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THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS -No. 65B
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(issued biweekly by
September 30, 1999

This third section of the 3 section newsletter contains an article about the
impending visit of Fr. Leopold Prizelitz, who must qualify as one of
Gssing's most revered inhabitants. He will be accompanied by BB member Heinz
Koller. Fr. Leopold's wish to share his "diamond jubilee" with the
"Burgenlndern in Amerika" is proof of the strong ties which still bind us to
the "Heimat". We also include a profile of Heinz Koller who has been an
active Gssing supporter of the Burgenland Bunch and presently serves as
Burgenland Gemeinschaft liason. BB members or others in the NY, NJ and PA
areas interested in meeting with Father Leopold and Heinz may refer to their
schedule. Also included are an article concerning Newsletter Archive
Availability and URL and Member Changes.

VISIT OF FR. LEOPOLD PRIZELITZ (NY, NJ, PA) -from Albert Schuch

Fr. Leopold Prizelitz of Gssing Franciscan Abbey, who celebrates the 60th
anniversary of his ordination this year and is the oldest friar and priest in
active service of the Eisenstadt diocese, visits the USA Oct 1-11. He will be
accompanied by BB and BG member Heinz Koller, retired civil servant, author
and playwright from Gssing. Their basic schedule:

Oct 1
11:40 AM departure from Vienna Airport; flight OS 501
03:10 PM arrival in New York, JFK Airport; transfer to relatives of Mr. Koller

Oct 2-5 Clifton, NJ:
Mass on Oct 3, 10:00 AM; followed by a Burgenlnder meeting
Coordination: Ms. Gisela Hirmann (Tel. 973 772 2361; 973 277 4004)

Oct 6-7 New York

Oct 8 Allentown, Bethlehem, PA:
in the morning transfer to Allentown; lunch;
ca. 03:00 PM Franciscan Abbey in Bethlehem
ca. 05:30 PM coffee with the Coplay Sngerbund
ca. 08:30 PM Harmonika meeting at the Stammtisch Edelwei;
Coordination: Bob Strauch (Tel. 610 435 9258)

Oct 9-11 New York
Mass on Oct 10, 02:00 PM Mass at St. Josephs church; followed by a
Burgenlnder meeting;
Coordination: John Wukitsevits (Tel. 212 535 9655)

Oct 11, 06:30 PM departure from New York, JFK airport, flight OS 502
Father Leopold's "Diamond Ordination Jubilee" (60th anniversary of his
ordination)
(written by Heinz Koller, translated by Ingeborg Schuch)

The title of this article already describes the man celebrating this jubilee,
because we think it is not presumptuous to call our Father Leopold a diamond.
A diamond for the church he has served as a priest for 60 years, a diamond
for his parishioners who always received advice and help from him, and a
diamond for his numerous friends. Many of them honoured him by attending his
jubilee mass in the church of Gssing Abbey, but his jubilee has also been
celebrated in a worthy way in his previous parishes, and on 12th September
the series of celebrations will continue in St. Margarethen.

Father Leopold was born on 14th August 1913 in Vienna; in the year 1920 he
moved with his parents Josef und Maria Prizelitz to Grosshflein in
Burgenland, the home of his father's ancestors, and today the home of his
sister Maria Fink. After an eventful life as a pastor, during which he also
experienced the hard times of war - he has, as most of us know, survived
Stalingrad - he actively engaged in the rebuilding of Gssing after World War
II. Not only did he work with his own hands in the succursal chapels
entrusted to him (like Neustift), but also in the abbey, as the old rooms
were adapted for the local youth.

When he left Gssing in 1950 (during his tour of duty with the Franciscan
Order), he was able to look back at a successful work with the young
generation. He knew how to gather the youths around him and how to motivate
them for the cause of God. A journey on foot throughout Burgenland - with his
altar boys - was one of the special events organized by him, as well as the
very active theater group, which he today proudly calls the nucleus of the
"Burgspiele" (open air theater on Gssing's Castle hill) .

