Georg Ludwig Feick and Elisabethe Schwebel were married April 29, 1922
in Groß-Bieberau, Darmstadt-Dieburg Hesse, Germany
in Groß-Bieberau, Darmstadt-Dieburg Hesse, Germany
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This is the record of the marriage of grandparents Georg Ludwig Feick and Elisabethe Schwebel. Ludwig is 10 years her senior. Both of their fathers are relatively young but this marriage must have been particularly important to the Feick family especially as Ludwig was now an only child, Both of his brothers, Peter and Karl, had died during World War I. I thought it rather unusual initially that the wedding was in the home town of the husband and not the wife, as was the usual. However both of the participants were most likely members of the church parish of Groß- Bieberau. The parish church being in the town proper of Groß-Bieberau it is there that it is recorded. The marriage is reported by the Reinheim official so it could very well have been celebrated in her home of Reinheim. Or celebrated at all? Germany at this time was financially and morally beaten low after the loss of World War I. Unemployment rose higher and higher. Not only did Germany loose 13% of its land but it also was faced with reparation payments to France and Great Britain that Germany could not afford, Germany began printing exaggerated amounts of money. This threw Germany into a state of super inflation. Inflation reached the point where millions of marks were worthless.
It was quite likely that life was so difficult people had not the money or desire to celebrate much of anything. Perhaps they quietly said their vows in the pastors presence and went home, but then again I am just guessing, I will never know.
Information from this record:
• Registering the 29 April 1922 marriage #10 in Groß Bieberau
• Schreiner (carpenter) George Ludwig Feick, born 3 November 1887, birth #34 registered in Groß-Bieberau, resides in Groß-Bieberau
• Elisabethe Schwebel, no occupation, born 25 May 1897, birth #24 registered in Reinheim, resides in Reinheim
• father of the groom Schreinermeister (Master Carpenter) Johann Friedrich Feick, resides in Groß-Bieberau, age 61 yr. old
• father of the bride Schreinermeister (Master Carpenter) Friedrich Schwebel, resides in Reinheim,
age 54 yr. old
age 54 yr. old
• attested by the above four people and the civil office in Reinheim
The additional hand stamps on the top right of the first page indicate this record was accessed in 1966 and the date of Elisabetes death is mentioned as 1938.
GERMAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920's
