BB News No. 39 dtd 15 Jul 1998

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 39 DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND GENEALOGY (issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold) July 15, 1998 (all rights reserved) We may have come over on different ships, but were all in the same boat now. Source: Whitney Young Jr. (1991) Quoted in S. Thiederman (Ed.) Bridging cultural barriers for corporate success. (p. 1) New York: Lexington Books This edition of the newsletter is in three sections. Print all 27 pages (or copy to your lap top computer), take it out on the front porch or patio, prop up your feet and enjoy some summertime ethnic reading! This first section articles on: - The villages of Heugraben, Rohr, and Olbendorf - Church Records - German Terms - Available Burgenland Books & Publications CONTINUATION OF THE FATHER LESER VILLAGE SERIES (from Albert Schuch) 30) Heugraben - Situated in a valley south of Bocksdorf. The 1693-Urbarium calls the village "Sirovnicza oder [= or] Heygraben", and gives the following information: Richter: ZLOKLIKOVITS Mikula, Geschworene: VUKOVITS Mate, STOLICS Peter; other inhabitants: PILICSARICS Ivan, PILICSARICS Martin, BELLASICS, NOVASEL Mate, CSETICS Gyurika, SZLADOVICS Mate and Miklos, VUKICSEVICS Mate, Mihaly, Ive, Steipan, Jure, Mikula and Peter, KLANACSKI Mate, ORSOLICS Mihol, PISOLICS Ivan, CZVITOSICS Mate and Mihaly, POPOVCSICS Jure, JELENCSICS Peter, SZIDARICS Ivan, POHMANOVICS Mikula and Pal, ZLOKLIKOVICS Peter and Mihaly, BARBARICS Peter and Jure, SZLARARICS Mate, JANTALICS Gregor. From the Urbarium of 1750: Richter: VUKISOVICH Jure, Geschworene: SZOKLOVICH Ive, VUKISOVICH Miko and Mikula, ORSOLICH Mathe; families: VUKISOVICS (15), ORSOLICH (4), SLOKLIKOVICH (4), BARBARICS (4), PLASKOVICH (2), BESLANOVICH, KOMANOVICH. Number of inhabitants: 268 in 1812, 315 in 1832, 370 in 1850, 595 in 1930; 24 casualties in WW I; about 30 emigrants to America (until 1930); in 1930 about 100 inhabitants work in Vienna and Lower Austria; Heugraben has always been a part of Bocksdorf parish. A wooden chapel (Trinity) built in 1724, the church was built in 1834. Teachers: ca. 1850-1870 Georg WUKISEVITS, 1871-87 Johan ILLETITS, 1887-1900 Stefan ZADROVITS, 1900-1909 Josef BENTSITS, 1909-13 Julius SZENTGYRGYI, 1913-15 Josef BRESITS, 1915-17 Stefanie FUX, 1917-30 Hermine SCHMAL. (source: V+H Nr. 1-2/1958) 31) Rohr - Situated west of Heugraben. The 1750-Urbar for "Rohr anders [= otherwise] Nadasd" gives the following information: Richter: Michael HIMLER, Geschworene: Adam LAGLER, Martin SCHABHTTL, Hans STROBEL; families: PEISCHL (7), STROBL (6), SCHABHTTL (5), LAGLER (4), ANDER (4), HABITZAN (4), KNOR (KNARR) (3), FLECK (3), HIRSCHBCK (3), KRCHER (3), TOMANDL (2), DRNTALLER (2), HERMAN (2), LUIBENBCKER, 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: V+H Nr. 2/1958) 32) Olbendorf - North of Rauchwart. The 1750-Urbar for "Szent Lrincz otherwise Olbendorf" names the following families: GRAFF (11), PAULL (9), POMPER (6), WAGNER (5), WEISZ (4), GRASMANN (3), PALISCH (6), TAUSZ (3), GARTNER (3), CSAR (3), KRANTZ (2), WEBER (2), STROBL (2), HASIBAR (2), PEISCHL (2), STUBER (2), PILTZ (2), HARPFER (2), IVANTSITS (2), TURI (2), KRAMMER, SAMBSTAG, JANISCH, HALTZER, OSWALD, POTZMANN, REIGER, PELZMANN, HOANZL, SCHREINER, LEBERSORGER, LAGLER, LAKINGER, MUIK, SPILLMANN, BAUMGARTNER, PIMPERL, OFFNER. Two mills owned by the Counts Batthyány, one of them sold to Michael ERNST in 1862. Inhabitants: 724 Catholics and 16 Lutherans in 1812, 797 C. and 18 L. in1832, 1000 inhabitants in 1865, 1526 in 1930 (254 houses). 66 casualtiesin WW I. Part of Bocksdorf parish until 1788. A new church built in 1794, enlarged in 1873. Three crosses in 1812, built by Johann GRAF, Lorenz MINK and Michael HANZL. Priests: LUTZ (1789-96), Novellus Primus (1796-99), both from Lockenhaus Abbey, 1799-Jordan 1822 Donatus PISSL, 1822-46 Michael PLANK, 1846-47 Paul HERMANN, 1847-81 Georg PEHAM (wrote a village chronicle),1881-1914 Emmerich KOVATS, 1914-27 Otto WENZEL, since 1927 Franz MAGYAR. Teachers: Martin GROFF (GRAF) ca. 1757-1771, Georg SAYER ca. 1788-1801, Andreas SCHWARZ ca. 1812-32, Jo. FREITZ 1838, Josef SZATKOVITS 1840-47, Franz GRAF 1847-89, Josef BAUER 1889-1914, since 1914 Emmerich BAUER (son of Josef B.), also since 1914 Katharina LOEW, since 1928 Franz BAUMGARTNER and Friedrich WINNA (i.e. 4 teachers in 1930, for 251 pupils).(source: V+H Nr. 2-4/1958) CHURCH RECORDS, AMBO & OTHER TERMS (from Fritz Königshofer) I would suppose that the Hungarian r.c. church records were fully filmed by LDS because the church or the Government cooperated with them. The Austrian dioceses never cooperated (perhaps with the exception of the Linz diocese), therefore the only recourse LDS had was to film the duplicates covering the area of the Burgenland which were in Budapest. The duplicates started in 1827/28. In the diocese Graz-Seckau (my home area), the churches had to produce duplicates from about 1835. Therefore, the diocesan archives in Graz hold the records of all their parishes from 1835, but only in duplicate. This means you normally cannot find the important additional marginal entries in them about a later marriage or death of a baptized person. Anyway, the diocese Graz-Seckau did not permit the Mormons to even film the duplicates, let alone the originals. On the other hand, over time the diocesan archive has received the original records for safekeeping from more and more parishes. This is an ongoing process, i.e., it is good to always ask them whether they have the "Erstschriften." About the meaning of "ambo" as for the status of a person, I never knew what it really meant. My assumption is it means itinerant (in the church entries it was applied to many gypsies), perhaps the absence of a village or town to which you formally belonged ("Zuständigkeit"). The Latin word "ambulare" stands, I believe, for walking around. I don't recall if I have discussed this with you, but "Zuständigkeit" (see BB News no. 37) was an important concept in the monarchy and extended into the time between the two world wars; important, as it gave a person the right to return to the place of your Zuständigkeit as a pauper and then get a bed and food until the end of your days. Villages would pass these "Gemeindearmen" (parish paupers) from house to house, and they were called (in German) "Einlieger" (the one who has a temporary bed and subsistence at a family/house). (ED. Albert Schuch adds: "Old people in my native village still remember these miserable people. When they speak about them in dialect they say that he or she 'is va Haus za Haus gaunga' (went from house to house)." As you know from Emil Langasch's marriage record, he probably belonged to Vienna, and if so, this had been established by the "Zuständigkeit" of his father. My great-grandfather Alois Koller had been born in Rechnitz, but as a teacher did not live in Rechnitz ever from the time he attended high school. His wife (Maria Frsatz) originated from Unterbildein, but since her father had been a teacher as well, I don't know her "Zuständigkeit," certainly not Rechnitz. Anyway, after their marriage, the couple and all children (of which not one was born in Rechnitz) were zuständig in Rechnitz! I am copying Albert on this e-mail, because he might be able to enlighten the meaning of the term "ambo." I am more than uncertain about my interpretation offered above (i.e., the lack of "Zuständigkeit" for a person). By the way, the term "molitor sodalis" means flour miller