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GOV Historical Gazetteer

io.github.ianderso/gov-gazetteer-mcp · v0.1.0

German historical gazetteer GOV: a place's name, Kreis, parish and Standesamt in any year.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add gov-gazetteer-mcp -e GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR=<GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR> -e GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT=<GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT> -e GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL=<GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL> -e GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT=<GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT> -- uvx gov-gazetteer-mcp==0.1.0
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-gazetteer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gov-gazetteer-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-gazetteer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gov-gazetteer-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "gov-gazetteer-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gov-gazetteer-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL>",
        "GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT": "<GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR
Optional
Directory for the on-disk response cache.
GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT
Optional
HTTP timeout in seconds for one request.
GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL
Optional
Least seconds between two requests to GOV. Never below 1.
GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT
Optional
An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so CompGen can reach whoever runs the server.

Details

Package[email protected] (PYPI, stdio)
First published11 Oct 2026
Last updated11 Oct 2026
Registry nameio.github.ianderso/gov-gazetteer-mcp

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