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Rohr
Village of 390 residents in the Güssing district.

Situated west of Heugraben.

The 1750-Urbar for "Rohr anders [= otherwise] Nadasd" gives the following information: Richter: Michael HIMLER, Geschworene: Adam LAGLER, Martin SCHABHÜTTL, Hans STROBEL; families: PEISCHL (7), STROBL (6), SCHABHÜTTL (5), LAGLER (4), ANDER (4), HABITZAN (4), KNOR (KNARR) (3), FLECK (3), HIRSCHBÖCK (3), KRÜCHER (3), TOMANDL (2), DÜRNTALLER (2), HERMAN (2), LUIBENBÄCKER, LOIBERSBECK, HIMMLER, ERNST, WORSING, THONIN, ERTLER.

Inhabitants: 389 in 1812, 473 in 1832, 510 in 1850, 602 in 1930 (95 houses).

In 1930 ca. 30 emigrants living in America.

27 casualties in WW I.

Part of Bocksdorf parish. Church built 1811-13. Teachers: BARTL (ca. 1820), Anton KUBIK, Michael BASKOVITS, Paul MARX (1879-1909, from LIMBACH), Michael STEIGERWALD (1909-30), since 1927 also Ada NOGLER.

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

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