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KÖRMEND
Körmend, Hungary:
Vas Megye
47°01' 16°36'
195 km WSW of Budapest




 map of Körmend

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     Körmend is in Transdanubia, the part of Hungary west of the Danube river.  As of 2005, it had a population of 12,379 inhabitants.  At the intersection of highways 8 and 86, it has long been the economic and cultural hub of the district, which bears its name, as well as a frequent stop for travellers on their way from Hungary to Austria.  The Rába river, a tributary of the Danube, runs through town.  Körmend is also known as the "town of storks", for the rare black stork which nests in the district.
     The name Körmend is derived from the Turkic "Curmend", which means "a shallows, a fortified place", or possibly "a castle".


History of Körmend

The Batthyány Palace

     Early Census Information
           Transcription of 1771 census
The Holocaust
     Holocaust deaths in Körmend Civil Registration records (transcription of deaths recorded 1946-1951; deaths occurred 1944-1945)
 Vas megye Yizkor Book:
     In addition to the necrology, the Vas megye Yizkor Book includes articles on the histories of the following towns:  Szombathely, Jánosháza, Körmend, Köszeg, Nagysimonyi, Celldömölk, Sárvár, Vasvár, Szentgotthárd, Rohonc (Rechnitz), Muraszombat (Olsnitz), Németujvár (Güssing), and Városszalónak (Schleining), as well as an introduction, poetry, personal recollections, short biographies, other general information, and a section in Hebrew with memorial advertisements.   To date, besides what is listed under the Holocaust section, the article about Jánosháza has been translated and lists of Szombathely congregation members, taxpayers and synagogue/Chevra Kadisha presidents have been transcribed.  They can be accessed through any of the Vas megye Yizkor Book links, above.  Anyone wishing to help translate or contribute towards a translation is welcome to contact the webmaster.

Pinkas HaKehillot, Hungaria article on Körmend
     This Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities was commissioned by Yad Vashem and published in 1975.

Families of Körmend:

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Individuals:
     Anonymous (pictures of Körmend and LEBOVICS family)
     D. Pfalzer (NEUMANN family)
F. Unger (RECHNITZER family)
S. Katz (RECHNITZER family)
A. Koerner (KAUDERS family)
J. Jellins and H. Sinai (FRITZ family)
Anonymous (RECHNITZER family)
D. Preizler (SCHREINER family)

Web sites:
     http://www.kormend.hu/index.php?ugras=muzeum&setaoldal=6

http://mibt-szombathely.hu/pages/konyv_tartalom.php?de

     http://www.hungarystartshere.com/gen?genid=12867

     http://www.tourinform.hu/main.php?folderID=1936

http://www.nemzetijelkepek.hu

     Wikipedia

<http://www.fathom.com/course/72810016/index.html>  The New York Public Library: An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts by Joseph Gutmann, Evelyn M. Cohen, Menahem Schmelzer, Malachi Beit Arie 

Books:
     Historical Atlas of the Holocaust, published by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

     The Encyclopedia of JewishLife Before and During the Holocaust, edited by Shmuel Spector and Geoffrey Wigoder

     Genealogical Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Hungary, by Jordan Auslander

The Politics of Genocide by Randolph L. Braham, published 1994 by Columbia University Press

"Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts as Binding Boards in the Libraries and Archives of Hungary" by Alexander Scheiber; article in the Joshua Bloch Memorial Volume: Studies in Booklore and History, edited by Abraham Berger, Lawrence Marwick and Isidore S. Meyer, published by the New York Public Library, 1960

Other:
Hungarian News Agency (MTI)--Financial Times Ltd.

"Jewish Citizens of Socialist Yogoslavia: Politics of Jewish Identity in a Socialist State, 1944-1974" dissertation by Emil Kerenji

"Building and Breaching the Ghetto Boundary: A Brief History of the Ghetto Fence in Körmend, Hungary, 1944" article by Tim Cole, University of Bristol, published in Holocaust and Genocide Studies 23, no. 1 (Spring 2009), pages 54-75

Compiled by Judy Petersen
Last updated by JP
  November 2009
Copyright © June 2008 Judy Petersen

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