| davtam: Re: Parapatics | Weiden bei Rechnitz
First mentioned in a tax conscription of 1538 as "Rakottyas", an old Hungarian synonym for the German name "Weiden" (= willow tree). Owned by the Counts Erdödy, it was inhabited by only 8 lodgers (pauperes). Ten years later, in 1548, the tax collectors already reported some farmers, two lodgers and one soldier (pixidarius). By 1570, the area of farming land had doubled; there were still two lodgers (pauperes), two empty lodger's houses and three tenants (inquilini). By that time the village was already to some extent inhabited by Croatian refugees.
After the Bocskay (1605-06) and Bethlen (1621) uprisings, more Croatians followed, this time Greek-Orthodox "Vlahi". Two characteristic Vlahi surnames of Weiden (and surroundings), SMOLIAN and PARAPATIC can already be found in the land records of Kohfidisch (also an Erdödy possession) in 1613. One Georg Parapatic owned 3 sessiones - he is therefore supposed to have been a wealthy and influential person. He - or another Parapatic - may have founded the settlement of Parapatic-Brig (aka Bosniak-Brig or Parapatisch-Berg) near Weiden.
According to the ecclesiastical inspection of 1674, Weiden belonged to the parish of Neumarkt. Weiden had a cemetery of its own, by 1697 a portable altar too. So the priest of Neumarkt could say mass in a private house of Weiden.
In 1720/21 the village was inhabited by 25 farmers and 3 "free men" (nobles); 7 of them were Hungarians, 21 Croatians.
The first Vlahi settlers - as documented in the oldest church records of Neumarkt (from 1692 onwards) were: CACINOVIS (CIACSINOVICS), DRAGANOVIC, POKOMANDI, SMOLJAN, VUKICEVIC, VUKOVIC, BURSIC, KEGLOVIC, HERSIC. The baptism records of Weiden (separate books since 1789) include the noblemen (nobilis) Paulus KUNICH (22 May 1803) and Franz TALIAN (1826).
The Urbarium of 1676 lists the following names: BAUSA (2), BENDEKOUICH (BENEDEKOUICZ, 4), BURSICH (BURSICZ, 4), CSECZNOICH, DRAGANOICH, HERSICH (2), LAKICH (LAKICZ, 2), ORLICH, PRAPATICH (2), PRIGNUTICZ, RADICS, TIBOLT (2), VIDASICH (2), VUKICSEUICH (VUKICZEUICH, WUKICSEUICH, 4), ZEBICH (ZEBICS, 3). With the exception of Tibolt, all names are Croatian.
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