BB News No. 136 dtd 31 Jan 2005

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 136 DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 10th Year- Issued monthly as email by G. J. Berghold) January 31, 2005 (c) 2005 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved) * NOTICE: SINCE 2001, OUR NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN FOUR EMAIL SECTIONS OF 1500 MEGABYTES EACH; 20 PAGES OF WRITTEN MATERIAL. THIS INVOLVES MUCH WORK AND EMAIL. EFFECTIVE WITH THIS ISSUE OUR NEWSLETTER IS REDUCED TO TWO SECTIONS MINUS THE STAFF LISTING. YOU CAN CONTACT STAFF FROM THE BB HOMEPAGE. THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN WE ISSUE MORE THAN TWO SECTIONS. THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS ISSUED EACH MONTH CAN BE FOUND IN THE FIRST SECTION HEADING. THIS MONTH IT READS "THIS FIRST SECTION OF OUR [2-SECTION] NEWSLETTER CONCERNS:" - IN OTHER WORDS THIS MONTH YOU WILL RECEIVE SECTIONS 136 AND 136A. ** REFER TO OUR NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES FOR PREVIOUSLY COVERED SUBJECTS. *** OUR WEBSITE IS DOWN DUE TO PROBLEMS. 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Notes and articles without a by-line are written by the editor and reflect his views. If you join, please exchange data in a courteous and cooperative manner-not to do so defeats the purpose of our organization. This first section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. Burgenland Village & Church Histories - Response 2. More On Burgenland Celebrity Ludwig Stossel (Stössl) 3. Early Immigrant - Stephan Sandhofer From Purbach 1. BURGENLAND VILLAGE & CHURCH HISTORIES - RESPONSE We have had an encouraging response to the Newsletter 136 request for a list of histories held by our members. Following are the replies to date (see website Membership List for addresses): ** AGENDORF - This is in reply to your subject newsletter, reference to item # 5 "LIST OF BURGENLAND HISTORIES." In 1996, my wife and I traveled to Burgenland to find the location of her Mother's birthplace. Happily we obtained birth records in Agendorf / Agfalva. While there we met the Burgermeister who gave us a copy of the village history. This is a hard cover book with dual titles in Hungarian and German as "AGFALVA MOZAIK--AGENDORFER MOSAIK." The only other thing on the cover is what I believe to be the author's name IRTA ES GYUJTOTTE - BOHM, ANDRAS. There are commas above some of the letters but I can't put them on this email. One half of the book is written in Hungarian and the other half in German. It contains many photos. Other than what I assume to be the author's name, there is no printers' identification - the published date is 1996. While we were in the village we did see copies of the book being sold at the ABC store, but that was almost 8 years ago. One of the pages in the book has a listing of about 250 names of family who lived in the village between 1895 and 1945. Although I was raised in a Chicago neighborhood of many Burgenlanders, my family came from the green hills of Ireland, so my German Language skills are very limited. I trust some of this will help in obtaining copies of this village's history. Sincerely, Rich Carroll * GASZTONY, Hungary - Concerning Item #5 in BB Newsletter #135, Dec 31, 2004 which asks for Village Histories. FYI, I am in possession of one for Gasztony, Hungary - "Gasztony Tanulmanyok". It consists of 175 pages, is soft cover, and was published in Szombathely in 2000 [ISBN 963 00 2738 0]. Of course it is written in Hungarian, of which I have very limited knowledge. It does mention one of my grandmothers, Saly, Terezia, age 17, and indicates she left for the USA in 1908. Several others who left are also mentioned. Thank you for your efforts with the Newsletter. Richard Nemeth * HORNSTEIN - In honor of its 700th anniversary, the Village of Hornstein published, in 1971, "Hornstein, 1271-1971, Ein Gang durch die Geschichte", of which I have a copy. It is a booklet of almost 150 pages, with a number of photographs and a good bibliography. My copy is in German, with some segments in Croatian. As far as I know, no English translation exists. There is, unfortunately, no index. It has been a source of many discoveries for me. I knew, for instance, which house my grandfather had grown up in (a photograph of it is in the book), and I had assumed it had descended in the Kopinitz line. In the first Hungarian census (1784-1787), however, I found that the house had been built as "Pharrhof mit eigener hauskapelle" in 1683, but had been purchased by my great-great-great grandfather in the maternal line, when it was de-accessed by the church in 1782. There were also many references to a "Chronik Kopinits", an early 19th century copy of an earlier work, now lost. The papers were in the possession of Franz Kopinitz, but Franz is now dead, and I have been unable to locate the