craftsman (Geselle) to me. The next higher step in the profession would be "molitor magister," a master miller. In the middle European system of the trades, one starts as an apprentice ("Lehrling"), followed by Geselle (craftsman), then Meister (master craftsman). I don't think the Anglo-Saxons had this kind of rigid system, (ED - yes, they used apprentice, journeyman, master) therefore the translation "craftsman" may not truly be able to nail the meaning of the term. TRANLATIONS OF TERMS (Frank Teklits & Albert Schuch) ED.: This is a continuation of terms which Teklits has encountered in his translation of Croatian history: Erstochenen - stabbed, Amtsperson - an official, "1563. Repositorium 12, Number 555" (do not translate; refers to location in archives), Nutzgenuss - same as "Nutzniessung" = usufruct, benefit, Nutzniessungsrecht - the right/title to have the usufruct/benefit of ... Patronatsherrin - patroness, "Acta University Thubengensis...." (do not translate; title of a book), Fakturen - invoices, "..., yedes ain Exemplar" - ..., one copy of each (one); leave whole sentence "Meinem Bruder ... Exemplar" untranslated, because Dobrovich is quoting it only to prove that this sentence has been wrongly interpreted/translated in the above mentioned book (Acta Univ. Thübengensi...); Gregoriancz - surname of the bishop of Raab (Györ, in Hungary), Rittsteuer - surname of priest in Eisenstadt (still living, in his eighties, has written books and articles on Burgenland church history), Wiedemann - see page 152: Wiedemann is the author of a book; Hofrichterin - judge, Kollektur - leave untranslated and add explanation: "money owed to the parish" (in Burgenland, the inhabitants of a parish had to pay this kind of "tax" until 1938; I am not exactly sure if this money was used for the priest's salary or for the cost of the schools, which were until then run by the church in most cases), "ohne fueg" - without a title, without a right; "Fug" is an old word for "right", it has been conserved in the phrase "mit Fug und Recht". BURGENLAND BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS (from Albert Schuch) New member John J. Kornfeind recently asked me to name works of history which go into detail about the Central to South Burgenland, and subsequently for information on where to order them. Based on my answers I have written the following article. You may wish to publish it in a future edition of the newsletter. (ED.: Readers may also wish to see previous newsletters, particularly no. 25A, which displays much of the contents of my Burgenland library. Most, if not all of Albert's list are still available in Austria.) Reference to publications on Burgenland history: All of the publications listed below are written in GERMAN, unless stated otherwise. Prices are given to the best of my knowledge (schilling has a value of about 10 cents US) and do not include postage and possible extra costs for packaging and bank fees. If you write for information only (not ordering) it is recommended to include an International Reply Coupon. Since they have been published recently, it is assumed that most of the material is still available. 1) Burgenland History In General A good choice is: "Geschichte des Burgenlandes. Lehrbuch für die Oberstufe" by Michael FLOIGER, Oswald GRUBER and Hugo HUBER; published in Eisenstadt 1996 (celebrating 75 years Burgenland); 256 pages; includes many pictures; cost 200 ATS (= Austrian Schillings) and cannot be bought in book shops, has to be ordered from: Landesschulrat für das Burgenland, Kernausteig 3, A-7000 Eisenstadt, Austria. (ED. I've ordered this text and find it to be as stated - one of the best general texts, good maps, pictures, etc.). The "Landesschulrat" also maintains a website at lsr-bgld.gv.at. 2) Regional (Bezirk; district) Histories Books called "Der Bezirk ... im Wandel der Zeiten" have been published for the districts Jennersdorf, Güssing, Oberwart and Oberpullendorf. Short information on all communities of the respective district, a little on history, many nice pictures (some old, most new). Each volume costs 396 ATS. Also see review in BB News # 28. Can be ordered from: Kirsner & Peternell, Kapellenweg 14, A-8502 Lannach, Austria. (ED. I have the first three and use them all the time to answer queries and BB correspondence. Tom Glatz, Anna Kresh and other BB members have also ordered them). For the northern districts (Neusiedl am See, Eisenstadt, Mattersburg) the "Burgenländisches Landesarchiv" (Provincial archives of Burgenland) has published a series called "Allgemeine Landestopographie des Burgenlandes", where you get historical (& cultural, geographic and geological) information on a scientific level. Neusiedl is out of print. Eisenstadt (2 volumes; including the free towns Eisenstadt and Rust) can be ordered for 380 ATS, Mattersburg (3 volumes) costs 1000 ATS (hard cover 1200 ATS). These books include overviews of the whole area as well as articles on all villages situated in these districts. Can be ordered from: Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Landesarchiv, A-7001 Eisenstadt, Austria. Fax: + 43 (02682) 600 2058 3) Books Including Many Old (16th century) Lists of Surnames Two books written by Dr. Robert Hajszan focus on the immigration of the Croats and contain Urbaria from the 16th century (land registers listing the names of the house owners) for many Southern Burgenland villages. Both books include brief abstracts in Hungarian, Croatian and English (about 1 page each). The first book has the title "Die Kroaten der Herrschaft Güssing". Details: published in 1991, Literas-Verlag Wien, ISBN 3-85429-115-9; I bought this book for 175 ATS a few years ago; 149 pages; topics: the emigration of the Croats in the 16th century; related letters written by Count Franz Batthyány 1533-1547; possible areas of origin (based on linguistic studies); Croatian surnames from 16th century Urbars; 16th century historical data for the following villages: St. Nikolaus, Punitz, Rehgraben, Steingraben, Sankt Michael, Neuberg, Güttenbach, Stinatz, Heugraben, Eisenhüttl, Großmürbisch, Kleinmürbisch, Gamischdorf, Rauchwart, Bocksdorf, Hasendorf, Krottendorf, Sulz, Kroatisch Tschantschendorf, Tudersdorf, Reinersdorf, Schallendorf, Steinfurt, Stegersbach. The second book is called "Die Bevölkerung der Herrschaft Rechnitz-Schlaining im 16. Jahrhundert". Details: published in 1992, Literas-Verlag Wien, ISBN 3/85429-123-X; don't remember the price, it should be about 200 ATS; 200 pages; contents: Urbarium for 1540 (surnames before the Croatian immigration); Urbaria and tax files from the 2nd half of the 16th century (including the Croatian immigrants); meanings of Croatian and some Hungarian names; studies in dialect relationships to find the area of origin of the Croatian immigrants; 16th century historical data (Urbaria) for the following villages: Rechnitz, Perenye (Hungary), Velem (Hungary), Ck (Hungary), Schandorf, Schachendorf, Hodis, Dürnbach, Nagynarda (Hungary), Felscsatár (Hungary), Zuberbach, Allersdorf, Neumarkt, Altschlaining, Stadt Schlaining, Drumling, Grafenschachen, Loipersdorf, Kitzladen, Buchschachen, Markt Allhau, Wolfau, Kemeten, Großpetersdorf, Miedlingsdorf, Welgersdorf, Hannersdorf, Burg, Eisenberg (old name: Schauka), Badersdorf, Bachselten, Neustift an der Lafnitz, Mönchmeierhof, Kleinpetersdorf, Allersgraben, Podler, Rauhriegel. To find out if these two books are still available I'd recommend to write to: Pannonisches Institut, Mag. Dr. Robert HAJSZAN, A-7535 Güttenbach 