Cervinara (near Benevento, in Campobasso region)
San Leo (near Pesaro, east coast)
Montegrimano (near Pesaro)
Fossato Serralta (near Catanzaro, Calabria)
Roseto Valfortore (near Campobasso)
Calvello (near Potenza)
Nusco (near Avellino)
San Giuliano del Sannio (near Ferrazzano / Campobasso)
Mirabello Sannitico (near Ferrazzano / Campobasso)
Vinchiaturo (near Campobasso)
Cerreto Sannita (near Benevento, north of Naples)
Candida (the following are all near Avellino/northeast of Naples)
Castelvetere Sul Calore
Chiusano di San Domenico
Serino

Switzerland:



Berneck (these three are near St. Gallen)
Salez
Bischofszell

Steg (these three are near Zurich)
Wald
Fischenthal
Bern
Courterlary (near Bienne)
Niederbipp (near Bern)
Radelfingen (near Bern)


England:



East Sussex:
Robertsbridge
Hastings
Ingleton
Icklesham
Winchelsea
Rye
Old Romney Marsh- St. Clements Church
Brighton
Chailey
Plus various countryside photographs in East Sussex


Kent:
Canterbury
Wingham
Ash
Sandwich
Deal
Dover
Elham
Chartham
Chilham
Charing
Lenham


Buckinghamshire:
Marlow


Berkshire:
Eton (college)


Surrey:
Farnham
Godalming
Grayswood
Kingsley Green


West Sussex:
Midhurst
Singleton
Lavant
Chichester
Portsmouth


Hampshire:
Portsmouth
Southampton
Lyndhurst
Lymington


Dorset:
Christchurch
Dorchester
Chideock


Devon:
Exeter
Crediton
Newton St. Cyres
Okehampton
Hatherleigh
Great Torrington
Bideford
Barnstaple
Tiverton


Somerset:
Wellington
Taunton


Wexford:
Fern


Ireland:



Wexford Country:
Fern


Kilkenny County:
Inistioge
Thomastown
Freshford
Castlecomer
Kilkenny
Callan


Tipperary County:
Carrick on Suir
Tipperary
Clonmel
Thurles
Cashel
Clonmel


Cork County:
Glanworth
Fermoy
Youghal
Midleton
Cork
Cobh (this is the port that millions of Irish people sailed from)


Kerry County:
Killarney


Limerick County:
Newcastle
Adare
Ballingarry
Kilmallock
Effin
Bruff
Grange


Belgium:

Antwerp
Tessenderloo
Langdorp


Hungary:

Tolscva (north of Tokaj, near the Slovakia border)

Slovakia:

Lucina (there four are near Bardejov, northeastern Slovakia)
Zamatov
Richvald
Mikova
Sucha
Staskovce
Medzilaborce (including the Jewish cemetery there)
Pstrina
Dubinne
Hanusovce
Vislava
Ladomirova (including the Jewish cemetery there)
Stropkov (including the Jewish cemetery there)
Zdiar (in the High Tatra mountains)


Czech Republic:



Marianske Lazne (old Marienbad)
and three very small villages surrounding this town
- Lazy (Perlsberg)
- Toepl (Tepla)
- Vlkowitz (Wilkowitz)
- Sitiny

Osek
Stara Dobev
Prague


Sweden:



Haven
Bjorkberg (both far northern Sweden, 300 kms from Stockholm)

Stockholm
Goteboerg

Vasterstad
Malmo


Norway:



Oslo port area
Vinstra (north of Lillehammer)
Veldre (north of Lillehammer)
Furnes church
Miscellaneous photos from the county of Ringsakerr


Luxembourg



Bechem, Luxembourg (south of Luxembourg city)


Austria



Halbturn, Austria (30 miles east of Vienna)
Drassmarkt, Austria


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