work. The title sheet gives reference, for contact, to Dr. Gerald Schlag, Hornstein, Rathausplatz 1. I will be happy to share any information I am able to glean from the publication, but the lack of an index hampers one's ability to seek out particulars. I have, in several instances, however, been able to supply names, dates and occasionally pictures of descendants to the few people who have inquired. - Ed Kopinitz * MONCHHOF - I thought someone might be interested in the histories I have, they are: Monchhof 1217-1967, translated by Horst Hilbert of Mesa, Arizona. Monche, Bauern und der Wein by Johann Sittinger (1995). This one is in German and has a list of names and house numbers in Monchhof in 1856 and also gives the maiden names of the married women. If this is of any help, just let me know and maybe I can send a xerox of the Bauern und der Wein to someone who can read it a lot better than I can. I hope this can help and I would be more than willing to give any information from the listing that might help someone else. I cannot figure out how to place umlauts in this text but, of course, Monchhof has an umlaut over the first o and Monche has an umlaut over the o also. Your faithful reader, Joelle Knopf * NEUHAUS AM KLAUSENBACH - Relative to your request for church parish histories, you may want to add one for Neuhaus am Klausenbach. I sent a copy to you more than a year ago. Its title page is: 200 Jahre Evangelische Kirche-Neuhaus am Klausenbach - Chronik Einer Gemeinde. Regards, Tom Grennes (ED Note: see review translation of this history in Newsletter 136A.) * RUDERSDORF - In the 135th newsletter, you asked for information about village histories. During one of my first visits to Rudersdorf I obtained a copy of the Marktgemeinde Rudersdorf, a 344 page hardcopy book with many names and pictures. It is slightly smaller in size, 8 1/4" x 10", than the Gussing im Wandel der Zeit book, which is 8 1/4" x 11 3/4". Printed on the first page is "600 Jahre Rudersdorf - Markterhebung und Wappenverleihung". On page #2 is "Copyright by Marktgemeine Rudersdorf, 1991". I obtained my copy from the Bürgermeister at the Gemeindeamt. I started a computer translation of part of the book some time ago - and it is hard going - haven't gotten too far. Yes, I would provide surname lookups for BB members. - Bob Unger * WALLERN - The village of Wallern has two books of interest. One is a typical (Catholic) church history book (hard cover, glossy); it was published about 3 years ago. (I have a copy buried in one of my boxes of genealogical material somewhere that I'll try to dig out someday to get the exact title, publisher, etc.). It mentions town residents but only as they relate directly to church events. The more important book from a genealogical perspective is Father Graisy's book (circa 1999) on "The Old House Numbers of Wallern." It tracks all the residents of each house with births, marriages, deaths, etc. going back as far as Father Graisy could (typically mid-1700's to late 1600's). All I have is a xerox copy (copied by permission) of a typewritten pre-publication draft. I have seen Konrad Unger's copy of the published, hardcopy version. Konrad should be able to supply the exact title and publication information for both this book and the church history book. Tom Steichen * Others that have been brought to our attention (contact village Gemeindeamt for availability) are: Deutsch Kaltenbrunn (incl. Rohrbrunn) - "700 Jahre Deutsch Kaltenbrunn", 1981. Glasing - "Glasing: Ein Dorf im Südburgenland", 2001. Kohfidisch (incl. Kirchfidisch, Badersdorf & Harmisch) - "Marktgemeinde Kohfidisch", 1982. Loipersbach i. Bgld. - "750 Jahre Loipersbach", 1974. Neuhaus am Klausenbach (incl. Bonisdorf, Kalch, Krottendorf & Mühlgraben) - "500 Jahre Marktgemeinde Neuhaus am Klausenbach", 1978. Ollersdorf i. Bgld. (incl. Hackerberg & Wörterberg) - "Marktgemeinde Ollersdorf", 1986. Punitz - "440 Jahre Punitz", 1990. "Die Chronik von Punitz", 2001. Rotenturm an der Pinka (incl. Siget in der Wart & Spitzzicken) - "Gemeinde Rotenturm an der Pinka", 1971. ED Note: Many thanks to those members who contacted us. Add all of the above to our previous list. 2. MORE ON BURGENLAND CELEBRITY LUDWIG STOSSEL (STÖSSL) (from Tom Glatz) Tom writes: My grandmother was born in the hamlet of Hammerteich, which is within walking distance of Lockenhaus. I have ancestors from Lockenhaus and the surrounding area. I remember reading about movie star Ludwig Stossel (or Stössl) once before. It could have been in the Burgeländische Gemeinschaft newspaper. Did you know that there is also a John Stossel who is on a popular American news program called 20/20? (ABC network) I remember seeing his father on this program and that he was Jewish and born in Hungary. I don't know if there is a connection. I always wondered if he might be related to this family from Lockenhaus. My relatives