Posted with permission of the author, May 10, 2002
(This site needs to be updated!-dhr, 2017.09.15)
Schwarzthal, Bukowina (now Vadul Negrilesei, Romania) was a small village on the southern edge of the easternmost crownland of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The villages of Bori and Lichtenberg had been founded earlier by German-Bohemians from the Prachin District in Bohemia. This inspired other settlers from the Prachin and Pisek Districts to emigrate to Bukowina to also settle new villages. On August 25, 1838, the following 28 men signed a protocol stating their intention to found a new settlement according to the previous protocols for Bori and Lichtenberg;
Peter AUGUSTIN
Simon Baierle (BAYERLE)
Andreas BAUMGARTNER
Sebastian Baumgarten (BAUMGARTNER)
George BEER
George Beinhauser (BERNHAUSER)
Johann BINDER
Franz Brand (BRANDL)
Lorenz (Brödel) BRETTL
Franz DENK
Wenzel FARTASZEK
Ambros HOFMANN
Wenzel KISLINGER
Wenzel Kibek (KÜBECK)
Filip MAIDEL
Josef Pilsner (PILSEL)
Johann (Preser) PROSSER
Joseph (Prixel) PREXEL
Adam RAPP
Valdin SCHUG
Franz SCHUSTER
Michael SCHUSTER
Wolfgang SEIDL
Josef Tauschach (TAUSCHEK)
Franz WEBER (1)
Franz WEBER (2)
Laurenz WEBER
Karl WUDY.
On the 22th of June, 1841, approval was given to found the village of Schwarzthal. The names of the actual settlers is not known, but the tax records of 1856 show the following households in Schwarzthal:
Johann ANGER
Josef BAAR
Simon Baierl (BAYERLE)
Georg BEER
Martin Benner (BÖNA)
Josef BERNHAUSER
Bernhardt BINDER
Josef BINDER
Peter BINDER
Procob BINDER
Georg BRANDL
Georg Fischpera (VISPER)
Wenzel FLEISNER
Ignatz FRIESCH
Franz FUCHS
Johann GRASSEL (KRASSEL)
Franz GROSS
Josef HASENÖHRL
Anton HOFFMANN
Ambros HOFFMANN
Andreas JUNG
Josef KLOSTERMANN
Johann KNAUS
Wenzel KÜBECK
Josef PILSEL
Michel SCHAFFHAUSER
Wenzel SCHAFFHAUSER
Johann SEEMANN
Jakob TAUSCHER
Johann TAUSCHER
Josef TAUSCHER
Wenzel TAUSCHER (Father)
Wenzel TAUSCHER (Son)
Josef WEBER
Lorenz WEBER
Jacob WENDLING
Georg WINTER
Karl WUDI
In November 1940, the people of Schwarzthal were voluntarily removed to Greater Germany. At that time, the households included the following family names:
BAYERL, BEER, BERDICH, BERNHAUSER, BINDER, BIZIAK, BRANDL, BRODNER, FLEISSNER, FRISCH, FUCHS, GUMINA, HASENÖHRL, HEHN, HOFFMANN, ILK, JEREMIAS, JUNG, JWORTCZUK, KLOSTERMANN, KNAUS, KRASSEL, KÜBECK, MAYER, PETRITSCH, PILSEL, PODWICZINSKI, RANKL, SCHAFFHAUSER, SEEMANN, SEIBEL, SEIDEL, SELLNER, STULIAC, TAUSCHER, UNGARIN, WEBER, WINTER, WUDI