He could not know then that it would take him 40 years before he would return
to Gssing. He served in many towns during these years: St. Plten, Maria
Enzersdorf, Wien, Maria Lanzendorf, Graz, Kleinfrauenheid, Neufeld, St.
Margarethen, Rust, Frauenkirchen and Bad Gleichenberg. His work for the open
air Passion-plays in St. Margarethen deserves special credit: Out of exactly
100 performances held under his auspicies, not a single one was spoiled by
rain. One is tempted to call this a miracle.

Today Father Leopold again plays an important role in the social life of our
town, be it as priest, as leader of the pilgrimage to Frauenkirchen, as actor
in the carnival cabaret or in the Historical Festivities of the town etc.
Father Leopold is the oldest friar and priest in active service of our
diocese. Bishop Paul Iby has honoured his merits in December 1998 by
promoting him to the honorary office of a "Bischflicher
Ehrenkonsistorialrat".

May the plans of Father Leopold to celebrate his jubilee in the midst of our
countrymen in America come out successful (1st - 10th October 1999, with
masses scheduled for St. Joseph's Church (Manhattan), Clifton and Nazareth),
as well as the next pilgrimage to Frauenkirchen (4th - 8th September 1999)
and his activities for the needy at home and in the neighbouring countries,
and may his times to come be blessed by God.

Contact: A 7540 Gssing, Franciscan Abbey, Tel. +43 42339 16
http://pater.leopold.here.de

Diamond Ordination Jubilee of Fr. Leopold (Josef) Prizelitz
(written by Fr. Leopold Prizelitz OFM, translated by Ingeborg Schuch)

Born August 14, 1913, in Vienna (Arsenal). 1920 Moved to Grohflein,
Burgenland, the native village of my father. Elementary school in Vienna and
Grohflein. Secondary school and high school in Eisenstadt, Burgenland.
1927-1933 Teacher's college in Vienna (Whring, Semperstrae)1934 Additional
high school diploma for the Realgymnasium (where modern languages,
mathematics, or sciences are stressed) in Stockerau, Lower Austria. 1934
Entered the Franciscan Order. Ordained on July 9, 1939, in Vienna by Bishop
Kamprath. Drafted into the German Army on June 15, 1940, to the 17th
army-medical replacement unit 1941-1945 Medic in an infantry unit approaching
Stalingrad from Poland, then on the Balkans and in East Prussia. Captured in
Knigsberg on April 9, 1945. Until September 8, 1947, in POW camp
Kohtla-Jrve in Estonia, worked in the sick quarters and in an oil-shale
mine. Also pastor of the POW camp and actor. Returned home on September 27,
1947. 1947-1950 Associate priest in the parish of Gssing, Burgenland; also
serving Glasing and Neustift; catechist. 1950-1951 Associate priest in St.
Plten (3 months), then in Maria Enzersdorf, Lower Austria. 1951-1952
Franciscan Monastery in Vienna, served as substitute pastor. 1952-1961
Associate priest and priest in Maria Lanzendorf, Lower Austria; catechist.
1961-1962 Substitute priest in Graz, Styria. 1962-1963 Priest in
Kleinfrauenhaid (3 months), then in Neufeld an der Leitha, Burgenland;
catechist.
1963-1984 (20 years and 5 months) priest in St. Margarethen, Burgenland;
towards the end of this period dean of the deanery Rust; manager of the
Passion plays, member of the priests' council and the pastoral council;
spiritual assistent of the Catholic Society of Families in Burgenland;
spiritual leader of the assembly of the Legio Mariae Burgenland; catechist.
1984-1986 Associate priest in Bad Gleichenberg, Styria.1986-1987 Guardian and
priest in Frauenkirchen, Burgenland.1987-1990 Priest and tourist pastor in
Bad Gleichenberg.
1990-1999 Associate priest, guardian and vicar in Gssing. Military
decorations: medic-sergeant; EK (Iron Cross) I and II,
"Infanteriesturmabzeichen" (Infantry stormtrooper decoration),
"Ruland-Orden" (Russia medal) and "Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz" (badge
awarded to wounded soldiers). Governmental decorations: "Silbernes
Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik sterreich" (Silver Medal for
merits for the Federal Republic of Austria); "Ehrenzeichen des Landes
Burgenland" (Badge of honor of the State of Burgenland)
Ecclesiastical decorations: honorary offices of "Geistlicher Rat" and
"Ehrenkonsistorialrat"
Has served as Priest for 60 years: 34 years and 4 months in the Diocese
Eisenstadt. Total: 798 baptisms, 508 weddings, 826 funerals (of these 489
baptisms, 237 weddings, 582 funerals in St. Margarethen). - 20,000 masses
approx. 35 years catechist.

