CENSUS INFORMATION:
Census information for the Jewish community in Körmend
is
available on FHL films 1529696 (1771 census), 1529698 (1774
census) and
1729844 and 1729845, (censuses dating from 1793).
In 1771, there were 17 households with a total of 80 people (not including five Jewish servants). All the entries are given names with patronymics, with two possible exceptions--SNAJDER and KHELNER.
In 1774, there were 16 households, with a total of 77 people (not including five Jewish servants). Four households were entered on one page, and 12 households were entered on a different page. I do not know the significance of this. Again, all the entries are given names with patronymics. There is a link to the 1771 and the 1774 censuses at the bottom of this page.
The 1793 census has approximately 50 entries, mostly first names and patronymics, with only a few surnames, including KOAN, SCHEIDER, HOHENZOLLER, FISCHER, CAUDERS, SCHORLEJ, FREISZAGER, BLAUHORN, HILTMAYER, MORGENSTERN, BOHM, ASMANN, MATTERSDORFFER AND CZENTNER. The 1795/1796 census has 49 entries, with additional surnames including BUCHLER, GROS, SREINER, SAMOL and GREYSOGN.
In 1809, there were 55 Jewish households with a total of 216 people. Most of the same surnames can be found, with the addition of KLEINMAN, GERBER, BIEGLER, FRITZ, FÜRS(Z)T, SVARCZ, SNEIDER and ROSENBERG. Five widowed women are listed (sans surnames), as well as a Rabbi and a Schakter (ritual slaughterer).
In 1813 there were 54 households with a total of 277 people, including servants. Seven individuals are listed as poor (not making a living or unemployed). New surnames include FREISELHOCHEN, FISCHER, MEILANDER, RECHNITZER, HOFFNER/HAFNER, PICKLER, HIRSCH, STEINHAUR, SZENTAG, LOVE, ENGEL, and WEISS.
By 1817 there were 61 households with a total of 289 people, including servants. Gotlieb PETANCZKY is listed as the Rabbi and Salamon SINGER is listed as the schoolmaster. Surnames not found in previous censi include POLAK, LACKENBACH, FALK, HAJEM, SCHABA and HUFMAYER.
There were 78 households in 1822, with a total of 363 people. The Rabbi was Gecz BODANOZKY; there was a cantor by the name of Lebl SCHULSINGER alias POLAK, and two schoolmasters, Salamon STERN and Mayer GINSBERG. New surnames include BAUER, BEER, LICHT, TONNEBERG, GRUNFELD, PRAGER, STERN, SCHWARZ, SCHOLLER, HOCHSINGER, SCHOLL and KELEMEN.
In 1831, the Rabbi is now listed as Stanislaus GESZBDANZKY. The synagogue caretaker was Jacobus FRITZ. There were 74 households with a total of 359 people.
One thing that seems remarkable to me about these early censuses is the core of surnames found from the late 1700s and very early 1800s that persist throughout subsequent years and even into the vital records available from the 1840s/1850s up until around 1895. This makes tracing family ties relatively easy for the genealogist fortunate enough to have family in Körmend. I was lucky enough to be able to trace my SCHREINER family to the 1796 census, and by inference to the 1793 census. I could also make inferences about how other SCHREINER families in Körmend are related to my own, as they all apparently descend from the same individual. I could trace my LICHT family to the 1822 census. It also makes me wonder about the degree to which many of the families of Körmend are related, either by birth, or by marriage. I suspect it is a very high degree. My SCHREINER family and its branches married into HIRSCH, HIRSCHLER, FÜRST, FRITZ, RITSCHER, LICHT, KOHN, SINGER, HAFNER, KORN, PINTER, HASZ, POLLAK, DEUTSCH, KRAUSZ AND RICHTER famiiles, frequently more than once and in more than one generation. The FRITZ family, another large family in Körmend, also married into families named KOHN, RITSCHER, HIRSCHLER, SINGER, KRAUSZ, among others. The RITSCHER family, in addition to marrying into SCHREINER and FRITZ families, married into HAFNER and KRAUSZ families. It would be interesting if someone would undertake a complete town genealogy and determined the degree of connectedness among the families of Körmend! Even without the absolute knowledge, it does give me a greater appreciation of the extent to which we all are connected.
Census information for 1848 and 1869 does not seem to be available, or possibly not filmed. The next census information dates to the 1877 gazetteer, when there were 659 Jews in Körmend along with 2986 Roman Catholics, one Greek Catholic, 360 Lutherans, and 707 Reformed Protestants, for a total population of 4,713.
POPULATION INFORMATION:
YEAR NUMBER OF JEWISH FAMILIES TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION
1735-1739 7 28
1746 9
1768 14 52
1770 17 83
1793 59
1795 63
1797 63
1799 63 297
1801 51
1817 61
1822 77
1828 369
1831 74
1840 449
1851 480
1910 183 627
1916 760
1941 300 (4% of the population)
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1771 and 1774 census
In 1771, there were 17 households with a total of 80 people (not including five Jewish servants). All the entries are given names with patronymics, with two possible exceptions--SNAJDER and KHELNER.
In 1774, there were 16 households, with a total of 77 people (not including five Jewish servants). Four households were entered on one page, and 12 households were entered on a different page. I do not know the significance of this. Again, all the entries are given names with patronymics. There is a link to the 1771 and the 1774 censuses at the bottom of this page.