27, Austria; Fax: + 43 (03327) 2266 14 A new book written by historians Harald and Leonhard Prickler covers Croatian villages of all districts (except Jennersdorf). The title is "Hoheitszeichen der kroatischen Gemeinden des Burgenlandes. Petschaften, Siegel, Wappen, Gemeindefarben"; published in 1997 by the "Kroatisches Kultur- und Dokumentationszentrum" (address: J. Permayerstrae 3/3, A-7000 Eisenstadt, Austria); ISBN 3-85374-280-7; 292 pages; includes a 9 page Croatian article; short historical abstracts for each village on a scientific level (usually 2-3 pages), plus coats of arms (full page size & in color); the abstracts include the oldest available lists of surnames (mostly 16th century, in some cases 17th or 18th); villages included: Gattendorf, Kittsee, Neudorf, Pama, Parndorf, Potzneusiedl (all in Bezirk Neusiedl); Hornstein, Klingenbach, Oslip, Siegendorf, Steinbrunn (old name: Stinkenbrunn), Trausdorf, Wulkaprodersdorf, Zagersdorf, Zillingtal (all in Bezirk Eisenstadt); Antau, Baumgarten, Draburg, Sigle (all in Bezirk Mattersburg); Frankenau, Großmutschen, Großwarasdorf, Kaisersdorf, Kleinmutschen, Kleinwarasdorf, Kroatisch Geresdorf, Kroatisch Minihof, Nebersdorf, Nikitsch, Unterpullendorf, Weingraben (all in Bezirk Oberpullendorf); Allersdorf, Althodis, Dürnbach, Harmisch, Miedlingsdorf, Mönchmeierhof, Podgoria, Podler, Rauhriegel, Rumpersdorf, St. Kathrein, Schachendorf, Schandorf, Spitzzicken, Weiden bei Rechnitz, Zuberbach (all in Bezirk Oberwart); Eisenhüttl, Großmürbisch, Güttenbach, Hackerberg, Hasendorf, Heugraben, Kroatisch Ehrensdorf, Kroatisch Tschantschendorf, Neuberg, Rehgraben, Reinersdorf, Stegersbach, Stinatz, Sulz. I don't know the price, as I was lucky to receive a free copy. 4) Local (village) History The best buy is always - if one exists - an "Ortschronik" (village history). To find out if a book of this kind does exist and is available, write to the local "Gemeindeamt" or school. (ED. I can provide address if you can't find it on your own) 5) History of Emigration to America The book "Die Amerikawanderung der Burgenländer" was written by Dr. Walter Dujmovits. It is based on his dissertation, has been published (2nd edition) in 1992; 220 pages text plus more than 120 pictures; Can be ordered from the office of the "Burgenländische Gemeinschaft" for 285ATS. The address is: Burgenländische Gemeinschaft, Hauptplatz 7, A-7540 Güssing, Austria. The author is also president of the "Burgenländische Gemeinschaft", a worldwide Burgenländer organization founded in the 1950s. Membership is 150 ATS or 15 Dollars, they publish a printed newsletter (mostly German, with some English sections; contents: Burgenland (village) news, news from emigrants in Pennsylvania, New York, Chicago, etc., old photos, immigrant's stories, local recipes, etc.; the newsletter is mailed bimonthly to all members (cost is included in membership fee). You can also order via e-mail (the office is run by Frau Renate Dolmanits; as Dr. Dujmovits has written in his recent editorial, they are receiving many e-mails and are not always able to answer immediately) (ED. for the "umpteenth time" - buy this book if you buy no other!) Another book on this topic is the "... nach Amerika" catalogue. See under 7) 6) Periodicals on Burgenland History & Culture Two quarterlies write about the history of Burgenland, both available for 100 ATS per year: The "Burgenländische Heimatblätter" is a scientific journal dedicated to Burgenland research, published by the Landesarchiv in Eisenstadt since the 1930s. Each issue ca. 50 pages, which makes ca. 200 pages or the whole year. 2 or 3 long articles in each issue, plus a few short ones and an occasional book review. Can be ordered from: Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Landesarchiv, A-7001 Eisenstadt, Austria. Fax: + 43 (02682) 600 2058 The quarterly "Volk und Heimat" (with less and shorter historical articles) is published by the "Volksbildungswerk für das Burgenland" in Eisenstadt. To find out more about this organization, have a look at their website at http://www.bukeb.at:81/vbw/vbw.htm. There you will also find a table of contents for the most recent edition, with a few articles included in full length. The Leser-series (source of the translated abstracts in the BB newsletters) has been printed in "Volk und Heimat" in the 1950s and 1960s, when it had still been a biweekly. You can try to order via e-mail or write to: Volksbildungswerk für das Burgenland, Joseph-Haydn-Gasse 11, A-7000 Eisenstadt, Austria. 6) Books on Various Topics Published by the Landesarchiv From the Landesarchiv you can also order scientific books that have been published in the series "Burgenländische Forschungen" (BF). A few examples: BF # 44 - Otto GUGLIA: Das Werden des Burgenlandes (1961) - 40 ATS BF # 47 - Johann DOBROVICH: Volk an der Grenze. Schicksal und Auftrag. Zur Geschichte der Burgenländischen Kroaten (1963) - 66 ATS BF # 52,53,54,55 - Josef BUZS: Kanonische Visitationen der Diözese Raab aus dem 17. Jahrhundert (1966-69) (Latin) - 140, 180, 156 and 275 ATS BF # 56 - Tibor KOVÁCS: Das südliche Burgenland in den Konskriptionen aus der 1. Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts (1967) (statistical data) - 42 ATS BF # 63 - Tibor KOVÁCS: Das südliche Burgenland in den Volkszhälungen der Jahre 1857 und 1869 (1792) (statistical data) - 214 ATS BF # 65 - Fritz P. HODIK: Beitrge zur Geschichte der Mattersdorfer Judengemeinde im 18. und in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts (1975) - 420 ATS BF # 69 - József BUZS: Kanonische Visitationen der Diözese Raab aus dem Jahre 1713 (1980) (Latin) - 480 ATS BF # 71 - József BUZS: Kanonische Visitation 1757 Südburgenland (1982) (Latin) - 575 ATS BF # 74 - Hans PAUL: Die Volksschule im Burgenländisch-westungarischen Raum 1849-1860 (1992) - 490 ATS BF Sonderband IX: "... nach Amerika", Katalog der Landesausstellung (1992) (on the history of the emigration of Burgenländers to America) - 198 ATS (ED. an excellent publication covering the full spectrum of Burgenland emigration. Features Güssing Castle Museum program of 1992). You can order from: Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung, Landesarchiv, A-7001 Eisenstadt, Austria Fax: + 43 (02682) 600 2058 --- end of article; prepared by Albert Schuch 19th May 1998 --- (end of first section-newsletter 39 is continued as no. 39A)

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 39A DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND GENEALOGY (issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold) July 15, 1998 This second section of newsletter 39 is a village of Poppendorf issue containing: - The Berghold Emigrant Story - Excerpts From An Unfinished Manuscript History of Poppendorf - Thumbnail Sketch of the Village of Poppendorf - Father Leser Poppendorf extract (It is offered as a model for the type of historical data you might consider adding to any Burgenland family genealogy. Everything but your own story available through the efforts of the Burgenland Bunch.) THE BERGHOLDS OF POPPENDORF (by Gerry Berghold) (ED. This emigrant story, with two accompanying pictures first appeared in the March/April 1998 edition of the Burgenländische Gemeinschaft (BG) Newsletter. It is the second concerning my family. The first, the story of the Sorgers of Rosenberg (Güssing), appeared in BB newsletter no.-23. Member Tom Glatz has also had an emigrant story (no. 27A) appear in both publications. I reccomend that all BB members consider doing likewise. I have had an excellent genealogical response from distant relatives as a result. At the end of the article is a note in German which you may use when sending your story (and a few old family pictures) to the BG. After publication there, send it to us.) AUSWANDERERSCHICKSAL The Bergholds of Poppendorf (im Lafnitztal) This is the history of a Burgenland family who for over two hundred years lived and worked in the hamlet of Poppendorf, Bezirk Jennersdorf, in the valley of the Lafnitz. There were many children, some of whom emigrated to America as part of the great "Auswanderung" of the early 1900's. One, Janos Berghold (1879-1945), became my grandfather. Poppendorf ( Hungarian-Patafalva) had 645 Roman Catholic and 108 Lutheran inhabitants in 1873 (Hungarian Gazeteer-Vas Megye). The History of Vas County (Magyarorszag Varmegyei es Varosai Vasvarmegye, Sziklay es Borovszky) published in 1898 shows a population of 913. Today, as part of Marktgemeinde Heiligenkreuz, it has about 430, due to the many inhabitants who emigrated during the "Auswanderung". It lies on both sides of the Kormend to Frstenfeld road (the E66) and is almost midway between Heiligenkreuz and Eltendorf. It was part of the domain (Herrschaft) of the Batthyány family. Although there is a small chapel (1842), the inhabitants attend church in Heiligenkreuz and Eltendorf. In 1787 one Johann Berghold is mentioned as "Richter" and "Konvent" in Poppendorf, while Michael Berghold was "Konvent" in Heiligenkreuz. A Johann Berghold was also "Kantorlehrer" in Jennersdorf in 1743-46. Georg Berghold (Heiligenkreuz) and Hans Berghold ("bei Friedhof") were listed in the 1757 Visitation of Heiligenkreuz as inhabitants who had to pay rent (Zünss) to the church since they lived in rented houses (Zünss Hausser). The Visitation of 1697 mentions Michael Pergholt in Heiligenkreuz and Jrg Pergholt as having a vineyard in Grieselstein (on the road from Jennersdorf to Frstenfeld). A Perchtold is mentioned in Radkersburg in 1572 and a Berggold in Trautmannsdorf in 1628. From the above it is concluded that some time before 1693, one or more Berghold families emigrated to Heiligenkreuz and then to Poppendorf, probably from Styria, since the name is also found in early records at St. Margarethe and in and around Graz, Styria (Bürgerbuchs and Meldebuecher) and also Church registers of Peterhegy (Hidekut, Slovenia) as well as in Mühlgraben. Bergholds are mentioned in the Urbar of 1693, Heiligenkreuz and Poppendorf, the Roman Catholic Kanonische Visitations of 1697 (Heiligenkreuz) and 1757 (Jennersdorf) and the Kirchenvisitations Protokoll of 1787 (Heiligenkreuz , Poppendorf, Eltendorf). I have linked my grandparents to some of these Bergholds by using the Martin Luther Kirche Records (Matriken) in Eltendorf which date from 1770 and the Königsdorf church records. Some also appear in the Hungarian Census of 1828 (Ungarisches Landeskonskription 1828, Comitatus Castriferrei). Johann Berghold, my great-great grandfather was born in 1830 to Georg Berghold (Poppendorf 1790-1848) and Barbara Gamler (Poppendorf 1799-1866). He lived at number 44 Poppendorf and was a blacksmith (Schmied) who died in 1863 after an argument with Hungarian soldiers. He and his wife Terezia (born Krabath, 1825-1886) had 7 children, one of whom, Johann (1849-1929) continued his father's business. He married Theresia Neubauer, born 1854, Eltendorf. They had 11 children, not all of whom survived childhood. Johann eventually built a Gasthaus in front of number 44 Poppendorf on the Kormend to Frstenfeld post road. The Gasthaus, modernized, still exists as "Gasthaus Gibiser", as does number 44, which is behind it next to the cemetery. There are no longer any Bergholds of that name in Poppendorf although two families live in Heiligenkreuz. Three of Johann's sons, Janos, b1879, Joseph, b1882 and Frantz, b1884 emigrated to America in 1901 and 1902. Frantz sailed in 1901 on the SS Karlsruhe from Bremen to New York. He had $12 from his father and left from Poppendorf. He had studied to be a miller (Mller), but poor harvests meant no work. He went by train to Allentown, PA where he worked in a brewery (Uhl's in Bethlehem), later buying a farm in Limeport, PA and opening a produce business in Allentown which still exits. He married Julia Halleman, b1885, from Poppendorf and has many descendants. Julia's parents (who also emigrated) had an "Auswanderer" boarding house at Front & Chew streets in Allentown. Frantz died in Allentown in 1963 and is buried in Coopersburg, PA. Janos and Joseph emigrated in 1902 also with money provided by their father. Joseph was an apprenticed watch maker (Uhrmacher) but the factory burned and he was out of work. Janos the eldest son was not interested in working in his father's business. They too went to Allentown where they worked in breweries. Janos at Uhl's in Bethlehem and Joseph at Neuweiler's in Allentown. Joseph later married Julia Muhr, b1883, from Königsdorf, and opened a Neuweiler tavern (Gasthaus) in Whitehall, PA which he sold in 1924. He then formed the Berghold & Eder Coal Company which was active until the 1960's. He lived at 220 N. 2nd Street, Allentown across from the Allentown Turner Liederkranz. He died 1940, in Allentown, with many descendants. Janos, my grandfather married Francis Langasch, b 1871, from Inzenhoff. They were married in 1903 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Allentown, the church of many Lutheran Burgenlanders. Her father Emil Langasch (born Wien 1835) was a school teacher (Lehrer) and Kirche Docent in Heiligenkreuz. They returned to Poppendorf in 1907, but again emigrated to Allentown in 1912. They lived at 538 Ridge Avenue, Allentown and Janos continued to work as a brewery foreman. Janos died in 1945. Four children survived childhood, including my father Julius John Berghold, b1906 in Allentown. He married Frida Sorger, daughter of Alois Sorger, another Burgenland immigrant from Rosenberg (Güssing). They had two children, Robert L. Berghold and Gerald J. Berghold (myself). We have 4 children and 8 grandchlidren. Julius and Frida divorced in 1938 and both remarried, Julius fathering another 13 children, all of whom survived childhood and have many descendants. Frida died in Allentown in 1974 and Julius died in Florida in 1973. The other children of Johann Berghold and Theresia Neubauer remained in the Burgenland. Julianna, (Poppendorf 1875-1959), married Joseph Mirth (1873-1968) from Poppendorf. Three of their children also emigrated to America in the 1920's. Teresa (1899-1986) and Joseph (1901-1988) going to Allentown and New York and Rezso (Rudy)(1904-1992) going to St. Louis, MO. There are many Mirth descendants. Rezso had eight children. Other Berghold children and descendants left Poppendorf and today we find them in Rudersdorf, Graz, Munich, Vienna and even Thessalonika, Greece. A third cousin, Helena Gibiser Gilly of 29 Poppendorf and I share great-great grandfather Johann Berghold. I enjoyed a wonderful visit with the Gillys in 1993. I also had a nice vist with another Berghold cousin, Wilma Berghold Gibiser in Eltendorf. A Berghold Genealogy was prepared which shows that in 1996 there were at least 579 descendants of Johann Berghold and Theresia Neubauer. Many, many people with roots in the Burgenland from just one family from this small village! I'd be happy to correspond with any other Berghold descendants. I can be reached by mail at Gerald J. Berghold, 327 Walker Street, Winchester, VA, 22601, USA Sehr geehrte Frau Dolmanits, Beigefgt ist ein Artikel von meiner Familie