Profileof Heinz Koller (translated by Ingeborg Schuch)
A 7450 Gssing, Bergstr. 13, Tel. +43 43008
e-mail:
http://members.xoom.com/Heinele

Born 25th January 1944 in Gssing, Langzeil 173. No siblings. His mother had
8 brothers and sisters, of whom 3 (Frank Koller, Rosi Yost and Margaret
Schmidt) are living in the USA (NY, NJ).

Being born in '44 makes him 55. At this age he looks back at 33 formative
years of work for the social welfare system, and also at 33 years of marriage
(with wife Hildegard nee Sammer). He accomplished the goals "plant a tree,
father a son, found a family" (the other way round, of course). Son Martin is
an engineer who also holds a Master's degree, daughter Sabine is a circus
artist in Paris.

His free time was for a long time dedicated to sports (22 years basket-ball);
11 years ago he started to write, as an attempt to balance the frustrating
moments of his work (senior civil servant of the Burgenland government,
assigned to the social welfare adminstration of the Gssing district; retired
since 1st September 1998). Earlier this year he published a book entitled
"tief verwurzelt" (deeply rooted). It is a fruit of his work dedicated to
preserving the Hianzish dialect.

Heinz Koller is a member of the "Josef Reichl-Bund" (Josef Reichl-Society),
of the Burgenlndisch-Hianzische Gesellschaft (Burgenland-Hianzish Society)
and of the "Frderverein der Bairischen Sprache" (Society promoting the
Bavarian language). He himself has also founded a society called "Gssinger
Kreis zur Pflege der Mundart" (Gssing Society for the preservation of the
dialect); members meet at the "Hianznstubm" inn in Gssing, Hauptstrasse 47.
Today he considers it to be his most important activity to support his wife
Hildegard (who chairs the Burgverein Gssing) in the organization of the
"Burgspiele" (Castle Plays).


NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE AVAILABILITY (Carol Sorensen & G. Berghold)
Carol writes: Thank you for your wonderful web site. I go to it often and
have been encouraged by several of the members (and even found one was
"related") in my own development of my Family History. I went to Burgenland
this summer when my daughter studied in Vienna. We visited brothers and
sister of my grandparents, and their children and grandchildren. Learned lots
and did many taped interviews. Of course now I have even more questions. So,
as I go back to your info to ponder and learn, I can no longer access
Newsletters 30-36A? Why?

We attended the Burgenlander Geinschaft picnic as you suggested...met Miss
Burgenland from New York, who is related to my Great-aunt from Oberwart (my
daughter exchanged e-mail addresses with her!), and then visited her niece's
vineyard and cellar down the road (which was all a surprise!)....Thanks for
the suggestion!

