St. Vinzenz in Illerich, Cochem-Zell District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, is a Parish church serving a municipality of approximately 724 people located in the Eifel of the Moselle valley.
Illerich was first settled in 1180; beginning in 1794 Illerich came under French rule until 1815 when the Congress of Vienna assigned the municipality to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1947, Illerich has been part of the state of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Illerich community is heavily focused on promoting physical outdoor recreational activities such as hiking to the many historical abbeys, monasteries, and castles. The community also takes pride in promoting its fine gastronomy. The St Vinzenz Church honors the lost sons of the community with a memorial plaque for WWI and WWII.
Translation: “On 9 October 1830, A. Barbara Kremer was born to parents Nicolaus Kremer and Katharina Wagener. A brother, Nicolaus Kremer was born 3 October 1831 and died 8 October 1832. The mother, Katharina died at child birth 3 October 1832. A. Barbara Kremer married Jacob Munch and migrated to America in 1854.”
Ancestors of the Kramer and Munch families were parishioners in this church and received spiritual benefits through sacramental blessings. Hand-written ledgers documenting these blessings are in Latin, German or French and are available at the church, diocese office, or other archives. The next two paragraphs on this page reference Kramer and Munch ancestral family records discovered at these locations.
Translation: “On 9 October 1830, A. Barbara Kremer was born to parents Nicolaus Kremer and Katharina Wagener. A brother, Nicolaus Kremer was born 3 October 1831 and died 8 October 1832. The mother, Katharina died at child birth 3 October 1832. A. Barbara Kremer married Jacob Munch and migrated to America in 1854.”
<3024> German text from church books provided by Karl-Heinz Giles, Church Street 4, 56814 Illerich, Germany in March of 2017. Pfeifer ancestral information found in the Illerich Pfarrkirche St. Vinzenz church records, p.276, “Barbara Kremer birth, 9 October 1830, Jacob Munch marriage and migration to America 1854.”
Sources:
“StVinzenzChurchRecords-Illerich.jpg,” translation; Niederscheidweiler, KB 3,P. 2, Bistumsarchiv Trier, Jesuitenstrasse, 54290, Bundesrepublic Deutschland, Germany.
Familien- und Ortssippenbuch der Katholischen Pfarreien Landkern und Illerich mit den Filiaigemeinden Greimersburg und Wirfus, Werner Schumacher, 1907, page 534.
Photo by Edward J. Pfeifer, 2017.
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