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Wörterberg (Wörtherberg)
Village of 480 residents in the Güssing district.

Situated in the hills at the border to Styria. Settled by Styrians from Wörth. Also part of the Styrian parish of Wörth.

A "Conscription der Wörther Berg Söllner im Stinätzer Hotter" (list of Wörtherberg Söllners in Stinatz territory) from 1750 includes the following families: SCHALK (9), PUIKL (5), SUMMER (3), KOPFER, RATH, REICHHART (3 each), TASCHNER, PAUER, WILFING, FRUTZ (FRITZ), GRUEBER (2 each), MUISSER (MUESSE, MUSSY), SALMHOFER, HIRSCHBÖCK, HIRSCHENBERGER, FUKER, PUBER (PIEBER), SCHERER, SCHLOSSER, GEITER, WOLFF, KLÖR, WIETRICH, ZIRFUSZ, IVULSCH (?), WOHLFERTH, BLURR, RAJTSCHULIN, FRAGENHOFER, KRANZ, WURM, LASCHOLL, FOSCHING (1 each). All in all 60 families in 60 houses.

One fourth of Wörtherberg was property of Count SZECHENYI - no Urbar for this part.

An Urbar for 1789 includes: SCHALK (9), RAT (9), PUIKL (6), SUMMER (4), FRAGENHOFER, FRITZ (3 each), REICHHART, WOLF, LASCHAL, PAUER (2 each), KRUMPFUSZ, JANOSCH, KIPFER, SCHLAFER, ROSENBERGER, KRANZ, MARTH, WOHLFAHRT, JADLEN, HESCH, MUESSER, BAUERNHOFER, GURTET, WIEDRICH, PIEBER, PLEYER, TASCHNER, EHRENHOFER, WURM, GLOTZ, SPANN (1 each). A total of 65 families, all BATTHYANY subjects.

Number of inhabitants: 1858: 519; 1870: 606; 1923: 555.

22 casualties in WW I.

Part of Wörth parish since 1818, earlier at times also part of the parishes Neudau and Hartberg.

Teachers: Georg ADLER (1789), Josef SCHALK (1870), Johann HAMAN (1873-86), Karl MAAR (1886-88), Karl BRUNNER (1888-1925), Oskar POTSCH (1925-30).

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 11/1958; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

Family History Library microfilms:
Catholic: Római Katólikus Egyház, Vörthegy [VAULT INTL Film 700753]

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