in Lockenhaus remember the area around the Hauptplatz where the Jews lived before World War II. I never asked about specific families. The next time I write to them, I will ask. I translated a few lines from a "Jahrbuch" from Lockenhaus. These are books which are often published to commemorate an anniversary. In this case it was created to celebrate the five-hundredth anniversary of Lockenhaus being a market town. The Stössl family was the largest and most influential Jewish family in Lockenhaus. Mayer Isidor Stössl (before 1856) purchased land next to the property on Haupstraße 38 and built a new building where there had been an older one. On the right side of the door was his business, on the left side, a leather store. Mayer Stössl had two sons: Max Stössl purchased the house on Hauptstraße 13, in 1869. Wolf (Stössl) took over the business from his father. After that the father Mayer Stössl bought the house on Hauptstraße 21 from Anton Haubenwallner. In the courtyard he built a prayer house with a bath. On the Jewish holy days, Jews came from all over the area to the prayer house and baths. (The prayer house I think is not to be confused with the synagogue. I believe this was in a different place on the Hauptstraße in Lockenhaus and built at a later date, according to the book.) After the expulsion of the Jews in 1938, the NSDAP (National Socialists Party or Nazi) used this house as a party office. The property eventually fell to the town of Lockenhaus. The prayer house was pillaged and destroyed. After the war the property was acquired by the baker Heiling (today Cafe and Konditorei Heiling). Max Stössl pursued a haberdashery business as well as one handling farm equipment. Wolf Stössl pursued a leather, grain, and hardware business. Wolf sold and moved with his family to Oberwart. (Oberwart is the capital of the district to the south with the same name.) After the first World War, the business of Max and his sons Samuel and Ignaz Stössl did not do very well. This branch of the family indeed remained until 1938 in Lockenhaus. In this year the members of his family were expelled. The building became the property of the Reich. I must also add that the book Lockenhaus (published in 1992, author Maria Denise Steiger) states that the Jews of Lockenhaus buried their dead in the cemetery in Lackenbach. My relatives gave to me this book in 1992 when I visited. I was lucky to attend a few of the events associated with the large celebration that year. 3. EARLY IMMIGRANT - STEPHAN SANDHOFER FROM PURBACH Joseph J. Gambsky writes: I recently discovered my Sandhofer line. The Sandhofers were from Feketevaros, Hungary. They immigrated to Wisconsin in 1855 and some of them moved to Illinois and Colorado. The Huemann's and Flitch's are also part of my line and came from the same area in Hungary. Reply: Feketevaros is now called Purbach (am Neusiedler See) in the district of Neusiedl am See in northern Burgenland, Austria. Your 1855 emigration is very early and as such very important to us. Our records indicate that the earliest immigrants from Purbach were named Kloiber, Reiner and Trummer and that they went to Texas in 1854. There are still many Sandhofers living in Purbach. We are doing a series of early immigrant lists in conjunction with the Burgenlandische Gemeinschaft. Unfortunately there have been no lists of immigrants kept. It is estimated that over 40 thousand immigrants left the Burgenland area between mid 1800's to 1950's. I also notified BB Northern Burgenland Editor Dale Knebel who writes: Using Ancestry.com, I found Stephan Sandhofer, age 44, wife Johanna Sandhofer, age 41, Paul Sandhofer, age 19, Francis Sandhofer, age 4, and Anna Sandhofer, age 9 months. They are passengers 167-171 and originated in Hungary and were bound for Wisconsin. Stephan and Paul were listed as farmers. Listed prior to them was the Paul Huber family, a group of 9 who were passengers 158-166 and also originated in Hungary, bound for Wisconsin. They departed Bremen on the Columbia and arrived in New York on June 4, 1855. Unfortunately, the earlier passenger lists do not yield as much info as the later ones. All you get is name, age, gender, where you came from and where you are going. The South Dakota State Library supports Ancestry.com and pumps it out to schools and libraries. It is amazing how much information is available at this point. The 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses are all searchable. Newsletter continues as number 136A.