The 1793 census has approximately 50 entries, mostly first names and patronymics, with only a few surnames, including KOAN, SCHEIDER, HOHENZOLLER, FISCHER, CAUDERS, SCHORLEJ, FREISZAGER, BLAUHORN, HILTMAYER, MORGENSTERN, BOHM, ASMANN, MATTERSDORFFER AND CZENTNER. The 1795/1796 census has 49 entries, with additional surnames including BUCHLER, GROS, SREINER, SAMOL and GREYSOGN.
In 1809, there were 55 Jewish households with a total of 216 people. Most of the same surnames can be found, with the addition of KLEINMAN, GERBER, BIEGLER, FRITZ, FÜRS(Z)T, SVARCZ, SNEIDER and ROSENBERG. Five widowed women are listed (sans surnames), as well as a Rabbi and a Schakter (ritual slaughterer).
In 1813 there were 54 households with a total of 277 people, including servants. Seven individuals are listed as poor (not making a living or unemployed). New surnames include FREISELHOCHEN, FISCHER, MEILANDER, RECHNITZER, HOFFNER/HAFNER, PICKLER, HIRSCH, STEINHAUR, SZENTAG, LOVE, ENGEL, and WEISS.
By 1817 there were 61 households with a total of 289 people, including servants. Gotlieb PETANCZKY is listed as the Rabbi and Salamon SINGER is listed as the schoolmaster. Surnames not found in previous censi include POLAK, LACKENBACH, FALK, HAJEM, SCHABA and HUFMAYER.
There were 78 households in 1822, with a total of 363 people. The Rabbi was Gecz BODANOZKY; there was a cantor by the name of Lebl SCHULSINGER alias POLAK, and two schoolmasters, Salamon STERN and Mayer GINSBERG. New surnames include BAUER, BEER, LICHT, TONNEBERG, GRUNFELD, PRAGER, STERN, SCHWARZ, SCHOLLER, HOCHSINGER, SCHOLL and KELEMEN.
In 1831, the Rabbi is now listed as Stanislaus GESZBDANZKY. The synagogue caretaker was Jacobus FRITZ. There were 74 households with a total of 359 people.
One thing that seems remarkable to me about these early censuses is the core of surnames found from the late 1700s and very early 1800s that persist throughout subsequent years and even into the vital records available from the 1840s/1850s up until around 1895. This makes tracing family ties relatively easy for the genealogist fortunate enough to have family in Körmend. I was lucky enough to be able to trace my SCHREINER family to the 1796 census, and by inference to the 1793 census. I could also make inferences about how other SCHREINER families in Körmend are related to my own, as they all apparently descend from the same individual. I could trace my LICHT family to the 1822 census. It also makes me wonder about the degree to which many of the families of Körmend are related, either by birth, or by marriage. I suspect it is a very high degree. My SCHREINER family and its branches married into HIRSCH, HIRSCHLER, FÜRST, FRITZ, RITSCHER, LICHT, KOHN, SINGER, HAFNER, KORN, PINTER, HASZ, POLLAK, DEUTSCH, KRAUSZ AND RICHTER famiiles, frequently more than once and in more than one generation. The FRITZ family, another large family in Körmend, also married into families named KOHN, RITSCHER, HIRSCHLER, SINGER, KRAUSZ, among others. The RITSCHER family, in addition to marrying into SCHREINER and FRITZ families, married into HAFNER and KRAUSZ families. It would be interesting if someone would undertake a complete town genealogy and determined the degree of connectedness among the families of Körmend! Even without the absolute knowledge, it does give me a greater appreciation of the extent to which we all are connected.
Census information for 1848 and 1869 does not seem to be available, or possibly not filmed. The next census information dates to the 1877 gazetteer, when there were 659 Jews in Körmend along with 2986 Roman Catholics, one Greek Catholic, 360 Lutherans, and 707 Reformed Protestants, for a total population of 4,713.
| SURNAMES
COMMON IN ALL EARLY CENSI (1796, 1809, 1813, 1817, 1822, 1831) |
SURNAMES
COMMON IN CENSI 1809 THROUGH 1831 |
SURNAMES
COMMON IN CENSI 1813 THROUGH 1831 |
SURNAMES
COMMON IN CENSI 1817 THROUGH 1831 |
| CAUDERS
(KAUDERS) MATTERSDORFER (MATTERSDORF) BLAUHORN*--missing in 1831 OSMAN (OSHMON, OSSMAN, ASMAN)*--missing in 1831 SCHREINER (SHREINER, SREINER, SRAJNER) KHON (COHN) GROSZ (GROS) LOBL (LEBL) |
FISHER
(FISER) FREISAGER (FRAISZAGER) MITZKER (MITCHER, MISZKER, MICZKER) HAFNER (HAVNER, HOFFNER) VOLFGANG*--missing in 1831 FURST (FURSZT) FRITZ (FRICZ) LOVE (LEVI, LOVO, LEVE) HIRSCHL (HERSL)*--missing in 1813/1817) HOHENZOLLER*--missing in 1831 |
RECHNITZER MAYLENDER (MAJLENDER, MEILANDER, MAILANDER) PICHLER (PIKLER) SCHONTAG (SZENTAG) FLEISCHHAKER, alias NEU (FLEISCHAKKER, FREISEHOCHEN?, FLAISCHOHLER?) HILLMAYER (HILLMAJER)*--missing in 1817 ENGL |
SCHULSINGER,
alias POLLAK (POLAK) |
POPULATION INFORMATION:
YEAR NUMBER OF JEWISH FAMILIES TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION
1735-1739 7 28
1746 9
1768 14 52
1770 17 83
1793 59
1795 63
1797 63
1799 63 297
1801 51
1817 61
1822 77
1828 369
1831 74
1840 449
1851 480
1910 183 627
1916 760
1941 300 (4% of the population)
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1771 and 1774 census
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