fr das "Auswandererschicksal" Kolumne des Burgenländische Gemeinschaft Rundschreiben. Ich hoffe, das Sie es in einer zuknftigen Ausgabe benutzen knnen. Die Photographien sind Kopien. Ich brauche sie kehrte nicht zurck. Mit vielen Danken. (in English) Dear Mrs. Dolmanits, inclosed is a family article for the "emigrant story" column of the BG news. I hope that you'll be able to use it in a future issue. The photographs are copies and I do not need to have them returned. With many thanks. etc. Gerald J. Berghold, 3 November 1997. EXCERPTS FROM UNFINISHED DRAFT OF POPPENDORF HISTORY Burgenland Bunch member Fritz Königshofer's great grandfather (Adolf Königshofer) followed mine (Emil Langasch) as the school teacher in Poppendorf. In addition Adolf was also a correspondent for area newspapers and some of his articles have been found and translated by Fritz. They have appeared in various issues of this newsletter. Recently Fritz also translated the draft of an uncompleted history of Poppendorf which was found among Adolf's personal effects. An exciting and important find. Article from Fritz Königshofer follows: "Herewith, the translation of the excerpts which I recently transcribed from the draft Poppendorf History left among the few written notes that were saved from Adolf's belongings." (May 24, 1998) My greatgrandfather Adolf Königshofer, teacher at the Catholic elementary school of Poppendorf from 1898 till his retirement in 1914, who also died in Poppendorf in 1921, left the (incomplete) draft of a "History of Poppendorf." He wrote the draft on the back pages of a calligraphy notebook which he had saved from his time as teacher in Olbendorf. As a curiosity, this notebook contains an exercise in writing of one page each ("Probeschriften," dated 1884/85), written by his pupils in Olbendorf. If any current or future Burgenland Bunch member has ancestors from Olbendorf (Óber), born around 1870 to 1876, I would be glad to look up whether the booklet contains this ancestor's exercise, and copy it or cut the original out (in the cases where the backpage is not used for the manuscript). Adolf intended the following structure for his treatise. The first section was to deal with the geography and nature of Poppendorf. He started this section afresh at least three times. Then came the history part, divided into prehistory and the proper ("eigentliche") history. The latter was to be broken down into the time before 1848 (1848 marked the abolition of the "Grundherrschaft," i.e., the end of the period when only the overlord of the area could own the land), followed by the period 1848 until 1872 (1872 being the date of the "Komassierung," i.e., the forced exchange of small parcels of land between owners so that each owner would end up with larger contiguous plots which were easier to farm), then the period from 1872 to 1903 (when Count Dnes Draskovits of Güssing let the Poppendorfers purchase his remaining manorial grounds in the village proper), and lastly the period since 1903. The latter would mean that Adolf probably wrote his draft in 1910 or later, as a separate section otherwise would have made little sense. As it happened, the draft ends with the clearly unfinished section on 1848 to 1872. There is no indication that the last two sections were ever started, let alone completed. The papers are in Krumpendorf, Austria with my father. Over time, I hope to transcribe all sections and translate them into English. However, for these first excerpts, I concentrated on the section describing the period 1848 to 1872, see below. As for the previous sections, the introduction describes the location, plants and wildlife of Poppendorf. The early history sections mention that the name of the village most likely stemmed from the name of the founding family ("Popp"), but that a second, much less credible explanation was from an early Greek Orthodox settlement of priests ("Popen"). The section about the time before 1848 concentrates on describing the hard life of the people in the time of "Untertanenschaft" [Albert notes that Leibeigenschaft (serfdom) did not exist in Austria and Hungary, and there was only Grundherrschaft (ownership of all land by noble overlords)]. Adolf's draft does not comment or speculate on the origin of the first settlers of Popendorf, nor on the question why there were Lutherans and Catholics and on their respective origins. In the section on the period 1848 to 1872, Adolf first mentions that not much change from the abolition of the Grundherrschaft (the earlier complete land ownership by the aristocracy) was immediately evident, because the land remained formally owned by the former overlords who now either demanded reimbursement (a price for selling the land) or the tithe ("Zehnt") for farming it. Adolf writes: "The tithe for grain was collected at the tenant and overseer of the manorial farm, house no. 21. The last manorial representative had the name Knoblauch. Today [1910?], this house is owned by the family Schlener." Since due to the tithe and generally low prices for grain and livestock it continued to be very difficult to make a living, some Poppendorfers tried to gather additional income from haulage. A textile factory had been established in Neudau and Burgau, and a tobacco (cigarette and cigars) factory in Frstenfeld, both in Austria just behind the border between Hungary and Austria. Cotton and raw tobacco from Hungarian heartlands (e.g., Zala county) needed to be hauled there. However, because of the border, there were customs and excise fees to pay, a fact that apparently created an incentive for evasion. Adolf writes: "A lot of smuggling took place. Michael Spitzer, of house no. 17, and Andreas Schlener vulgo [original house name] Ruster Schlener [?] engaged the inn-keeper Johann Berghold for carrying tobacco. However, they were caught near Kanizsa [could this be the Nagy Kanizsa in south Zala county?] and Berghold lost horse, tobacco and cart [presumably these were confiscated]. Grain and limber were also hauled, as far as Vienna and Graz. The remuneration for carrying goods from Fidisch [Rabafzes] to Frstenfeld was 2 Florins and 50 Kreuzer per day, and from Poppendorf to Szent Gotthrd it was 1 Florin and 50 Kreuzer." Nevertheless, despite the income from haulage, it remained hard to make ends meet. Again in Adolf's writing: "Later on, there was simply not enough work for everybody, because the arable plots were too small. The one with most land was Spitzer of no. 16; he had 40 X of wheat in 1860 [I wonder what the X stands for, either hold/acre or Metzen?]. The lack of work led to idleness among the young people, and an increased propensity for sickness. This contributed to the reasons for emigration." "The breeding of livestock was not profitable either, because of lack of fodder and low prices. For example, in the year 1860 Johann Berghold sold two horses in Graz for 64 Gulden [Florins], and [with the proceeds] purchased two cows, one for 17 Gulden, the other for 24. The price for a suckling calf ("Tuttelkalb") was 5-6 Gulden; a [kilogram? pound?] of beef [meat] cost 15 to 20 Kreuzer, while a "Tuttelfadl" (suckling pig) cost 50 to 60 Kreuzer in 1860. Despite these low prices, very few could afford to buy enough for eating, as money was lacking everywhere. Those who - on top of this - still frequented the inns as well, lost house and farm [Haus und Hof]. This happened to Gröller Andreas, house no. 51, who had a large farm but eventually died in the poorhouse of Güssing (Gotzy and Zach also lost their properties this way)." "During the winter months in the years 1860 to 70, military were quartered in Poppendorf, namely dragoons and uhlans. Their riding school was at the brickyard near the arboretum [?], where the willow trees ("Hutweiden") stand today [Ed. note: Hutweiden should be translated as "common pastures", not "willow trees"]. There were two kinds of inns (Gasthuser) in the village, firstly the manorial inn which was leased by the overlord (Herrschaft), and secondly the village inns which the commune had leased out, and which had the right to pour (serve) wine from October to April." "The postal service first operated from Heiligenkreuz, but came to Eltendorf in the year 18xx [Adolf apparently did not know the exact year when he wrote the draft]. The first postmaster was J. Nikitscher. Several times a week, a mail carrier went from Poppendorf to Eltendorf. The first mail carrier was the Herzlieb Nädl ("the old Herzlieb"), a 70-years old granny." "The first notary was a Radó from Minihof. He was succeeded by Rudolf Ebenspanger in 1871. Previously, the writing duties were carried out by the teacher, and/or by the overseer ("Mahr") of the manorial farm who was capable of reading and writing. In the year 1872 the land of the village was "comasiert" [see meaning above]." This ends the contiguous text of Adolf's draft for the section covering 1848 to 1872. However, his papers contain additional loose-leaf notes which clearly also refer to the same period. Let me cite: "With the abolition of the Leibeigenschaft [serfdom, in 1848, see comments above], the tithe supposedly had also been abolished. However, the overlords [in this case, the counts Draskovits] nevertheless demanded the tithe. This enraged the farmers and they did not want to hand over the tithe. In Poppendorf, it was Schlener, house no. 47, who dissuaded the people from paying the tithe. He also managed to get the people of Zahling (village north of Eltendorf) on his side. The district judge ["Stuhlrichter," the highest civil servant of the district] arrived from Güssing with the intention to settle the conflict. In this case, however, the story goes that the people of Zahling locked the district judge into a pigsty and roughed him up with pumpkins. Now military was called in, and all the leaders and instigators received 25 [with the cane] on their posteriors. The old Angerhacker [family Hacker who lived at the village border -- the "Anger"?] of house no. 39 also got his 25 laid on. As for Schlener, he had been hiding in the bed of Schabhüttl, house no. 60, but was betrayed. The Pandurs [a military formation of southeastern Hungary, originally set up for guerilla warfare, but later onwards evidently used to quell civil disturbances] surrounded the house, some of them entered it, and found Schlener in the bed under the straw. He was carried to the castle of Olmütz [now Czech Republic] and nothing was ever heard from him again." In another small loose leaf, Adolf might have noted family names of Poppendorf as they first appeared in historical records. The earliest year mentioned on this little sheet is 1717, for which Adolf notes the names Drauch, Koller, Gröller, Weinhofer, Gibiser, Medl Michael, Jany, Hans Homer, Josef Gerger, Berghold, /// Klananzky, Weidinger Mathias, Scholl. All these names except the last three [the ones after the three slashed put in by me] are underlined, which could mean that these names (except the last three) were still present in the village in the early 20th century. (ED.-from reading church records, they were and many still are). Adolf noted further family names for the years 1718, 1720, 1723, 1725, and 1726. This ends the notes I have made or excerpted from these papers. Best regards, Fritz. POPPENDORF THUMBNAIL SKETCH (Gerry Berghold) POPPENDORF im Burgenland; (Patafalva) 0 33 25; 7561-Combined with Heiligenkreuz, District of Jennersdorf. Aristocratic family, Batthyány (later intermarried with Drasskovits). Have list of family names resident here 1850-1890 period. Pop. under 500, but percentage wise, beginning 1890, sent more immigrants to the US than any other Burgenland place. For Lutheran church records, see Eltendorf. Catholics, see Heiligenkreuz & Königsdorf. Civil, see Eltendorf. Monument to emigrants erected by B. Gemeinschaft reads "Only a Burgenlander can be as constant as this hard stone. He is driven into the wide world and there earns his money the hard way. Thanks to all our loved ones, we have remained faithful to our homeland." Early emigrant, Andreas Mirth, to PA 1893. Many went to Canada and NY and emigration continued through the 1950's (60 from 1953-55). A satellite village in the northern hills is known as Poppendorf-Bergen. Gasthaus Paul Gibiser on the main road may be 200 years old and was originally owned by Johann Berghold. In a Stiftsbrief of the Güssing Grundherrn Wolfers, the village name Podabach is mentioned as early as 1157. Earlier existence of a village could be assumed. Name is mentioned in 1427 in Archives in Eisenstadt and again in 1428 in Archives in Kormend (Hungary). Known then as Podabach (during the 1600's changed to Patafalvva). Six houses mentioned here in 1599. While only 8 kms from the battle of St. Gotthard-Mogerdorf which resulted in a massive Turkish defeat in 1664, no document mentioning Poppendorf during that period can be found. From the Kirchenvisitationsprotokoll of 27 Feb. 1787, we find the names "aus Poppendorf Joh. Berghold, Richter- und Konvent., Georg Greller, Joh. Gamler. General history from that time is bound up with that of Heiligenkreuz and Eltendorf. FROM THE FATHER LESER SERIES (extract and translation bt Albert Schuch) 55) Poppendorf- Families mentioned in the 1748-Urbarium: 4 MEDL, JUSICS; 3 JANY, STERN, DRAUCH, HEMMER; 2 GIBISER, FASCHING, GRÖLLER, STOLZER, HÜBER, 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 Catholics, 67 Lutherans; 1876: 631 C, 119 L; 1924: 554 C, 120 L; 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: V+H Nr. 8/1959) (ED. note: Berghold families not mentioned as they were Lutherans and part of the Eltendorf congregation). (end of second section-newsletter 39 is continued as no. 39B) THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 39B DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND GENEALOGY (issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold) July 15, 1998 (all rights reserved) This third section of newsletter 39, featuring food, has articles concerning: - Gourmet Magazine - Metric Conversions - an Austrian Cookbook From Chicago - Burgenländische Gemeinschaft Recipes - The Taste of Hungary (see BB News No. 14A for more Burgenland food and cook books). - Wolf Family History - A Short Jabbing Trip Report - Tobaj GOURMET MAGAZINE - JULY 1987 One of our members reminded me that Burgenland had been featured in an old issue of "Gourmet Magazine". Having subscribed to this publication for many years I was certain that I would have retained a copy. Sure enough I found it. It contains pictures of a stork nest at Rust, the Quarry of St. Margarethen, the interior of the church at Frauenkirchen, Hotel Schloss Drassburg, pottery at Stoob, wine cellars in Purbach, and Güssing castle among others. It features a number of recipes including leek soup, gulyas, and palatschinken. It mentions Güssinger Mineralwasser (from Sulz) which is achieving some renown now that it is being served on Austrian Airlines. Good friend Conrad Christianson brought me two small bottles the other day that he brought back from a recent trip to Europe. Hotel Burg Bernstein is also mentioned. If you remember, Bob Unger stayed there on his recent trip and described it in a previous newsletter. Lillian Langseth-Christensen (recently deceased), who wrote the Gourmet article was one of my favorite travel-food writers. Her works are worth seeking and cover much of what is still considered old Europe. Perhaps your local library has a copy of this old Gourmet Magazine. She also wrote "Gourmet's Old Vienna Cookbook-A Viennese Memoir", first printed in 1959 by Gourmet Books. If you can find one, buy it at any price. The recipes, drawings, pictures and prose are priceless even though some of the recipes start "early in the morning", or "the day before", etc.-not recipes for the quick or faint hearted but it has all the food of old Vienna. My wife can occasionally be prevailed upon to do some of the less labor intensive ones. The Linzer Tort is a great holiday favorite. METRIC CONVERSIONS (from Anna Kresh) Anna writes; "Some time ago I received a wonderful recipe for lentil soup from Erich and Margit Kumbusch (see previous newsletter) and some of the ingredients were in metric. Since then I have found the Twin Peaks Gourmet Trading Post online recipe conversion calculator which converts measurements either way. It converts: liters, milliliters, quarts, pints, cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, grams, pounds, ounces. http://tpeaks.com/converter/metric.html Grams were converted to both total pounds and total ounces; liters were converted to all of these -- teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, and milliliters. It does a great job." (Ed. Now all we need is a converter for some of our grandmothers' recipes which start "make a dough" or "take a piece of butter.") AUSTRIAN COOKBOOK FROM CHICAGO Member Tom Glatz recently sent me a copy of "Austrian Kitchens Around Chicago-Compiled by Jolly Burgenlander Social Club". Unfortunately out of print, what is interesting are the regional variations in what we consider "Burgenland" food. How often have you tried to duplicate a favorite recipe from your ancestor and it just doesn't taste the same but you settle for second best and your children love it and in turn pass it on as an original. Variations on a theme as ingredient availability or taste changes. There's a recipe for "Quick Apple Strudel" from the cook book that I must try. My wife says "there is no such thing!" She also says "none of these things are good for you". I respond by mentioning that my grandmother Sorger reached age 93 eating this food! BURGENLÄNDISCHE GEMEINSCHAFT (BG) RECIPES The May/June 1998 edition of the BG news contains an article celebrating the 75th birthday of Alois Schmidl, born near Mattersburg. He is a chef of some renown having worked in various posh places including the Hotel Bristol in Vienna and the Prince Esterhazy Palace Tavern in Eisenstadt. In 1992, he wrote "The Cooking of Burgenland" which was translated by Bobby Strauch from Allentown (whose material frequently comes to us through his friend and our member Tom Glatz). Strauch's translations have been featured in the "Kochrezepte" column of the BG news ever since. My favorite has long been the recipe for "Goulash Suppe" (try reducing the caraway seed and increasing the paprika). The book may still be available from the BG. CHICAGO REPORTER TOM GLATZ SAMPLES SOME LOCAL FARE Tom writes: "As I have often said, there are some advantages to living amongst the immigrants! I went to the BG meeting here again last night. The food was something. You would have been in Burgenland cuisine heaven! They had 3 different kinds of Kuchen. Then a German woman (married to the Burgenland treasurer Billisits from Dürnbach) made a wonderful type of Apfel Kuchen. I never had anything like it before. I brought Mohn (poppy seed) Strudel from a bakery that was originally owned by Donauschwaben. It isn't nearly as good as home made or what our famous baker Urbauer from Markt Allhau made. But it isn't bad. Maria Funovits (wife of famous haircutter Franz Funovits whose picture is in Dr. Walter Dujmovit's book) made Kraut Salat & Grundbirne Salat. I am sure you know what these are. She probably used Kernöl (pumpkin seed oil) for these. It is always hard for us to duplicate that special taste here unless we use it. (Ed.-pumpkin seed oil is available from "The Austrian Store", 8581 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 138, West Hollywood, CA 90069-4120) @ $10 per 250ml bottle. See website www.austrianstore.com). I use the recipe in the book I sent you for basic salad dressing. Page 16. I will use it tomorrow for potato salad. (I am cooking out - 3 different kinds of Wurst from Usinger's sausage shop in Milwaukee). It isn't at all Burgenland. It uses cider vinegar. I also use olive oil. It is healthier than other oils. Bob Strauch always manages to get some Kernöl from someone returning from Austria. I am lucky in Chicago that we still have some of these nice traditions. I talked about food with Hermine Volkovits (Jabing). She makes wonderful Nussbitter. Have you ever had it? I have a recipe that I will attach. I don't know how exact it is. It was one of her recipes (you know how it is) that she never put into writing or into our system of measure. My mother was always a wonderful baker & wanted her recipe, but never ventured to make it. We had it when we were both in Austria once at a relative's house. Then Minnie made it for us once. Notice the funny measurements! We did the best we could to convert to our system. It is not an easy recipe to make. My mother thinks it is easier with two people beating the eggs for the 2 sections. It is my most favorite Burgenland Milchspeise! The next best thing is the Nuss Schnitten on page 74 if you are into baking. It is a lot easier. I have also had this several times at our meetings." (Tom then goes on to tell me that he he can't eat as much of these good things as he'd like because of health concerns-I hope this is only temporary!) Basic Salad Dressing (from Jolly Burgenlander Social Club-A. Halper) 1c. oil (try to use pumpkin seed), 2c. sugar, 3c. vinegar, 3 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. oregano, 1 tsp. pepper, 1 tsp. garlic powder or fresh to taste. Beat oil, sugar and vinegar and mix thoroughly. Add other ingredients and pour into quart jar. Cover and refrigerate. Shake well before using. Use for cucumber, beans, cole slaw or potato salad. Nuss Schnitten (from Jolly Burgenlander Social Club - M. Fandl) 1 stick butter, 3/4 c. sugar, 4 egg yolks, 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 2 c. flour, 4 egg whites, 1 c. powdered sugar, 1/2 lb. chopped walnuts, jam to cover (raspberry or apricot are nice). Mix butter, sugar and egg yolks. Add baking powder and flour. Spread in greased and floured 9x12 inch pan. Beat egg whites, gradually adding powdered sugar and nuts. Spread jam over dough and then the nut mixture. Bake at 325 degrees until done. Nussbitter (from Tom Glatz) 1st Layer 6 3/8 oz Butter 7 1/2 oz Sugar 9 Egg Yolks 1/2 Lemon and Rind 1/4 tsp Vanilla 1 tsp Baking Powder 6 3/8 oz Flour Grease bottom of 15 x 10 glass pan, beat butter with sugar, add egg yolks one at a time, mix in lemon and grated lemon rind, add vanilla, fold in baking powder and flour 2nd Layer One can of Solo Brand apricot filling spread over top of first layer. (ED. - this is made from apricots, sugar and corn syrup - it's very good but could probably be duplicated by boiling dried apricots in water with sugar to taste or even using apricot preserves; I often use Solo Brand Poppy Seed and Nut fillings and like them very much, a little too sweet but can be cut with bread or cake crumbs). 