Thanks for the link to the map, yes indeed, it was the Sudetenland. It is near Zwittau and since I visited my relatives there between 1935 and 1945 I can certainly vouch for it. They had German offices, German schools and the settlements were predominantly German. The area was called the Schönhengstgau. Go to:http://www.schoenhengstgau.de/ and click on "trachten". The German population of the Schönhengstgau were 125,000. You may also go to the link below to see the entire German Gau in Moravia. http://www.landsgesell.de/Herkunft/Schonhengstgau/schonhengstgau.html Aida ----- Original Message ----- From: <BEEPOD@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Any information?? >I have found the town (Runarz) spelled Both Runarov and RunAjAov in >Central > eastern CZ near the Town (Olmitz) Olomouc. This area considered to be > south > Moravia. I know for cetain that is area was considered part of > Sudetenland...and was heavily settled by German speaking people my family > included who > spoke German in the home. It becomes harder tracking people down when > translating from German to Czech etc. My Aunt now in her late 70's had > visited her > Aunt.. as recently as seven years ago in the town Runarov. > _Mapy | Atlas.cz_ > (http://mapy.atlas.cz/mapviewer/mapviewer.aspx?cy=-1121000&cx=-574300&icon=default&scale=15000&action=zoomto) > Thanks for your help. Deb > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >