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Limbach
Village of 440 residents in the Güssing district.

The village territory consists of the following areas: Zollnberg, Holzberg, Mahrbach, Kohlberg, Kreuten, Graben, Haufenberg, Hofried, Puichberg, Grindlsberg, Soligraben, Feichtiggraben, Pfaffengraben.

Old spellings of the village name: Lympa (1428), Warrani anders Limbach (1455) etc.

From the Urbar of 1750: Richter: Hans SPRINGER; Geschworene: Matthias REICHL, Adam WURTH; Farmer families: REICHL (10), WEINHOFER (5), BUICHES (5), ERNST, WURTH (WIRTH), BESSENHOFER, LIST, DEUTSCH, SCHRAMPF, BRANTWEIN (2 each), SPRINGER, KLOCK, HOLLER, RAM, GASTNER, WAGNER, GESTL, GRABNER, ASTL, FUX, FANDL, KOGLMAN, FLIDER, HÜTTER; Söllner families: WEINHOFER (4), REICHL (3), KUCKS, MUIK, HÜTTER (5 each [may be a typo and probably should read 2]); ADAM, KIRN (KERN), FUX, GESTL, BUCHES, DEUTSCH, FANSTER, SNIDNITZ, KROBOTH, TRINKL, WOXWENDER, WOLF, TAUCHER, KOHLECKER, ERNST, BRAUN, SCHOBER.

The local BATTHYANY estate was sold to the KOTTULINSKY, who in turn sold it to a Hungarian bank. The bank sold it to local farmers in 1914.

Inhabitants: 1812: 291 Catholics, 241 Lutherans; 1832: 332 Catholics, 426 Lutherans; 1851: 760; 1870: 752; 1930: 340 Catholics, 303 Lutherans; 30 Limbachers in America.

30 casualties in WW I.

Catholics: part of Kukmirn parish, church built in 1835. Catholic teachers: Franz KORSCHANEK (1832), WEBER (1849-50), Matthias HANDLER (1850-53), Stefan KAPPEL (1861), Josef TAUBER (1867), Paul MARX (1877), Ödön SCHUH (1877-82), Karl MAAR (1882-86), Emmerich BRENNER (1886-1901), Anton KALKBRENNER (1901-07), Josef PECHO (1907-09), Ludwig TELEKI (1909-11), Adolf HARMUTH (1911-14; killed during WW I), Johann BISCHOF (1914-15), Bela BORSODI (1916-17), Adolf SCHMIDT (1917-19), Karl SCHNEIDER (1919-25), Rudolf REISNER (1926-28), Emil LAZANYI (1928-).

Lutherans: part of Kukmirn parish. It cannot be proved that the local Lutherans are Styrian refugees. Lutheran teachers: Johann HAHN (-1875), Johann ORMOSSY (1876-79), Alexander EBENSPANGER (1879-86), Karl MOOR (1886).

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg," published in "Volk und Heimat" 2/1959; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

Chronicle (Source: Village Website: http://www.limbach-bgld.at/chronik-von-limbach.html)

The town was first mentioned in 1346.

Over time, according to records Limbach had different names:
about 1428: Limpa or Lympa
to 1635: Limpok
until about 1870: Limpach
to 1921: Hárspatak

The surviving population numbers:
1812: 532
1832: 758
1851: 760
1870: 752
1930: 643 (30 Limbacher in America)
1934: 657
1939: 633

By the end of 1970 Limbach was a separate municipality.

Bürgermeister (Mayor):

Last Council of Limbach:

By early 1971, the Community-Structure Improvement Act came into force; since, Limbach is a Ortsteil of the municipality Kukmirn.

Fallen Warriors 1914 - 1918:

Fallen Warriors 1939 - 1945:

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