3rd Layer 9 egg whites 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar 6 3/8 oz sugar 14 oz ground walnuts dash of rum (none for cook!) 1 1/2 tsp. Cocoa Beat egg whites and cream of tartar, add sugar slowly, add nuts, rum and cocoa. Spread over top. Bake 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees. Test with knife, should come out clean when done. THE TASTE OF HUNGARY In reading a history of Hungarian cuisine recently (The Cuisine of Hungary, George Lang, Bonanza Books, 1971), I found the comment "somewhere along the line the Hungarians hit on the holy trinity of lard, onion (include garlic) and paprika. This simple combination became the base of virtually unlimited taste combinations." Now we know that lard is no longer considered healthy (also hard to find) and to those not brought up on it, sometimes too powerful in flavor, so we must substitute from the many other fats available (and not too much of them) if we wish to stay healthy. Onion and garlic on the other hand are well known as health foods and paprika is full of vitamins (3 or 4 grams satisfy the daily adult requirement of vitamin A and paprika has 5 or 6 times as much vitamin C as citrus fruit plus traces of vitamins P and B). I wonder if onion and paprika offset the dangers of lard in the diets of our ancestors? These three items plus flour, wine and sour cream are the taste of Hungary, which has also been incorporated in the German and Croatian kitchens of the Burgenland. It goes without saying you must use imported Hungarian paprika (from Szeged or Kolocsa). SHARE THOSE NEWSLETTERS! (Ed. & John Unger) Ed. I often agonize over the fact that many of the older Burgenland generation don't have access to computers and can't share in our email correspondence. I do know that some members (Tom Glatz, our Chicago reporter is one) print them, and make copies for distribution at club meetings. Others print them and make copies for relatives and friends. I have a cousin who brings them to her card parties! Member John Unger just sent me the following: Gerry, you write: << Enjoy the newsletters. If I remember you pass these on to parents or relatives. Tell them to write a little blurb sometime (any comment or Burgenland subject) - I'll polish it for them if they don't want to agonize over words. This is the sort of thing our members abroad enjoy, particularly if they're from the older generations. >> "I do pass them on to my parents who are in their eighties. My father still doesn't believe that all this information on Burgenland is available free from your site. He is convinced I am subscribing to some Burgenland family search organization and "hiding" the fee I am paying from him! It's a tribute to your extremely professional work on the newsletters and the research you put into them. My parents pass these newsletters on to their friends who still live in the Bronx, N.Y. area. Your newsletters are informing quite a lot of older generation Burgenlanders who have lost "touch" due to age and friends moving away to the suburbs with their children. I realize that BB news is really a family tree search site, but those stories about how life was back in Burgenland and here for the immigrants in the early part of this century are the ones that spark the most interest from the "old-timers". I have asked my father and mother to contribute some of their own stories and I will send them along to you as soon as they get them down on paper. Thank you for providing a connection back to the past for my parents. At this stage of their lives, so much of what they experienced has disappeared from their daily lives. Your newsletters give them what no doctor or medicine can: a piece of their youth, if only for a short time." Sincerely, John J. Unger NEW MEMBER SENDS SHORT FAMILY HISTORY & TRIP REPORT (from Edward Wolf) Editor: I've been trying to get members to send us their family immigrant stories as "Auswandererschicksal". So far, not much luck. New member Edward Wolf introduces himself this way. As you can see, the story need not be lengthy. Of added interest is the way in which the family name was changed. How many Wolf's are there who may have had the Hungarian name for "wolf" as "farkas"? Also included is a brief recent trip report. A great application for membership! "Hi Gerry, Thanks so much for your prompt reply. I do want to be included on your mailing list and I will do my best to inform you of things occurring in the Burgenlander Community in Northern Illinois. My wife, Sharon and I are currently members of the Burgenländische Gemeinschaft and the Burgenlander Social Club. Following is a paragraph of information as you requested: Edward Wolf: Frankfort, Illinois. FARKAS, WOLF, GOGER. Father, Adolf Wolf, migrated from Jabing to Chicago soon after WW-I. Area was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire and family name was Farkas. Upon arriving, immigration officials informed the family that in America their name was WOLF. Also coming to America at that time was father's parents, Josef and Theresa, and their other children, Justine, Frank, Josef and Fritz. No known family remains in Jabing and family home is no longer standing. JOHN GOGER migrated from Wolfau in the 1923; he went to school in Markt Alhau. He was unable to obtain an entry permit at that time and he lived in Kitchner, Ontario and Bashaw, Alberta, Canada. In 1928 he came to America and settled in Chicago, where he continued his trade as a butcher. He passed away in l977. A nephew, BERNHARD GOGER, and his family remain in Kemeten. He has worked for The Südburg Bus Company for 25 years." "Talked to you on e-mail a couple months ago. Do you have a regular hot-line that goes out to your list of people? If so I sure would like to be included. I enjoy hearing about my Dad's homeland. You might recall I told you he was born in Jabing. Anyway, family just got back from trip to Germany and Austria. First time for my son. He really enjoyed it. My wife still has one cousin out there. We stayed with them for a few days. His name is Bernhard Goger and he and his family live in Kemeten (Burgenland). He drives a bus for The Südburg Bus Company. They drove us around and we visited many towns we hadn't seen in the last 20 years. They had a nice festival in Markt Alhau on a Sunday with "dorf music" which I really enjoyed. Visited a Gasthof named "Stumpfels" in Alhau. We stayed there in 1978 when we were there last. All remodeled now; very nice. They were all so friendly to us. Many of the old timers still remember my wife's dad, John Goger. Much building and remodeling going on. Burgenland is really coming of age. They said out there that Burgenland is the last to bring things up to date. We took a ride one day and visited the small vineyards down near the Hungarian border and tasted some really great wine; down near Gaas. Hope things are going well for you and your Burgenland Bunch. Sincerely, Ed Wolf." MORE ON TOBAJ (I knew Anna's story about Tobaj meaning "mercy" was too good to be true!) Dear Anna and Gerry: If I may add a little more information on the name of Tobaj, Arnold Magyar, O.F.M. in his 340 Jahre Franziskaner in Güssing [340 Years of the Franciscans in Güssing] (p. 197) states that the village name was originally Thobayd (1428) and had evolved to Thobaj by 1538. Bob Schatz END OF NEWSLETTER-EDITED & DISTRIBUTED BY GERALD J. BERGHOLD