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Hagensdorf
Village of 270 residents in the Güssing district.

1640 Johann RECZER was "Richter". Old surnames of Hagensdorf according to the Heiligenbrunn baptism records (mid of 18th century): CSADL (CHANDL), MITTL (MIDL), LIEDL (LIENDL), CITTERMANN, SAJHER (SAYR), OEL (OELL), BABOS, SOMOGY (SOMODI), GRÖGER, MILNER, SCHUKECZ, LOBETH, PALL, ASTL, ZAK, KOMLOSI, MATHAS, VINDIS, WOLFF, KLEPAIS, PARTL, FINK, GRAFF, WENY, SCHUSTER.

A fire on 21 Apr 1843 burned 70 houses. Only the church, the vicary, and a few houses were spared.

The church (St. Kosmas and Damian) already existed in 1482. Hagensdorf was a part of Heiligenbrunn parish 1656-1788, became an independent parish in 1788, including villages Luising and Ungarisch Bieling. Baptism records in Heiligenbrunn started 1746, so for 1746-88 this is the source for the villages mentioned above.

Priests: Bonaventura VALENTIS OFM (1788-89), Prokopius MÜLLER OFM (1789-90), Martin SZÖGHI (1790-95), Marcarius LIPOVICH OFM (1795-1803), Hyazinthus GASSNER OFM (1803-07), Anton MARTINKOVITS (1807-11), Franz RUESZ (1811-55), Franz ILLES (1856-57), Franz HÖSZLER (1857-65), Robert SCHLAMADINGER (1865- 96), Josef SCHMIDT (1866-80), Nikolaus HERCZEGH (1880-87), Josef EBERHARD (1887-1917), Josef MISCHINGER (1917-??).

Known teachers: Emmerich SAYER (died 1821 aged 31), Matthias DÖKKER (1822-32), Franz VERZELY (1834-48), Stefan REITER (1853-72), Franz KETTNER (1875, said to have been here for 30 years); but baptism records say: Franz KEESZ (1876-80); Anton LOIDL (1907-12), his successors: SCHLAMADINGER, PEIDL, Karl GLANACKY, 1914 Julius GALOS.

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 3-5/1957; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

Family History Library microfilms:
Catholic: Római Katólikus Egyház, Karácsfa [VAULT INTL Film 700673]

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