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Deutsch Schützen
Village of 500 residents in the Oberwart district.

Previous to the settling of Deutsch Schützen, there was a village of Perwolff (1221) in the vicinity. Perwolff was destroyed in 1274. The expelled Bogenschützen (=archers) re-settled nearby in another place in the vicinity. Deutsch Schützen was first mentioned in 1289 as the "home of the marksmen." Although Deutsch Schützen was raised in status to a market town in the 15th century, Deutsch Schützen did not originally have its own church. The church in Perwolff remained until current times. The Deutsch Schützen settlement of today lies on the Pinka River. After the errection of St. Mary's Church in Deutsch Schützen, only the gothic sanctuary of the older Perwolff church remained. In 1221 Perwolff also encompassed the border of Schauka-Eisenberg. Both villages were given by Count Wolfer of Güssing to the Benedictines of Güssing. Count Wolfer also appears to have erected the old Martinskirche in Perwolff, since the Güssinger cloister had come under the jurisdiction of the archbishop of St Martinsberg (Pannonhalma in Hungary) in 1157.

Note: Part of the Martinskirche still stands outside of the town. The newer church, Marienkirche, is in the middle of Deutsch Schützen.

Source: Handbuch der Historischen Stättten Österreich, 1970; summarized and translated by Klaus Gerger, Margaret Kaiser and Robert Strauch.

Family History Library microfilms:
Catholic: Római Katólikus Egyház, Németlő [FHL INTL Film 700697]

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