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Poppendorf
Village of 400 residents in the Jennersdorf district.

Families mentioned in the 1748-Urbarium: 4 MEDL, JUSICS; 3 JANY, STERN, DRAUCH, HEMMER; 2 GIBISER, FASCHING, GRÖLLER, STOLZER, HÖBER, STEINER, GALLITZ; 1 GAMLER, ZACH, KLANATZKY, PÖTZ, KOLLER, SCHERMANN, WEIDINGER, NIKLES, MAYER, SCHLEHNER, ZWICKL, LEITGEB, MARX, HADENWOLFF, GÖLLES, SPITZER, GERGER, ZIEGER, WIRTH, POPOFCSICS, KREN, UNGER, PREINER, SCHAUKOWITSCH, MÜLLNER. Söllner-families living on church-owned land: 3 NIKLES; 2 UNGER, MEDL; 1 DEUTSCH, SCHRAML, PETZ, BAUMANN, DRAUCH, PREINER; Söllner-families living in the village: 3 MEDL; 1 JANY, UNGER, DRAUCH, ZODL, KREN; Söllner-families living on the Heidenberg: 2 GRÖLLER; 1 MATTES, ZACH, KOLLER, HARNISCH, LEITGEB; Söllner-families living on the Goldberg: 3 JISICS, STELZER; 2 STEINER, GRÖLLER, GIBISER; 1 ZWICKL, WEIDINGER, HEIDENWOLF, BRANSTEIN, SCHERMANN, SCHLEHNER, HEMMER.

Number of inhabitants: 1812: 228 Catholic, 67 Lutheran; 1876: 631 Catholic, 119 Lutheran; 1924: 554 Catholic, 120 Lutheran.

Catholics: always belonged to Heiligenkreuz parish. Catholic teachers: Michael MAYER (1849-51); Johann WEBER (1861), Karl KAISER (1863), Emil LANGASCH (1876-95), Adolf KÖNIGSHOFER (1895-1914), Florian KNAUS (1914-20), Franz THALER (1920-38).

Lutherans: belong to Eltendorf parish. Teacher in 1930: Gustav EBENSPANGER.

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 8/1959; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

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