Research in name directories and discover family research!
Researching genealogical connections touches on life circumstances, social status or the family's relationship structure - who knows what you might stumble across, including surprising findings and uncovered secrets. But at first glance, the broad field of genealogy is as confusing as some intergenerational family relationships. To help you shed light on your own ancestral line and get to know your ancestors, the town archive presents you with a valuable tool: the online provision of name directories in the form of scanned original books with lists of personal names, residential addresses and corresponding document numbers - starting with the year 1876, i.e. you can expect old German and new German handwriting, later written by typewriter.
The separation of church and state led to the nationwide establishment of registry offices on 1 January 1876. While today the registry office in the Alte Post is responsible for the whole of Radebeul, for a certain period in the history of Lößnitz there were once 4 different registry office districts, including Kötzschenbroda, Wahnsdorf and Naundorf. Accordingly, the name directories are sorted into these 4 categories of independently run registry offices.
Naundorf registry office (1906-1923)
From 1 May 1906 to 12 November 1923, the Naundorf registry office district was run by an independent registry office, which was located at what was then Schulstraße 39 (now Bertheltstraße 16).
In addition to Naundorf, it was also responsible for the municipality of Zitzschewig.
This independence was then dissolved and both Naundorf and Zitzschewig became part of the Kötzschenbroda registry office district. For marriages and deaths in Naundorf/Zitzschewig before May 1906 and from 12 November 1923, please search the name indexes of the Kötzschenbroda registry office.
Naundorf registry office: Name indexes for marriages
Registry office Naundorf: Name registers of deaths
Wahnsdorf registry office (1931-1934)
From 01.01.1876 to 30.06.1931, the municipality of Wahnsdorf belonged to the Reichenberg registry office. The independent Wahnsdorf registry office then existed from 01.07.1931 to 31.03.1934 at Graue-Presse-Weg 5, after which it became part of the Radebeul registry office district.
Wahnsdorf registry office: Register of names for marriages
Registry office Wahnsdorf: Name registers of deaths
Registry office Kötzschenbroda (1876-1934 and 1935-1936 as registry office Radebeul II)
The Kötzschenbroda/Radbeul II registry office carried out the registration of births, marriages and deaths in the former Niederlößnitz town hall (Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 1) without interruption from 1 January 1876 to 31 December 1936.
However, it briefly changed its name: from 01.01.1935 to 31.12.1936 it was called the Radebeul II registry office.
It was responsible for the municipalities of:
- Kötzschenbroda,
- Lindenau,
- Niederlößnitz,
- Naundorf and Zitzschewig since autumn 1923 (see above: Naundorf registry office).
After the merger of the two towns of Kötzschenbroda and Radebeul in 1935 to form Radebeul in its current form, the two registry office districts also merged to form the entire Radebeul registry office district on 1 January 1937.
Kötzschenbroda registry office: Name indexes for births
For enquiries about persons born between 1905 and 1910, please write to
Kötzschenbroda registry office: register of names of marriages
The 1931-1936 index of marriages is divided into two parts: The first file contains the surnames of the husbands from A to Z. The second file contains the birth names of the wives from A to Z.
Registry office Kötzschenbroda: Name indexes of deaths
Registry office Radebeul (since 01.01.1876)
The Radebeul registry office included:
- From 01.01.1876 until today the municipality of Radebeul, later the town of Radebeul
- From 1876 to 30.04.1878 Pieschen and Trachenberge
- From 1876 to 1885 Kaditz, Mickten, Trachau and Übigau
- From 1876 Serkowitz and Oberlößnitz
- From 01.03.1934 Wahnsdorf (previously part of Reichenberg from 1876 and its own registry office from 01.07.1931 to 31.03.1934, see above)
- From 01.01.1937 Kötzschenbroda (previously independent, from 1935 to 1936 as registry office Radebeul II, see above)
- From 01.07.1931 to 01.06.1967 Boxdorf (previously Reichenberg was responsible)
- From 01.01.1962 to 31.12.2000 Friedewald (previously part of Reichenberg from 1876 and independent from 01.07.1931 to 31.12.1936, from 01.01.2001 Moritzburg became responsible)
- From 01.04.1965 to 31.12.2000 Reichenberg (previously independent and from 01.01.2001 also part of Moritzburg)
Radebeul registry office: Name registers for births
Registry office Radebeul: Registers of names for marriages
The index of names 1927-1936 for marriages is divided into 2 parts: The first file contains the surnames of the husbands from A to Z. The second file contains the birth names of the wives from A to Z.
Registry office Radebeul: Name indexes for deaths
Contact city archive
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Under the responsibility of the city archives
- Births from 1876: exact date minus 110 years
- Marriages from 1876: exact date minus 80 years
- Deaths from 1876: exact date minus 30 years
Please note:
Due to personal information that is subject to data protection, it is unfortunately not possible to publish all the name directories available in the town archives.
Instructions for using the name indexes
- First of all, you need to know that the books are sorted alphabetically and organised by year.
- When searching for a particular letter, it is also important to note that there are additions due to lack of space at the back of the index.
- If I search in the correct registry office, should I actually look in the Wahnsdorf name index instead of the Radebeul name index? Therefore, make sure you are looking in the right place.
- The birth registers must always be searched for the birth name, while the last valid spelling must be used for deaths.
- The name lists of marriages are sometimes divided into two parts: first according to the husband's surname and in the second part of the book according to the wife's maiden name.
Have you discovered one of your ancestors? Send us an e-mail to if you would like to order the corresponding register extract. Please always state the relevant registry office for the register numbers + year.