Answer: The archives are presently available at three places. Two are FTP
sites belonging to Hap Anderson and myself (we split the archives betweeen
us). These can be accessed through home page hyperlinks. Edited (extraneous
transmission material removed) versions are also available from our Roots Web
facility. The AOL FTP sites which hold these archives (accessed from homepage
hyperlinks) have a 2MM byte limit. As new archives come in old ones have to
go. I've cancelled everything through 36A and will also be cancelling through
49B at my FTP. Until our homepage administrator can pick them up elsewhere
you can still find edited copies of the archives and search them at:

Roots Web BB newsletter archives index and threaded search facility available
from http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/bbnlarchx.htm

The first time you use Roots Web, you'll be asked to provide a password. Make
one up and remember it. This is done to protect the site from hackers. We'll
continue to make all newsletters available from homepage hyperlinks but you
may occasionally find some gaps as explained above. When you do, either wait
a few weeks or go to Roots Web. An added plus of the Roots Web archive is
that it includes a search mechanism. Handy if you're looking for a particular
item. Given the size of today's hard disks and other storage media, you might
consider downloading all of our archives. You could then edit them to meet
your own needs or cut and paste material to your own genealogical files. A
big job (over 1200 pages) but worth the effort if you're into Burgenland
research.

BURGENLAND BUNCH INTERNET LINKS - ADDITIONS, REVISIONS 9/30/99
(from Internet/URL Editor Anna Tanczos Kresh)

AUSTRIAN, BURGENLAND MUSIC SOURCES
o 10,000 Volkslieder <http://ingeb.org/>; - links to Austrian, Croatian,
German, Hungarian, etc. songs (online lyrics, many with music clips);
composers, histories, notes, etc.; Silent Night in 93 languages
(click on this related site
<http://members.tripod.com/~tassiedevil/snight.htm>;

BURGENLAND INTERNET LINKS
o Auswanderer Museum
<http://www.museumonline.at/1998/schools/burgenla/BL_GUSSI/index.htm>; -
Museum of the Emigrants from Burgenland; photos, chronology, floor plan,
impressions of the Old World, Emigration, the New World, What is Left?;
includes photos of Dr. Walter Dujmovits, Anthony Pany, former mayor of
Northampton, PA (Klaus Gerger)

o Burgenland Gemeinden <http://www.burgenland.at/>; - click on "Gemeinden",
then select "Gssing", "Tobaj", etc.; nice, small photos of Burgenland
castles, villages, churches, crosses, etc. (Klaus Gerger)

GENEALOGY RESEARCH LINKS (OTHER)
o Family Relationship Chart
<http://netserver.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/chart.htm>; - chart to identify
relationship between two people (e.g., first cousin once removed); see also
Everton <http://www.everton.com/relation/relation.htm>;


HUNGARIAN INTERNET LINKS
o Magyarorszg megyi <http://www.different.hu/hunmap/hun/>; - links to
present-day Hungary with maps of the counties by district; towns have a link
to current address, phone, and sometimes fax, for the municipal hall, post
office, school, etc.; larger towns have tourist-type information (Maureen
Tighe-Brown)
(Remember the InterTran link will attempt to translate Hungarian web pages)

MAP SITES ON THE INTERNET
o Magyarorszg megyi <http://www.different.hu/hunmap/hun/>; - links to
present-day Hungary with maps of the counties by district; towns have a link
to current address, phone, and sometimes fax, for the municipal hall, post
office, school, etc.; larger towns have tourist-type information (Maureen
Tighe-Brown)
(Remember InterTran link attempts to translate Hungarian web pages)

SEARCH ENGINES
o Searchlinks in Alle Welt <http://oehwww.uibk.ac.at/wsearch.htm>; - Austrian
and world-wide search links (restoring broken link)

