Palatine Bruch Families
Genealogies, resources, and histories of some of the Palatine Bruch families from the 16th-18th Centuries. Click on a location below to learn more about the Bruch families that lived there.
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Last updated: 9 March 2026
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A Wooly Bad Scandal
Bartel Bruch, the son of Nicolaus Bruch and grandson of Jacob Bruch, was a wool weaver in Birkenfeld and Buhlenberg in the early 17th Century. Wool weaving was one of the big industries in the Birkenfeld region around the turn of the 17th Century. There are no mentions of Bartel in the records of the…
The Old Church Field and the Early Bruch Family in Feckweiler
The Bruch family had deep roots in Feckweiler, with the first mention of the name “Bruchman” coming in 1366. The name is found in both the 1465 and 1500 tax registers for the village. The next surviving tax lists are from 1559 and 1563. In 1559, we find two Bruch men who are heads of…
Claus Bruch and His Siblings – the Disputes with Bruch Greth
Thanks to a series of inheritance disputes in the early 17th Century, we know that Claus Bruch of Achtelsbach, known as “Becker Claus (Baker Claus),” had a sister named Anna who was the first wife of Nicolaus Krauss of Birkenfeld. Krauss was known as “Bruch,” indicating that the Bruch name had clout at the time.…
Bruch Family History 