The earliest-known members of the Preiss family lived in the town of Brenz an der Brenz in what is now
the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.  In the late 1600s, two brothers moved to Erbach, in what is
now the German state of Hessen.  About 1750, the family moved a few miles west to the village of Gadernheim.  Finally, in 1831, Christian and Nicholas Preiss immigrated to America.

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Castle in Brenz an der Brenz, southern Germany.  The earliest known
members of the Preiss family are mentioned in church records from the town.

Castle in Brenz an der Brenz.

Protestant church in Brenz an der Brenz.

Hans Preyss' marriage record from 1651 in Brenz.

Erbach
Odenwald region of Hessen.  Home of the Preiss family from the late 1600s to the mid-1700s.

Lutheran church and town hall in Erbach.

Erbach's castle, left, and Lutheran church.

Erbach, with Lutheran church at left.

Han Wilhelm Preiss' birth record from 1688 in Erbach.

Gadernheim in the Odenwald.

Smithy in Gadernheim, possible site of the home of the Preiss family, who were
blacksmiths.

Gadernheim's town hall.

Protestant church in Reichenbach, which was the parish of the Preiss family when they
lived in Gadernheim.

Palace of the grand-dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt in Darmstadt.  Gadernheim was part of 
Hesse-Darmstadt when the Preisses lived in the town. 

Christian Preiss' birth record, with note that he immigrated in 1831.

Nicholas Preiss' birth record, with note that he immigrated in 1831.

Nicholas Preiss' signature from church records.