URL CHANGES (revised links/descriptions)
o English-Hungarian Dictionary <http://mek.iif.hu/>; - dictionary database
available from Hungarian Electronic Library (Magyar Elektronikus Knyvtr --
MEK); click here for important readme file (Hung./Eng.) and downloadable
dictionary zip file
<http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/egyeb/szotar/ssa-dic/szotar>; (Maureen
Tighe-Brown)

o Austria - Infoplease <http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html>; - Click on
"Austria" for geography, maps, flag, official national name, current ruler,
area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race,
religion, literacy rate, economy, government, history. (revised address)

o Croatia - Infoplease <http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html>; - Click on
"Croatia" for geography, maps, flag, official national name, current ruler,
area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race,
religion, literacy rate, economy, government, history. (revised address)

o About Hungary <http://www.mezo.com/Hungary/hungary.html>; - Good short
synopsis of Hungary's history (link restored - found new address)

o Hungary - Infoplease <http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html>; - Click on
"Hungary" for geography, maps, flag, official national name, current ruler,
area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race,
religion, literacy rate, economy, government, history. (revised address)

MEMBER CHANGES
CANCEL
Matthew Kurtz; (); (mail returned)

John F. Lostys; (); (mail returned)

CHANGE
Willam Stubits from: to

Michelle Belusar from to

Charles Klucsarits;(); Italy (USAF).
KLUCSARITS, (KLUCHARICH), Gssing. To Coplay/Hokendauqua, PA. (spelling of
family name)

George Tebolt; (); Spencertown, NY. TIBOLD, EDL,
SCHEIBELHOFER, HOLLINGER, Bakonyszucs, Veszprem, Hungary. Grandparents Mihaly
Tibold and Marie Edl settled in NYC 1899. Georgius Tibold born about 1769 ?
where and GGG grandparents Martinus Edl and Anna Hollinger born about 1780 ?
where. (new family names)

NEW
Theresia Andruchowitz;(); Vienna, Austria. Ancestors from
Raabfidisch (Rabafzes, Hungary). Member of LDS FHC, Wien.

Robert Bathiany, ; Stockton CA. BATTHYANY, Gussing.
DRASKOVICH, Gussing. Settled in Germany and Kentucky (US).

Teri Gass; (); Portland, Oregon. UNGER, Wallern. WEIER, ?,
settled in St. Martin, Minnesota.

AnneThomas Giblin, , New Hyde Park, NY. TOMAS, Gussing.
SAYER/SEIER/SIER, Gussing. GOBER, Gussing. ZWETITS, Gussing. Settled in
Coplay, PA.

Mary LaMantia; (); Toms River,NJ. Franz FURST,Johanna
FANDL . Gussing. Settled in New Jersey.

Ralph Nielsen; (); The East Riding of Yorkshire,
England.
STRODL, WCHSINGERIN (WURZINGER), WIESINGER Forchtenau - settled in
Denmark.

Fr. Bob Poandl, (); Hugo, OK. POANDL, Gerersdorf; ZACH,
Rudersdorf; WAGNER, Gerersdorf, Rudersdorf.

End of Newsletter

STAFF
Co-ordinator & Editor Newsletter>
(Gerald J. Berghold; Winchester, VA )

Burgenland Editor>
(Albert Schuch; Vienna & Kleinpetersdorf, Austria)

Home Page Editor> (Hap Anderson)

Internet/URL Editor>
(Anna Tanczos Kresh; Butler,PA)

Contributing Editors:
Austro/Hungarian Research>(Fritz Knigshofer)
Burgenland Lake Corner Research> (Dale Knebel)
Chicago Burgenland Enclave> (Tom Glatz)
Croatian Burgenland> (Frank Teklits)
Home Page village lists> (Bill Rudy)
Judaic Burgenland> (Maureen Tighe-Brown)
Western Hungary-Bakony Region> (Ernest Chrisbacher)
Western US BB Members-Research> (Bob Unger)

Courtesy Links to member web sites and the "Oberwart Zeitung" (OZ), Oberwart,
Austria and the "Burgenlndische Gemeinschaft" News, Gssing, Austria.

BB ARCHIVES>(can be reached from Home Page hyperlinks)

BURGENLAND HOME PAGE>
http://www.spacestar.com/users/hapander/burgen.html

WORLDGEN WEB BURGENLAND QUERY BOARD
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Austria/Burgenland

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