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 136A DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 10th Year-20 Pages/2 Email Sections Issued monthly by G. J. Berghold) January 31, 2005 (c) 2005 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved) *** THE BB NEWS IS NOW DISTRIBUTED IN TWO SECTIONS.*** This second section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. Neuhaus Am Klausenbach - Review Translation Of Village History 2. Paprika Source? 1. NEUHAUS AM KLAUSENBACH - REVIEW TRANSLATION OF VILLAGE HISTORY (ED Note: Tom Grennes sent me a copy of this history some time ago, my reply follows). What I've done Tom is go through the history page by page, noting the important points, particularly if your family names appear. A complete translation is too much to take on, especially since I am not that proficient in German. While I have a working knowledge, certain of the archaic nuances and syntax may not be 100% correct - bear with me. As you can surmise, most of this history deals with the church and its congregations in the villages mentioned. Of major interest is the fact that mention is made of the movement of Lutheran families from Styria, just to the west of today's Burgenland. I strongly believe we can assume all of our Germanic Lutheran families (as well as some of the RC) migrated to southern Burgenland to the district of Jennersdorf (it was then the district of Szt. Gotthard, Hungary) sometime after the start of the Counter- Reformation in the latter half of the 1600's. This is not the first reference to such movement that I have seen - it appears in histories of Rudersdorf and Eltendorf as well. I wish we could find a list of those families. You'll notice that your family names are scattered over various villages. Unless you can link them with records, be cautious in claiming all of them. Some of these families had large branches. As an example, I can't establish a link to the Bergholds in Muhlgraben although one even showed up as godparent to a Henilgenkreuz Berghold - obviously related in some manner. From the beginning of the Counter Reformation until the passing of the Edict of Toleration, we had about a hundred-year period when our Lutheran families had no church and no possibility of Protestant sacraments - I know they used the existing RC churches for that purpose as I have church records of RC parishes which baptize and marry Lutherans who are so identified. Thus the early RC church records will also contain records of Lutheran families. Starting about 1780 this stops and, in the Heiligenkreuz church, I find few Lutheran notations after that time. Look to the RC churches for records prior to that date. Now for the translation scan: 200th YEAR OF THE EVANGELISCHE CHURCH (PARISH) IN NEUHAUS AM KLAUSENBACH (History Of A Community) Greetings from Superintendent Gertrude Knoll Greetings from Parish Priest of Jennersdorf - "where two or three gather in my name, there am I also" Greetings from Josef Hotwagner, Village Priest (and Dechant) of Neuhaus - "tolerance among men" Forward by Barbara Schildböck - explaining the worthy contents of the chronik - on a Sunday in 1994 in the first year of ordination, Neuhaus Kantor (Cantor, orgainist, choir master) Karl RUCK portrayed his masterful skill on the organ. - the reminiscences of Pfarrer Alexander Gibiser (now retired in Eltendorf) - the singing prowess of Daniela and Erhard SCHWARZL - the historical part rendered by Gustav JUD etc. etc. Page 11 - Historical Overview (1665 view of Castle Güssing) The history and story of the Lutheran community of Neuhaus am Klausenbach is bound to the history of Castle Neuhaus (now 13th century ruins). The Lutherans stem from the middle of the 16th century, when many of the inhabitants were Lutheran. The Batthyány family in 1569 made the Lutheran faith official. The house of Batthyány had great influence north of the Raab (to present times) and during the time of the Reformation and the Turkish wars. The Herrschaft of Neuhaus encompassed the region south of the Raab and for a long time was under the rule of the noble Szechy family. One heir (of this family) was Margarete Salm. During her and her daughter Magdalena's lifetime, Neuhaus became Lutheran in 1555. The castle became a sanctuary for Protestants from Austria; about 1600, many Styrian Protestants came here. They had their children baptized here. Schoolteachers (Lutheran) were also available. Parish beginnings in this region before and around 1600 are not authenticated and we must look to the first half of the 1600's to find their beginnings. It is known that, in the year 1597, Magdalena had the Graz superintendent Dr. William Zimmermann visit in order to found a school. Page 12 - Historical Overview (continues) - old descriptive view of Neuhaus and castle In 1599, the Graz Pfarrer Osius came here. (Pfarrer is used as descriptive title for RC priest as well as Lutheran Pastors - I won't change it to English). In 1567, Magdalena married Ladislaus Poppel-Lobkowitz but was soon widowed. Magdalena and her daughter Eva were both Lutherans. In 1607, Eva married Count Franz Batthyány II. Thus Neuhaus and the strong Batthyány family were united and the domain became strongly Lutheran. In about 1595, the Lutheran and Hungarian Reformed (Calvinist) churches separated. Franz II and later his son Adam were Reformed at this time. As long as they were involved, the Reformed was the senior church through about 1630. Eva lived in Güssing (in the castle obviously) when her husband died. Her son Adam went to Vienna. The noble houses in western Hungary began to again turn Catholic (about this time the Counter-Reformation was in full swing with the Pope sending many Jesuit priests to Austria and elsewhere to again convert the nobility). Eisenstadt converted in 1622 as well as Forchtenstein and, in 1633, the entire Nadasdy holdings. Adam converted in 1630. For three years he tried to get his mother to convert. (This section gets confusing - it looks like he gave Neuhaus back to her, giving up Batthyány claims - perhaps he allowed Neuhaus Lutherans to stay Lutheran as long as she was alive.) 1634 was an historic year for Neuhaus - it was the 160th anniversary of the building of the church. However, in this year Adam gave all Lutheran pastors, preachers and teachers 15 days to leave his domain and all Lutherans were forced to convert. In the district of Jennersdorf the congregations of the parishes of Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Königsdorf, Zahling, Heiligenkreuz and Neuhaus had to convert. NOTE: Your covering letter says your grandmother owned one of the Herrschaft houses as shown on page 12. Page 12 mentions "das Haus Nadasdy" - this translates to "the noble house Nadasdy" - it doesn't refer to the "vulgo house Nadasdy" - now in each village there were houses owned by the noble Herrschaft. These houses were not lived in by them but were rented or provided to workers on their estates. Sometimes they were inhabited by village clerks or "Richter." Quite possible that your grandmother owned such a house as many were sold during the distribution of noble property after 1848. See Klaus Gerger's house lists available from the homepage for houses that were owned by the nobility after that time. As an example, my cousins (Berghold-Schabhüttl) in Rudersdorf now operate a Gasthaus that was once the Batthyány coach stop. Page 13 - Historical Overview (continues) Mentions the lack of places for the sacraments following the dissolution of the Lutheran churches. The authorities then allowed the Lutherans to erect prayer houses but even then the lack of pastors precluded baptisms etc. Eventually the RC churches were instructed to provide the sacraments but to show the faith in the records (from this time on the records show RC or Rk or Augs. Conf. for each record). Lutherans had a bad time in the latter 1600's. The Hungarian Landtag or parliament, meeting in Sopron, attempted to provide some relief. Page 14 - Historical Overview (continues) Table showing population then and now, by faith. Explains rules governing Lutheran prayer houses, etc. Page 15 - Historical Overview (continues) Explains the Tolerance Patent of 1781 issued by Josef II (Austria), which established Lutheran rights to again build churches. Page 16 - Historical Overview (continues) In 1783, Lutheran church buildings were started in Eltendorf, Neuhaus, Tauka, Minihof-Liebau, Windisch Minihof, Mühlgraben and Krottendorf. Wooden prayer houses were quickly established. First Eltendorf pastor was Daniel Klement. For nine years, the Neuhaus Lutherans went to church in Eltendorf (another place to look for records). In 1790-91, the rights of Protestants were again debated by the Landtag at Pressburg. In 1792, the Neuhaus Lutherans had enough members (1018) to have their own church. Count Maximilian Batthyány provided material and assistance for a church to be built by the Schmidt-Garden (property of Hans Paar). By Easter of 1793, enough stone was brought to the site to complete the building. Nov. 30, 1794, a Tolerance prayer house was erected. Date can still be seen on the stone of the church tower. Page 17 - Historical Overview (continues) Story of the church bells with table showing what happened to the 9 bells used from 1801 to the present. Page 18 - Historical Overview (continues) In 1815, the cemetery by Minihof-Liebau was started through the efforts of Pastor Samuel Klement. 1839-1869, Neuhaus church was enlarged. 1865 saw the erection of the Pastor's house. 1870, a school building. 1892, more renovations to the church. Note: the Pastor was provided with land and had to do some farming as part of his living. 