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Buchschachen
Was Öribükkösd (old Sah); north of Allhau in the Oberwart district.

First mentioned in 1263. According to the Urbarium of 1532, "Puechschachen" was inhabited by 17 farmers: 2 HALWACHS, SCHAFFNER, GRAT; 1 KURZ, GRASSL, SANDTNER, WURZER, GRADWOHL, GRAFL, GANGL, THÖR, KRAUTWALD, REH, HELBRER. Five tenants are also mentioned: RITTER, ULRICH, MURH, Michael KURZ and Georg WURZER.

In 1652 Lutheran Preacher Daniel MUMENIUS, 70 years of age, is mentioned in Buchschachen.

The Urbarium of 1767 counts 67 farmers and 17 Söllner. Farmer names: 9 RITTER, KOCH; 8 SAUHAMMEL; 6 ARTWOHL, URBAUER; 4 HALWACHS, TÄUBL, BINDER, KICHER; 3 SANTER, EMMRISS, BÖHM, HAHRER; 2 BENEDEK, KRAUSS, WOLFGEHER, PILLNHOFER, KURZ, HAGENAUER, POTTENDORFER; 1 TRIBEL, KOLLER, HÜBNER, SAMERER, BODENHOFER, OBERHOFER, REITNER, VOLKER, JANI, FANDL, PETINGER, AUER, HERSCH etc.; Söllner names: 1 BRUNNER, SCHRANK, KLENNER, HONIGSCHNABEL.

In 1781 the Lutherans joined the parish Allhau. Teachers: Matthias BRUNNER (until ca. 1820), Michael NIKA (1822; from Unterschützen); Johann Georg KNÖBEL (from Pinkafeld; 1824-34). 120 pupils were counted in 1830. Matthias HAMMER (1834-37; from Güns); Samuel ESTL (1834-37); Franz PETER (1844-53; from Eltendorf); Ludwig HUBER (1853-56, from Tolnau); Michael KNÖBEL (1857-62; from Pinkafeld). Friedrich BENEDEK (1861-68; from Pinkafeld); Samuel RITTER (1868-76, a native of Buchschachen); Adolf RÖCK (1877-1890); Michael ZIMMERMANN (1890-1924, from Rechnitz). Johann SCHRANZ (1924-34, from Jormannsdorf), Gustav FISCHL (1934-40, from Königsdorf); Adolf KLENNER from Oberschützen was second teacher from 1913-35. Franz AUMÜLLER (1940-41), Hermann HAAS (1941-43, from Litzelsdorf), Johann SCHADEN (1943-44, from Riedlingsdorf), Dorris PAUER (1944-45), Johann BRUCKNER (1945-46, from Pinkafeld), Maria PFEILER (1946); 1947- Julius GOGER from Oberschützen, second teacher Otto KURZ (1948), also from Oberschützen.

In 1858 Buchschachen counted 100 farmers and 51 Söllner. Farmer names: 10 SAUHAMMEL; 6 KOCH, KRAUSS, BÖHM; 5 RITTER, TÄUBEL; 4 URBAUER, KURZ, BENEDEK, BINDER; 3 HAGENAUER; 2 KUCHER, WELTLER, GANGL, SANDER, HONIGSCHNABEL, HALWACHS, KOLLER, ARTWOHL, PAPST, AUER, OBERHOFER, POTTENDORFER; 1 MERT, KRUTZLER, SCHOBER, GAMAUF, FINK, GROSS, WERTNER, VOLKER, TAUSS, ARTNER, WOLFGEHER, REITNER, BUNDSCHUH, ARTHOFER, FLECK, EMMRESS, HEINRER, ZISSER, LATTINGER. Söllner names: 1 REINDL, HEROLD, NIKA, PFERSCHY, PESCHL, FASSL, GRASSL, RINGBAUER, UIDL etc.

1833: 140 houses, 953 inhabitants.
1900: 193 houses (87 with straw roofs), 1041 inhabitants (224 Catholic, 816 Lutheran, 1 Reformed).
1961: 153 houses, 617 inhabitants (597 German, 20 gypsy; 85 Catholic, 532 Lutheran; 348 working in agriculture).
2001: 558 inhabitants (2 Hungarian).

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