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Heiligenbrunn
Village of 250 residents in the Güssing district.

Old settlement, known to have already existed in 1198.

Farmer families in 1750: KRAMER, TRAUTMANN, LUKA, DEUTSCH, KOLLER, KUMMER, FANDL, LORENZ, MENDL, HOFFER, HADERSVOLFF, WAGNER, GARGER, MARX, SCHALLER, TRINKL, KOLMANN, KULETZ, GRATZER, ULRICH, SAYER, SCHMIEDT, HITTER, HASZ. Söllner families: KOLMANN and MART. Additional surnames as found in the church records: MILLNER, DIR, DÖR, KO, KOCH, LEVICS, HAIGL, STRANZL, FIEGER, STUKITS, SUKITS, KOBER, RECKER, GEIR, HADEN, SCHALCER, HOAR, PELTZMANN.

In 1698 the Heiligenbrunn parish included: Hagensdorf, Luising, Strem, Sumetendorf, Deutsch Bieling, Deutsch and Kroatisch Reinersdorf. (Hagensdorf and Luising left the parish in 1788.) Until around 1800 the dead of the whole parish were buried in Heiligenbrunn (the cemetery was surrounding the church until 1833). Priests: Ignaz HATZEL (-1756), Jakob SUMLICZ (1756-), Michael Josef WAGNER (1769-84), GENSZKY (1785-88), Philipp RIVOSITS (1795-1806), Johann ZADROVITS (1809-10), Ignaz KOVATSITS (1810-28), Lukas KORBATSITS (1828-33), Ferdinand LENDL (1833-39), Johann JANOSY (1839), Matthias MARKOVITS (1839- 42), Georg OSZTOVITS (1853-54), Franz HATZL, Karl BAUMGARTNER (-1873), Franz BARKOVICS (1873-76), Kaspar PAVDY (1876-1918), Matthias MITNYEK (1918-23), Vinzenz KOSS (1923-24), Josef MISCHINGER (1924-26), Gregor SCHIE (1926-29).

Teachers: Stefan SAJER (1757), Paul PAZMAN (1810-52), Anton PAUER (1852-56), Johann MAYER (1886-1923), Franz PULKER (1923-24), Rudolf SCHNEIDER (1924-25), Leopold WIEDERMANN (1925-).

Source: Dr. Josef Loibersbeck's series "Um den Eisenberg", published in "Volk und Heimat" 7-9/1957; summarized and translated by Albert Schuch 10 Nov 1999

Family History Library microfilms:
Catholic: Római Katólikus Egyház, Szentkut [FHL INTL Film 700733]

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