Connection between Waldviertel and Wisconsin: emigration stories and Bronze Age finds

Connection between Waldviertel and Wisconsin: emigration stories and Bronze Age finds

New edition of the magazine "Das Waldviertel"

A new edition of the magazine "The Waldviertel" has recently published and deals with interesting topics from the region. In this issue, among other things, the emigration families are highlighted by the Pürbacher train station in Wisconsin, USA. The Bronze Age history of the Waldviertel and the ministerial family of the Kuenringer are also considered in more detail. There is also an insight into the contemporary history of the region and the Museum of everyday history in Neupölla.

The connection between the Waldviertel and the New York Statue of Freedom may seem far at first glance. However, numerous families from the Waldviertel sought their luck in America in the 19th century and emigrated to Wisconsin. The journalist Martin Prinz embarks on the traces of these emigrants and reports on their journey and their experiences in their new homeland. Even today, the Waldviertel is still present in Wisconsin - for example through the Graumohn, which still serves as a popular ingredient for baked goods.

Another topic of the magazine deals with a bronze aerial heel, which was found in Oberpfaffendorf near Raabs at the Thaya. In an exciting article, the authors Hermann Maurer and Markus Holzweber deal with this find and provide insights into the early and Middle Bronze Age.

The history of the Kuenringer is also discussed in this issue. Franz X. Sagaischek illuminates the ministerial family and traces the ownership relationships in the Waldviertel until the 12th century.

Another article by Fritz F. Steininger takes us into 1524 and deals with the Eggenburg Burgfried and freedom boundaries that were set up as part of a legal dispute.

In a contribution about the Museum of everyday history in Neupölla, we learn from Friedrich Pollerß about the recording, inventory and digitization of the stocks of this interesting museum. Over 600 objects including descriptions have already been brought into the Lower Austrian inventory portal.

In addition to these exciting topics, the magazine "Das Waldviertel" also offers Waldviertel cultural reports, book reviews, a reader service and communications from the WHB.

If you want to learn more about this issue of the magazine, you can contact 0664/2836789 or by email to office@dAswaldviertel.at. Further information is also available on the homepage www.daswaldviertel.at, where the booklet can also be ordered.

Source: www.noe.gv.at