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Hackerberg
Village of 360 residents in the Güssing district.

South of Wörtherberg. The south-eastern part of the village settled by Croats from Stinatz, hence called "Stinatzerberg" (surnames: KIRISITS, ZSVITKOVITS, STIPSITS, etc.). The main part of Hackerberg was settled from Neudau and Wörth (Styria), surnames are: GLATZ, PIEBER, MUJK, TASCHNER, SCHUSTER, etc.

Number of inhabitants: 315 in 1870, 547 in 1930 (71 houses).

18 casualties in WW I.

The Croatian part belongs to Stinatz parish, the German part to Neudau parish. Croatian pupils went to Stinatz, German pupils to Neudau, until the state built an elementary school in Hackerberg in 1875. Teachers: Karl STEINHÖFER (1875-86), Maxentius EIGL (1886-1923), Philippine STRICKER (1923-27), Ferdinand KELLNER (1924-30), second teacher Margarethe ZEHETNER (1927-30).

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 11-12/1958; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

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