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Tröstau Municipality

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Introduction

[Image: Germanic Gothic script; Text: Troestau with o-umlaut for oe]

Tröstau municipality (Gemeinde Tröstau) lies in southwestern Wunsiedel administrative district, Upper Franconia administrative region, Bavaria, Germany. Its seat is Tröstau village.

Relevant families:

Map highlighting Wunsiedel administrative district and Tröstau municipality
[Image: Map of Wunsiedel administrative district]

Source: Adapted from licensed image by NordNordWest based on work by Hagar66 based on work by TUBS, Tröstau in WUN, 7 January 2014, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tröstau_in_WUN.svg; image used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license; adaptation: English labels and German & English river names added.

Note: Tröstau municipality (red) along with nearby Nagel municipality and Bad Alexandersbad municipality (rose) are administered together as Tröstau cooperative administrative association (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Tröstau). The dark gray areas are unincorporated forests.

Map of Tröstau municipality
[Image: Map of Troestau municipality]
Localities of Tröstau municipality
Locality nameLocality type

Source: Adapted from table, Alle Orte in der Gemeinde Tröstau [All Localities in Tröstau Municipality], Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online [site in German]; translation by IrishDanishGermanHeritage.
Fahrenbachhamlet (Weiler)
Furthammeravillage (Dorf)
Grötschenmühlewilderness (Einöde)
Kühlgrünhamlet (Weiler)
Leupoldsdorfvillage (Dorf)
Leupoldsdorferhammervillage (Dorf)
Neuenhammerhamlet (Weiler)
Rohrmühlewilderness (Einöde)
Seehausmountain refuge (Berghütte)
Silberhauswilderness (Einöde)
Tröstauparish-church village (Pfarrdorf)
Viersthamlet (Weiler)
Vordorfvillage (Dorf)
Vordorfermühlevillage (Dorf)
Waffenhammerhamlet (Weiler)

In the 19th century, Tröstau was the seat of a smaller Tröstau municipality, Wunsiedel regional judicial district (Landgericht Wunsiedel). Vordorf municipality merged with Tröstau municipality in 1978 (Vordorf official page [site in German]).

Localities of earlier Tröstau municipality, ca. 1868
Locality nameLocality type

Source: Data from Heyberger et al. 1868, cols. 958–959 [pp. 323–324; in German].
Eulenlohehamlet (Weiler)
Furthammerahamlet (Weiler)
Grötschenmühlemill (Mühle)
Grötschenreuthvillage (Dorf)
Leupoldsdorfvillage (Dorf)
Leupoldsdorferhammerwilderness (Einöde)
Neuenhammerwilderness (Einöde)
Rohrmühlemill (Mühle)
Silberangerwilderness (Einöde)
Tröstauvillage (Dorf)

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Vordorf

[Image: Germanic Gothic script; Text: Vordorf]

The village of Vordorf lies in northern Tröstau municipality. Tröstau’s Vordorf is not to be confused with the other Vordorf in Bavaria, to the south of this one: Vordorf village, Haiming municipality, Altötting administrative district, Upper Bavaria administrative region.

Relevant individuals:

Entrance to Vordorf
[Image: Paved road leading to houses]
Interactive map of Vordorf in Bavaria, Germany

In the 19th century, Vordorf village was the seat of its own Vordorf municipality, Wunsiedel regional judicial district (Landgericht Wunsiedel), and Tröstau was a separate municipality in Wunsiedel regional judicial district. Vordorf municipality merged with Tröstau municipality in 1978 (Vordorf official page [site in German]).

Localities of former Vordorf municipality, ca. 1868
Locality nameLocality type

Source: Data from Heyberger et al. 1868, col. 959 [p. 324; in German].

Note: The above localities were merged into Tröstau municipality in 1978 except for Kohlmesserhaus, which was merged into Weißenstadt urban municipality to the north.
Kohlmesserhauswilderness (Einöde)
Kühlgrünvillage (Dorf)
Seehauswilderness (Einöde)
Vierstvillage (Dorf)
Vordorfvillage (Dorf)
Vordorfermühlemill (Mühle)
Waffenhammerwilderness (Einöde)

The table below shows the administrative units of government around Vordorf:

Vordorf within Germany, ca. 1868 and current
EnglishGerman
ca. 1868Currentca. 1868Current

Sources: Data from:

  • Heyberger et al. 1868, col. 959 [p. 324; in German].
  • Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online, s.v. “Vordorf” [site in German].
Vordorf [locality]Vordorf [locality]Ort VordorfOrt Vordorf
Vordorf municipalityTröstau municipalityGemeinde VordorfGemeinde Tröstau
Wunsiedel regional judicial districtWunsiedel administrative districtLandgericht WunsiedelLandkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Wunsiedel district office—Bezirksamt Wunsiedel—
Upper Franconia administrative regionUpper Franconia administrative regionRegierungsbezirk OberfrankenRegierungsbezirk Oberfranken
Kingdom of BavariaBavaria [state]Königreich BayernFreistaat Bayern
German ConfederationFederal Republic of GermanyDeutscher BundBundesrepublik Deutschland
Population of the village of Vordorf
YearPopulation

Sources: Data from

  • Heyberger et al. 1868, col. 959 [p. 324; in German].
  • Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern 1991, p. 321 [site in German].
1864286
1987193
Vordorf on map showing the region in 14th century
Full
[Image: Map of Fichtel Mountains]
Close-up (Vordorf at center)
[Image: Close-up of map of Fichtel Mountains]

Source: Adapted from screen capture of ebook, 2-page map, Karte des Egerlandes von 1322 [Map of Eger Region from 1322], in Gradl 1893, 184a, photo plate; left-page only, image straightened.

Note: Map legend for changing boundaries of Eger-river region:

  • ( —•— ) Shifted region (Versetztes Gebiet)
  • ( — ) Boundary of the oldest Eger region (Grenze des ältesten Egerlandes)
  • (+•+) From King John of Bohemia (reigned 1310–1346) to the displacement of the added-on region (Von K. Johann zum Versatze einbezogenes Gebiet)
Flowers near Vordorf
[Image: Red, orange, and yellow flowers]

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Reference list

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