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Güttenbach
Old name "Vyfalu, pronounced as Ujfalu" (1428)

Surnames in 1750: RADAKOVITS (15), HAJZSAN (7), KNAR (4), JANDRISITS (4), STUBITS (3), MUHR (2), BENSEKOVITS (1), HERTZEGOVITS (1). Georg, Johann and Matthias RADAKOVITS were members of the lesser nobility, their ancestor Johann RADAKOVITS had been ennobled in 1599 by Emperor Rudolph, together with his siblings Nikolaus, Georg, Gregor, Thomas and Agatha.

Inhabitants: 1812: 425; 1832: 420; 1929: 935;

33 casualties in WW I; ca. 200 emigrants to America (until 1929).

Part of St. Michael parish until 1847, later on of Neuberg parish. Chapel (St. Patrick) built in 1763, enlarged in 1837-8; torn down in 1929, new church built at the same place.

Known teachers: Franz KLUDOVATZ (1853-63), Georg VEIKOVITS (1864-66), Johann ILLETITS (1867-70); in 1929 Rosa GORGOSILICH and Franz BUBICH.

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 19/1957; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

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