This family is related to the Rechnitzer/Graz families.

     Babetta/Borbala RECHNITZER (1816-1888) was the daughter of Jacob RECHNITZER, the family patriarch.  She married Emanuel/Mano GRÜNBAUM, a physician.  Mano studied medicine in Vienna, and was the first practitioner with a medical degree in Körmend.  The Grünbaum family was a leading medical family in Körmend from the 1830s until WWI.
     Babetta and Mano's son, Samu (1844-1928; surname changed to GERGÕ), was also a physician.  After completing his medical studies in Vienna in 1868, he spent two years as a hospital physician in the Imperial and Royal Hospital.  He served in the Hungarian Army for a total of 18 years, first as a Chief Medical Officer and then appointed Regimental Officer with the rank of Major in 1877.  In 1880, he was entrusted with organizing the medical facility of the encampment in Pécs.  In 1886, he organized the local Red Cross chapter in Körmend, and that same year took aggressive measures to slow the spread of a cholera epidemic.  Samu advocated for the building of a new hospital, and with the financial backing of his uncle Moritz RECHNITZER, construction began in 1898. In 1895, His Majesty Francis Joseph conferred upon him the rank of Imperial Physician (retired).  Also in 1895, Samu was appointed honorary County Medical Chief of Vas county. He was in charge of healthcare for the entire district.  Samu published articles in many medical journals and was also known for his involvement in many humanitarian organizations.  He also served as a member of the City Legislative Council.  In 194, he was elevated to the ranks of the nobility and received the name prefix KÖRMENDI. 
     Samu's son, Dr. Imre GERGÕ, continued his father's legacy, receiving his medical degree from the Medical University of Budapest in 1901. At the behest of the Red Cross, Imre collaborated with Dr. Lajos Szõllõssy and developed a mobile X-ray machine.  Imre was also an Associate Professor of Medicine.
     Another of Mano's sons, Bela, was a wholesale merchant and was on the board of directors of the "General Savings Bank" of Körmend.
     Descendants of this family live in Australia, England and Hungary (Körmend, Budapest, Zalaegerszeg, Nagy Kanizsa, Miskolc and Szombathely).


1) Babetta/Borbala RECHNITZER (1816-1888) married Emanuel/Mano GRÜNBAUM (1800, Vienna - 1866, Körmend).
    2) Julia GRÜNBAUM (1838-1911) married Sandor PRESZBURGER (1827-?) in 1855.
    2)Roza GRÜNBAUM (1843-1921) married Lazar AGLAR
        3) Gizella AGLAR (1870-1944) married Gyula DEUTSCH (1864-1920)
        3) Leontine AGLAR(1868-1941) married Lajos MEISELS (1859-1939)
            4) Laszlo (Dr.; 1894-1966) married/divorced Gizella Mária Anna LECHNER; partner of E. PAPFALUSY
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Leontine MEISELS nee AGLAR	Lajos MEISELS	Dr. László MEISELS

    2) Samuel/Samu GRÜNBAUM (1844-1928, surname changed to GERGÕ) married Szara/Karolina KRITSCHMA (1850, Vienna -1934) in 1874.
        3) Jeno GERGÕ (died young)
        3) Helene/Ilona GERGÕ (1876-1960) married Colonel Baron Rezsõ BASELLI (1873, Orsova - 1941, Szombathely).

Samu GRÜNBAUM/GERGÕ	Ilona BASELLI nee GERGÕ, Rezsõ BASELLI, Karolina KRITSCHMA	The BASELLI children

            4) Robert BASELLI (1902-1910)
            4) Angela BASELLI (1903-1918)
            4) Otto BASELLI (1905-1927)
            4) Rezso BASELLI, Jr. (1907-1946)
        3) Imre GERGÕ (1877-1933) married Irma HANCSEL(?)
            4) Eva GERGÕ        
        3) Gyõzõ GERGÕ (1878-1919).  A Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, he was captured in Italy during WWI.

Imre GERGÕ	Imre and Irma GERGÕ	Gyõzõ GERGÕ

    2) Béla GRÜNBAUM (1846-1921)
    2) Zsofi GRÜNBAUM (1851-?) married Adolf SONNENFELD in 1872.
    2) Kornelia/Nella GRÜNBAUM (1852-1930) married Benedik SCHLESINGER in 1874.
        3) Olga SCHLESINGER (1875, Nagyszombat-?) married Lajos ABELES (1861, Pozsony-?) in 1899.
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    2) Julius/Gyula GRÜNBAUM (1854-1928) married Mária TOLVAJ (1891-1977), a Roman Catholic, in 1925.

Gyula GRÜNBAUM	Mária TOLVAJ

        3) Erzsebet GRÜNBAUM (1917-?) married first Gabor LEGATH in 1941
        3) Erzsebet GRÜNBAUM (1917-?) married second Istvan SCHEIBER (1922-?)
            4) Marta SCHEIBER (1950-2000)
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        3) Miklós/Nicholaus GRÜNBAUM (1912-1999); surname changed to TOLVAJ in 1935, married Erzsebét PALKÓ (1917-2005) in 1940.

Erzsebét PALKÓ	TOLVAJ family

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        3) Bela GRÜNBAUM (1921-?); surname changed to TOLVAJ, married Ilona KERECSENYI
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    2) Izidor GRÜNBAUM (1858-?, surname changed to GERGÕ)
  

A partial translation of the inscription on the side of the hospital in Körmend: (white plaque): The 100 year commemoration of the inauguration of the Körmend hospital 2001 (brown plaque): A grateful commemoration of the founders Dr. GERGÓ Samu and Dr. VIZI Henrik

Information about the GRÜNBAUM/GERGÕ family on a plaque in Körmend

Here is a link to a recent exhibition about the RECHNITZER-GRÜNBAUM family in the Batthyany Castle.  The article is in Hungarian: http://vaol.hu/hetvege/kormendi-gyogyitok-orvoslas-evszazadokon-at-1222869


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