windisch, as far as i know - is used for "slavic" and - was a part of krain (todays western part of slovenia)in the austro-hungarian empire. - e.g. windisch-bueheln, windisch-graetz, ... - windisch-graetz was also a noble family... - others are windisch-bleiberg (Slovenji Plajberk) in carintia (austria) - i found another page (german) which says that the origin of the word " windisch" was "veneter (venetien)" ...those from venezia... http://www.hausarbeiten.de/rd/archiv/geschichte/gesch-ethnogenese/gesch-ethnogenese.shtml - today "windisch" is also known as dialect from the krain-region. - there is also a site (in german)... http://members.mcnon.com/klaugerg/BG/Zeitung/1995/335/AuswDorf335.html ...mentioning windisch-minihof in burgenland (austria)inteh frontier area of austria, hngary, slovenia - from this village lots of people emmigrated. -i also found a village in switzerland called "windisch" regards, georg (graz/vienna) --- [email protected] wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > SLOVENIA-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 53 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Where is Windisch ["d." > <[email protected]>] > #2 Re: Where is Windisch ["d." > <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SLOVENIA-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software requires one, just use > unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > [email protected] > > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 18:27:25 +0200 > From: "d." <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Where is Windisch > > Obviously it was near Graz - Austria. > > Look at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ne/hendrikrody/genaustria03.html > > > Have a nice day, > > daniela > from sLOVEnia > > > > > > > Connie Balazic wrote: > > > > Help. > > > > I found a first cousin whose mother, my mother's > sister, told her that she was Windisch and not > Slovene. My mother and sister came from the county > of Vas, Hungary, which became part of Prekmurje, > Slovenia after world War I. I have heard that the > Slovenes living in this part of Vas county Hungary > were called Windisch. > > > > I would like to know where the area of Windisch > was located prior to World War I and if it covered > areas of Austria as well as Hungary. Also does the > name have any significance today. > > > > Thank you all for any help. > > > > Joe > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 08:52:49 +0200 > From: "d." <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Where is Windisch > > I found this sites too: > > www.bogardi.com/gen/ > http://www.bogardi.com/gen/g104.shtml > http://157.238.45.41/cgi-bin/hn1913.cgi?place=vas > > > > > daniela > from sLOVEnia > > > > > > > > > Connie Balazic wrote: > > > > Help. > > > > I found a first cousin whose mother, my mother's > sister, told her that she was Windisch and not > Slovene. My mother and sister came from the county > of Vas, Hungary, which became part of Prekmurje, > Slovenia after world War I. I have heard that the > Slovenes living in this part of Vas county Hungary > were called Windisch. > > > > I would like to know where the area of Windisch > was located prior to World War I and if it covered > areas of Austria as well as Hungary. Also does the > name have any significance today. > > > > Thank you all for any help. > > > > Joe > ===== ------------------------------ Mag. Georg Strafella Franckstr. 14 8010 Graz / Austria phone: +43/676/6112635 mail: [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/