Go back to Villages, Page O      Go to Village Histories Index Page

Olbendorf
Village of 1390 residents in the Güssing district.

North of Rauchwart.

The 1750-Urbar for "Szent Lörincz anders Olbendorf" names the following families: GRAFF (11), PAULL (9), POMPER (6), WAGNER (5), WEISZ (4), GRASMANN (3), PALISCH (6), TAUSZ (3), GARTNER (3), CSAR (3), KRANTZ (2), WEBER (2), STROBL (2), HASIBAR (2), PEISCHL (2), STUBER (2), PILTZ (2), HARPFER (2), IVANTSITS (2), TURI (2), KRAMMER, SAMBSTAG, JANISCH, HALTZER, OSWALD, POTZMANN, REIGER, PELZMANN, HOANZL, SCHREINER, LEBERSORGER, LAGLER, LAKINGER, MUIK, SPILLMANN, BAUMGARTNER, PIMPERL, OFFNER.

Two mills owned by the Counts BATTHYANY, one of them sold to Michael ERNST in 1862.

Inhabitants: 724 Catholics and 16 Lutherans in 1812, 797 Catholics and 18 Lutherans in 1832, 1000 inhabitants in 1865, 1526 in 1930 (254 houses).

66 casualties in WW I.

Part of Bocksdorf parish until 1788. A new church built in 1794, enlarged in 1873. Three crosses in 1812, built by Johann GRAF, Lorenz MINK and Michael HANZL. Priests: Jordan LUTZ (1789-96), Novellus Primus (1796-99), both from Lockenhaus Abbey, 1799-1822 Donatus PISSL, 1822-46 Michael PLANK, 1846-47 Paul HERMANN, 1847-81 Georg PEHAM (wrote a village chronical), 1881-1914 Emmerich KOVATS, 1914-27 Otto WENZEL, since 1927 Franz MAGYAR.

Teachers: Martin GROFF (GRAF) ca. 1757-1771, Georg SAYER ca. 1788-1801, Andreas SCHWARZ ca. 1812-32, Jo. FREITZ 1838, Josef SZATKOVITS 1840-47, Franz GRAF 1847-89, Josef BAUER 1889-1914, since 1914 Emmerich BAUER (son of Josef B.), also since 1914 Katharina LOEW, since 1928 Franz BAUMGARTNER and Friedrich WINNA (i.e. 4 teachers in 1930, for 251 pupils).

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 2-4/1958; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

Family History Library microfilms:
Catholic: Római Katólikus Egyház, Óbér [FHL INTL Film 700703]

Go back to Villages, Page O      Go to Village Histories Index Page