Oberwart District - Cities and Towns in Oberwart District, People from Oberwart District, Frederick Lowy, Rechnitz, Vas County (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cities and Towns in Oberwart District, People From Oberwart District, Frederick Lowy, Rechnitz, Vas County, Christian Keglevits, Deutsch Schtzen Massacre, Karl Josef Batthyny, Tony Wegas, Pinkafeld, Deutsch Schtzen-Eisenberg, Gropetersdorf, Stadtschlaining, Oberschtzen, Weiden Bei Rechnitz, Kszeg Mountains, Gustav Pick. Excerpt: Oberwart or Felsr (German: Hungarian: Croatian: ) is a town in Burgenland in Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name. Oberwart is the cultural capital of the small ethnic Hungarian minority in Burgenland, living in the Upper rsg or Wart microregion. The settlement was established in the 11th century by the guards of the Hungarian frontier (rs) together with Unterwart (Alsr) and Siget in der Wart (risziget). It was first mentioned in historical documents in 1327 under the name Superior Er. It was part of the old county of Vas until 1921. Old surnames and the special local dialect shows that the population was related to the Szkelys of Transylvania (ie. the guards of the eastern border of Kingdom of Hungary). The community of the rs received the privileges of the nobles by King Charles I of Hungary in the 14th century. The privileges were acknowledged by Rudolph I in 1582. The village was partially destroyed by the Ottoman army in 1532. Reformation appeared in Felsr in the 16th century and it was backed by the mighty Counts of Battyhny. Pastor Ferenc Eri took part in the synod of 1618. In the Age of Counter-Reformation most of the region had to return to Roman Catholic faith, but the free noble village of Felsr remained Calvinist. In 1673 the army occupied the church and the school to give them back to the Catholics. The rectory was destroyed and the pas... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=539701