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Gerersdorf bei Güssing (Német-Szent-Grót; Kroat: Sigrot)
Village of 490 residents in the Güssing district.
Consists of the "core" village plus places called Riegelberg, Petzischberg, Steinerberg, Jokischberg, Gadiberg,
Hackergraben and Krautgraben. [note: "Graben" meaning a small valley] Old village names: Grodt, Gyrolth, Grod, Grooth,
Geroth etc. (1400-1600), Giroth, Zenth Goroth, Szent Groth, Gerersdorf (1600-1800), from 1800 onwards "Gerersdorf anders
[otherwise] Nemeth-szent Grot". Probably named after an early local noble "Gyrolth"-family.
In 1599 Franz BATTHYANY owned 20 houses in "Ghiroth", of which 16 were deserted in 1608 (after the BOCSKAY-rebellion).
The Urbarium of 1693 names the following families: MARTH (7), ERNST, BAUER (3 each), SCHNEIDER, GAHISCH, RAMISCH (2
each), ZAHISCH, KOSOBER, BOGNER, PAIDL, KROBOTH, FARKALICH, SAGLER, WUMEDLER, GRÖLLER, TAMEDL, HAFFNER, RUISZ, KUNDL;
free: BOTKA Georg, KALDI Sigmund and Georg; Söllner: SCHNEIDER (2), JOST, ROADL, KROBOTH, KOGLER; Söllner in the
vineyard hills: FRISCH (2), BOGNER, GRÖLLER, SCHRAGN, PAIDL, BAUER, NEUBAUER, JOKISCH. Families in 1750: BAUER (4),
GRÖLLER, MARTH, ERNST (2 each), JOST, WOLF, RAIMISCH, FARKALITSCH, KAMEDLER, GROBOTH.
On 17th January 1799, while digging a well, the well digger Georg SATTLER (from Graz), 40 years old, and Katharina, 25
years old wife of Jakob SPANITZ, were buried alive by the earth. Maria, 17 years old daughter of Josef HAFNER, survived
the accident.
Notaries were Georg KOLLARITS (ca. 1870, also teacher), EBENSPANGER, Alois KAKOSSY (1890), the wife of Viktor ZAMBO
(1909), Julius PACSAY (1909-13), Rudolf KIRNBAUER (1913-14, died as a soldier in WW I), Andreas LUKATS (1914-30).
14 casualties in WW I.
Number of inhabitants: 1812: 734; 1832: 821; 1851: 790; 1870: 932; 1930: 789 Catholics, 10 others; ca. 1000 (!)
Gerersdorf natives live in America (in 1930).
Belonged to Kukmirn parish, became independent in 1789. New church built in 1812. Catholic Priests (of Kukmirn parish):
Johann Christoph GRIM (1698), Ferdinand WAGNER (1754), Michael VOLNICS (1772), Matthias HUTTER (1776), Josef KLEMENT
(1783), Franz DOBROVITS (1788); priests of Gerersdorf parish: P. Daniel BREZOVITS O.F.M. (1789-98), P. Barnabas O.F.M.
(1798-1806), Georg BARBARITS (1806-10), Lorenz ZIDERITS (1810-49), Simon BIRICS (1850-95), Joseph KOLLAR (1895-1900),
Johann TORMANN (1900-05), Franz PATAKI (1905-17; killed by Hungarian guerillas in 1921, when he was priest of Pernau),
Johann HAIZLER (1917-30).
Teachers: Georg ENGER (1768-75), Matthias BERCZKOVITS (1795-1812?), Michael KOLLARITS (1832), Georg KROBOTH (1846),
Georg KOLLARITS (1871-77), Johann RUISZ (1877-1906), Franz FISCHL (1906-11), Stefan MERSICS (1911-13), Adalbert KREM
(1913-15), Johann KELLER (1915-16), Julius HOLCZER (1916-17), Julius LANTOS (1917-19), Ladislaus ZSITLIK (1920-30);
second teacher in 1930: Jakob DUJMOVITS.
Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 14-16/1958; summarized
and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999.
Family History Library microfilms:
Catholic: Római Katólikus Egyház, Németszentgrót [VAULT INTL Film 700698]
Civil: Németszentgrót (Vas). Anyakönyvi Hivatal [VAULT INTL Films 700415 - 19]
In 1899-1904: Small community of 1029 inhabitants; chair district Németujvár; Court of Justice in
Szombathely; has municipal court.
Businesses & Proprietors:
Bank- u. Creditinstitute (Bank & Credit Institution): Német-Szt.-Gróth és környéke önsegélyzö egylet mint
szövetkezet (Selbsthilfsgenosenschaft)
Source: Leuchs Adressbuch, Band 18: Ungarn, Kroatien und Slavonien, 1899-1904, 9.Ausgabe
(Leuchs' Directory, Volume 18: Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia, 1899-1904, 9th Edition)
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