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Wallern
Village of 1930 residents in the Neusiedl am See district.

Called "villa Bala" in 1269. In 1464 already part of the domain Forchtenstein. Probably destroyed by Turks in 1529 and rebuilt on a different location. Part of the village fields are still called "Altdorf" (old village). Other sources say a flood made the inhabitants move their houses.

In 1589 24 families farmed in Wallern, 22 on whole sessios, and 2 on half sessios. The surnames of these farmers were: 4 UNGER; 2 KOHLNÜBER, LANG, SCHMIED; 1 LENTSCH, RENNER, FÜRNS, RÖSNER, RATH, HAUER, FRONAUER, WIRNSNER, KOTZENMACHER, JÄNNDL, RISCHL, HUETFLÜSS, LENTSCHITZ, KIEREIN POLTINGER.

Wallern became a Lutheran village by the end of the 16th century. When the Lutheran bishop Gregor MUZSAY visited the maternal parish Pamhagen, Wallern was represented by the Richter (village headman) Ambros KÜRAIN, who was accompanied by August UNGER (48 y) and Martin SCHNEIDER (30 y). The catholic "visitatio" of 1663 says that the inhabitants of Wallern are newly reformed Catholics.

In 1674 Wallern already had a school. In 1680 Matthias HARING from Donnerskirchen (44 y) was teacher, in 1696 Michael DÄCHEL (46 y).  

The Urbarium for 1675 shows 9 farmers with a whole sessio and 30 with a half sessio. Their surnames are: 10 UNGER; 6 SCHNEIDER; 3 DENK; 2 FLEISCHHACKER, RAUHBORTER; 1 STROMMER, PAUER, AUER, OPITZ, RAINER, NITSCH, WOLKENDORFER, ZECHMEISTER, HISSMANN, RUPOLD, MUER, KRIEHMANN (KRIEGMANN), ALTENBURGER, ZAGENSCHMIED, DÄCHEL, HALBBAUER. The surnames of the 20 Söllners are: 2 JANDL, ROTH; 1 HAUER, HAIDER, FUHRMANN, PFEIFFER, STADTMÜLLER, MAGL, WEIGL, RENNER, MARTINGER, BINDER, BAUMGARTNER, LIDY (LIDITSCH). Apart from the farmer's and Söllner's houses the village has a school house, an inn, a sheperd's house and a butcher's house.

The baptism records of Pamhagen parish (starting 1681) show the following additional surnames for Wallern 1681-1715: LANG, STEINER, HOHMANN, WUNDERLER, KOPPA (KAPI), GELLES (GÖLLÖS, KÜLLÖS), LEITNER, KANITSCH, KLESCHITZ, KRUPITSCH.

The visitatio of 1713 still shows Michael DÄCHEL as teacher, the inhabitants are Catholics, but their religious conduct is described as "cold". In 1720 Georg KLEMENS was teacher. (In 1713 he had been teacher in Tadten, then aged 25.) Stayed until about 1729.

In 1730 a small church was built (St. Matthew), Georg GREISI was Richter. In 1734 Wallern became a parish, Johann JANKOWITSCH was the first priest. He started church records in the same year. He writes that the people of Wallern keep singing their Lutheran songs. Further priests: Georg HÖFER (1738-43), Anton NEMETHY (1743-48), Matthias FLITSCH (1758-79), Michael REINPRECHT (1779-1812), Georg SENTNER (1812-53), Josef WITTMANN (1853-72), Johann WAYAN (1872-87), Stefan SÜTÖ (1887-1902), Martin GRAF (1902-06), Josef HEURIGS (1906-26), Paul LANG (1927-38), Johann ETTL (1940-54), Hanns HEIDER (1954-?).

Teachers were Johann Adam RAUHOFER (1760-69), Josef WESTERMEIER (1776-84), Johann GLATZ (1787-1814), Georg UNGER (1822-34), Ignaz HÖNIG (1825; "praeceptor", that is assisting teacher), Josef KIRCHKNOPF (1837-42; from Ödenburg), Josef JAROSCH (1846-53), Anton HACKL (1861-73; from Sieggraben), Josef JAROSCH (1873; assisting teacher; probably son of the above mentioned), Georg BOGNER (died 1871), Johann KAMPITSCH (1890ies), Georg FORSTNER (around 1900), Franz VERTES (1902-14), Josef ZECHMEISTER (1914-19), Josef PILLES (1919-23), Geysa HAIDER (1923-38), Josef HOFSTÄDTER (1938-44), Ladislaus MOLLAY (1950-?).

Before the draining of the swamps, large quantities of hay were sold to Vienna. 1894-97 the swamps (part of the large swamp area called "Waasen" or "Hansag") were drained and the farmers started to raise corn and sugar beets on the new fields.

Surnames in 1952: 27 MICHLITSCH, 17 SCHNEIDER, 16 UNGER, 14 KRIEHMANN; 10 HALBAUER, SCHWARZBAUER; 9 DENK, THÜRINGER; 8 MÜLLER; 7 SOMMER; 5 GRAISY; 4 KANDELSDORFER, LANG, HAIDER; 3 FLEISCHHACKER, TSCHIDA.

Source: Josef LOIBERSBECK: Am Waasen. In: Volk und Heimat 13-17/1966

Family History Library microfilms:
Catholic: Római Katólikus Egyház, Valla [FHL INTL Films 700901 - 02]
Civil: Valla (Moson). Anyakönyvi Hivatal [VAULT INTL Films 700607 - 08]

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