Welcome to Beisser.com

This website provides:

• Genealogical information about the Beisser Family originally from Calw, Kingdom of Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Links to various Beisser activities found on the Internet
• Information about one of the Beisser family descendants, Fred Beisser, originally from Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, who now lives in Parker, Colorado, USA. His grandfather, Friedrich W. Beisser, came to Ohio, USA from Hansestadt Bremen in at the age of 17 in 1889. Fred's great grandfather had come from Calw to Bremen in 1862.
• Information about the direct line from Fred back to Albrecht Beisser who was born about 1577 and is the first Beisser found in Calw, Germany.

Calw coat of arms

Calw as it appeared in 1643. For a quick look at Calw as it looks today, click here.

A noted German poet and 1943 Nobel Prize recipient for literature, Herman Hesse (1877 to1962), appears in the Beisser family tree and was also from Calw.

Herman Hesse     

A number of Beissers found on the internet are:

• Beisser IT Solutions in London, England. BITS meets your needs for computer hardware, software and network support. The principal is from Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany. 

• Beisser Lumber Co. in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The founder, Johann Georg Beisser, established the initial operation in Fort Dodge, Iowa in the late 1800s and is originally from Wuerttemberg, Germany.

• Beisser Wurst und Fleischwaren in Hamburg, Germany since 1836. The founder of this sausage and meats company, Georg Christian Beisser, emigrated from Calw, Germany to the Free Hanseatic City/State of Hamburg in the early 1800s. 

• BEISSERMETALL located in Magstadt, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany was founded by Carl Beisser whose ancestors trace to Calw, Germany.

• Beisser Engineering Consultants of Santa Barbara, California, USA. Ken Beisser provides expert professional mechanical engineering services for architects, property and facility managers.

• Beisser's Ferienwohnung Sonnengarten in Haundorf, Bavaria, Germany and operated by Friedrich and Elke Beisser is great for a relaxing vacation.

• Franz X. Beisser, author, located in Virginia, USA who came to the United States at age 15 from Munich, Germany. Check out his books about life.

• Kris Beisser Matthies is a professional genealogist in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA who can serve your family research needs. She also traces her ancestry back to Calw, via the Free Hanseatic City/State of Bremen, Germany. 

• Jan Beisser, computer guru, has extensive capabilities in both UNIX ^TM and MS Windows ^TM and can help you in the San Francisco and Bay Areas of California. He also traces his heritage back through Bremen to Calw, Germany. He performs consulting or temporary computer and systems work while completing his education. Email him at jan@caustic.org.

Send Fred a note: frebei@denverlink.com