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Louise, what you're actually referring to is Baumholder, Rhineland, Prussia. However, Baumholder did not become Prussian until 1834. In the time period your're referring to, Baumholder was located in what was then the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibruecken (in German: Pfalz-Zweibrücken). This means that Nikolaus Pees was a Palatine (in German: Pfälzer). A significant proportion of 18th century German immigrants to the Pennsylvania and Maryland colonies were Palatines.
Baumholder became part of France in the Napoleonic era. In 1815, Baumholder became part of the tiny Principality of Lichtenberg, which belonged to the small Thuringian Duchy of Saxe-Coburg, more than 200 miles to the east. In 1834, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg sold Lichtenberg to the Kingdom of Prussia. Lichtenberg, and thus the town of Baumholder, then became part of the Prussian Rhineland, or Rhine Province.
You mention "Evangelisch-Reformiert". That's German for "Evangelical Reformed", that particular family's religious denomination. So what you found is obviously a church marriage record. (Most German Protestants are Evangelical Lutheran, but there are some areas in Germany where the majority of Protestants are Reformed rather than Lutheran).
Do you live near a Mormon Family History Center? If so, you can obtain and view there on microfilm Baumholder's Evangelical Reformed church records covering the years 1679 to 1798, Baumholder's Evangelical Lutheran church records covering the years 1701 to 1798, and Baumholder's Catholic church records covering the years 1661 to 1849 -- depending on which denomination the Pees family you're interested in was.
Baumholder is today a city of about 4200 people and has been home to a large U.S. Army base since 1951.
Robert
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