1894, 100th Jubilie saw a bell tower added to the church erected by the master smith Georg Dornfried of Windisch Minihof. The bell ringer for many years was FRANZ JUD from Mühlgraben house no. 91 (vulgo Bartlschneider) often with help from Wilhelm Mikschofsky of no. 49 Neuhaus. GEORG JUD from Mühlgraben was Kurator. Many donations for improvements including 100 Kronen from Emperor Franz Josef. Page 19 - Historical Overview (continues) Deals with the transportation of the baptismal font from Berlin to Jennersdorf. Even with a war on, the 400 year anniversary (1517-1917) was celebrated. Bronze tablet shown. Page 20 - Historical Overview (continues) 1918-1921, Organ installed - begins explanation of the Anschluss joining the area to Austria. Page 21 - Historical Overview (continues) The Lutheran Landwirt (farmer owning land) and Maurer (builder) GUSTAV SCHWARZL (1890-1984) from Neuhaus (vulgo Laourwe) were active in the Anschluss working with the prime mover Karl Wollinger. Schwarzl was part of the "free corps" or military group supporting the Anschluss. Was granted a medal by the Burgenland government in 1962 for his service. Picture is shown. Also mentions JOHANN SCHWARZL of Krottendorf no. 30 as Kurator throughout the war years (WW-II). Page 22 - Historical Overview (continues) More on the war years and Nazi period. Page 23 - Historical Overview (continues) Ditto but KARL RUCK of Minihof-Liebau no. 36 mentioned as being part of a group created to serve the organ during the war years. Ruck served from 1941. Page 24 - Historical Overview (continues) Explains the efforts of the Nazi Party to curb church activities and importance. In the Fall of 1940, FRANZ RUCK (Mühlgraben 47), MICHEL RUCK (Minihof-Liebau 5) and others were directed by the Nazi party to stop their church activities. By war's-end, over 37 Lutherans had been removed from the church (I don't know if this means jailed or forced to quit the church). Page 25 - Historical Overview (continues) WW-II in the district, including a picture of the monument explaining the burial of 92 Jews and concentration camp workers at Krottendorf (mass grave?). They were brought there to work on defensive border sites. Page 26-27 - Historical Overview (continues) More WW-II but on page 27 Herr RUCK (which one - must be Karl?) returned from the war and took up serving the organ. Return of the church bell. Pages 29-31 - Historical Overview (continues) Post-war years including picture of Kantor Karl (?) RUCK Pages 32-33 - Historical Overview (ends) More on post-war years to present. No names other than pastors mentioned. Next Sections, through page 44, concern daughter-sister congregations and preachers and pastors over the years. This takes us about halfway through the book. I'll look at the balance sometime later as some of your family names are mentioned during the post-war periods as well as some older dates. Maybe something further to add to your family history. Hope it's of some value. (End of article.) 2. PAPRIKA SOURCE? (courtesy of Bob Strauch) (ED Note: Mention "Paprika" and the word Hungary pops up. If there is such a thing as a national spice, this is it for Hungary. Read some of our previous articles on the subject.) Bob Strauch sends the following correspondence: Query: I saw your name and address and read that you were from the Lehigh Valley so I was hoping you could help me locate a Hungarian grocery store in the area. A friend brought us some paprika from Hungary (a hot variety) last year and my husband enjoyed it very much. If you could suggest some stores in the area that might handle Hungarian spices, please let me know. Reply: I know of no Hungarian grocery store per se in the Lehigh Valley. But I have seen imported Hungarian paprika at other specialty shops and even supermarkets. The first place that comes to mind is Karl Ehmer's import store at 1645 Union Blvd. in Allentown. It's essentially a German-Austrian store, but they carry imported paprika and possibly some other Hungarian items as well, for example tárhonya (grated egg pasta). You might also want to try Elizabeth's Hungarian Restaurant at 1180 Main St. in Hellertown. I've seen Hungarian food items for sale there in the past, such as salami, so they might just have imported paprika from Hungary (a brand different from those in the stores). If not, they still might be able to tell you where to get a good brand. I must admit that I just buy the Szeged brand in the local supermarkets, but I have had friends bring me back less mass-produced brands from Hungary several times - happy paprika hunting. (ED Note: Penzeys Spices www.penzeys.com offers Hungarian half-sharp paprika.) END OF NEWSLETTER BURGENLAND BUNCH Coordinator & Editor Newsletter (Gerald Berghold) A Staff Photo may be found at BB-Staff.html BB ARCHIVES & STAFF can be reached via Home Page hyperlinks BURGENLAND HOME PAGE (WEB SITE) http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org http://go.to/burgenland-bunch (also provides access to Burgenländische Gemeinschaft web site.) The BB is in contact with the Burgenländische Gemeinschaft, Hauptplatz 7, A-7540 Güssing, Burgenland, Austria. Burgenland Bunch Newsletter distributed courtesy of (c) 1999 RootsWeb.com, Inc. P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 Newsletter and List Rights Reserved. Permission to Copy Granted; Provide Credit and Mention Source.