Vermischtes

Here I’ll collect a mixture of themes...

Origin of Names

A etymology of family names

Coat of Arms

Coat of arms and seal of the Schröfl von Mannsberg family.

Adelsaufhebungsgesetz

The Adelsaufhebungsgesetz of 1919 forbids nobility in Austria. It is not allowed to use the old titles and coat of arms.

Gewerken from Steyr

In his Book “Die Gewerken im Bannkreise des Steirischen Erzberges” (The Owners of the iron industry around the styrian Erzberg) Anton Pantz describes the genealogy of many styrian and upper austrian families; here the genealogies of Schröfl v. Mannsperg, Mann v. Mannsperg, Luckner from Steyr.

Schröfl from Gröbming

After a lutherian secret church was found, Wolfgang Sittig tells about the family of Martin Schröfl, who was preacher in Gröbming/Styria at the end of the 16th century.

Schröfl from Aussee

Franz Höllwöger describes the genealogy of the above family in Aussee/Styria.

Thousend YearsHistory of the City of Steyr

This links shows the manuscript of a speech Dr. Victor Trautwein held in 1979. Peter Trautwein, his son, who has the copyright of this manuscript, shows information to the city of Steyr under: http://home.eduhi.at/user/tw.

The Sunflower Epithaph of the Steyr Schroefl Family

This link shows a description of an iron sunflower epitaph of the families Schroefl and Vorrig v. Hochhaus, in the church of Steyr, created 1703. The Homepage of the Bundesdenkmalamt, which has the copyright of this description, you find under: http://www.bda.at

Registers of styrian parishes

While the parish registers used to be found in the parishes in old days, today about 30% of them may be found in the Diözesanarchiv in Graz, some of them in Vorau monastry. Here you find a list of registers, which was originally edited by Dr. Alois Ruhri in 1997. I updated the list in November 2003.

Houses and people from Wallendorf

Table of house and family names of the village Wallendorf (part of Mogersorf, district of Jennersdorf).