Olbendorf Research Hub

Olbendorf (Hungarian: Óbér, Croatian: Lovrenac) is a town in the district of Güssing in the Austrian state of Burgenland.

Until 1921 it was part of Vas county (Kingdom of Hungary).

Area: 17.37 km² (6.7 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013): 1,429

Research resources:

• Catholic church records of the parish of Bocksdorf (Baksafalva) 1738-1787 - located at the Catholic Archives in Eisenstadt; can be viewed there upon appointment. Available online at matriken.at.
• Catholic church records of the parish of Olbendorf (Ober) 1788-recent - located at the parish office of Olbendorf; written permission of the diocese and appointment required for viewing.
• Duplicates of Church records 1828-1895 - available on microfilm through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Microfilm-Numbers:

700703 Catholic Births, Marriages & Deaths 1828-1881
700678 Lutheran Births 1828-1881
700679 Lutheran Births 1881-1895
700680 Lutheran Marriages 1828-1895
700681 Lutheran Deaths 1828-1895

• Catholic Baptism Index 1828-1895
• Civil records 1895-1920
• Houselist 1857
• Known emigrants
• Official Website
• Burgenland Bunch community

For further help, please feel free to contact a project collaborator.

Politics:

Mayors of Olbendorf

• Simon Pomper (*1865 +1931), CsP (1921-1922)
• Matthias Loos (*1878 +1950), CsP (1923-1926)
• Kosmas Pomper (*1881 +?), SdP (1927)
• Ambros Zieser (*1893 +1980), CsP (1928-1930)
• Lukas Tury (*1884 +1970), SdP (1930)
• Ambros Zieser (*1893 +1980), CsP (1931-1938)
• Andreas Gartner (*1879 +1952), NSDAP (1938-1941)
• Hermann Paul (*1906 +1962), NSDAP (1941-1942)
• Johann Stumpfl (*1897 +1957), NSDAP (1942)
• Heinrich Schalk (*1896 +1959), NSDAP (1943-1945)
• Hermann Graf (*1901 +1979), SPÖ (1945-1962)
• Emmerich Lebensorger (*1923 +2013), SPÖ (1962-1984)
• Karl Konrath (*1941), SPÖ (1984-1996)
• Anton Fetz (*1951), SPÖ (1996-2002)
• Otto Holper (*1947), SPÖ (2002-2012)
• Wolfgang Sodl (*1963), SPÖ (2012- )

Deputy Mayors of Olbendorf

• Franz Holpfer (*1931 +2017), SPÖ
• Otto Holper (*1947), SPÖ
• Wolfgang Sodl (*1963), SPÖ
• Florian Ohrenhofer (*1980), SPÖ