I believe that two Goehle related families came from Osthofen. Unfortunately, the Catholic Church records for Osthofen that are available through LDS only go back to 1721.

1. Several records for the Dannfald family in Herrnsheim indicate they were born in Osthofen in the late 1600s and early 1700s. See Dannfald

2. Agnes Wrylandt, who married Wilhlem Hoff, was born in Osthofen in the late 1600s. See Hoff

It is a very old community. The area was densely populated in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. Remains of Roman houses have been found in Osthofen. The first known written mention of Osthofen was in the Lorsch Codex of 784.

The name "Hofen" indicates a Frankish settlement and Fraconian-Merovinigan tombs have been discovered in the area. A church was dedicated to Saint Remigius in Frankish times.

Over the centuries the church and neighboring farms were incorporated into a fortified castle. Remains of the castle are still visible today.

St Catherine's Chapel contains Romanesque frescos from circa 1230.

From 1468-1798 the town belonged to the jurisdiction of Kurpfalz. Kurpfalz is the historical name for the Rhine Palatine territory.

There was a Nazi Concentration Camp in Osthofen. See Osthofen Concentration Camp

Bergkirche

Osthofen - Die Bergkirche 1902

The fields below the church are vineyards.

On the railroad from Mainz to Worms, close to the Rhine, has a court, one Catholic and two Protestant churches, a synagogue, sulfur source, viniculture, population 3,038.

Neues konversations-lexikon ein Wörterbuch des allgemeinen Wissens, 1866

Osthofen as Described in 1887

Ostova (784), Osthouen (1325), Osthoen (1330)

In 1332 the Honbach abbey was in the possession of the court and village of Osthoven.

In the 15h century the village was owned by bailiwick and partially separated. It was sold to Count Johann Wildgraf IV in 1438.... and something about Elector Ludwig IV of the Palatinate.

In 1468 Bishop of Worms, the Elector Friedrich Reinhard von der Pfalz was invested with the Bailiwick. Later we see the Palatinate in sole possession of the village court. So it remained until the French Revolution.

Roman and Frankish remains have been found in the area.

Kunstdenkmäler im Grossherzogthum Hessen: Inventarisirung und beschreibende ... 1887

Osthofen as Described in 1883

Important market town in the former Palatinate region about one and a half miles above Worms. Population about 3,167. The German kings, the bishops of Metz, Mainz and Worms, the monasteries of Hornbach, Mulheim and Lorsh, the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitallar all had significant assets here. Osthofen suffered during the Peasant War. A large part of the town was burned and the inhabitants were compelled, if they did not want to lose life and property, to make common cause with the rebels. On March 2, 1621 during the Thirty Year War Osthofen was completely burned to ash.

The Catholic church built in 1792 has towers dating to the 14th century. This church formerly belonged to the monastery of St John. The Templars from nearby Mulheim exercised the right of patronage over the church.

There is one Protestant church in the village and another on a hillside outside the village. This church is dedicated to St Remigius and the lower portion is build on the remains of a former castle.

There is a magnificent view of Worms from the hillside.

Das Grossherzogthum Hessen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 1883 Ferdinand Dieffenbach

Kunstdenkmäler im Grossherzogthum Hessen: Inventarisirung und beschreibende ... 1887

OSTHOFEN WEB SITE IN GERMAN

Wallreuther in Kiedrich, Worms and Herrnsheim

Anne Marie Margarethe Wallreuther married Phillip Anton Heyl in 1744. For more information on the Wallreuther family go to Wallreuther

Goehles in Herrnsheim

For information on the Goehle family in Herrnsheim go to Goehles in Herrnsheim

Peter Goehle in New York City

For information on Peter Goehle and his family in New York city go to Peter

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