MUTTERSDORF (Mutěnín)


a town about 5 km northwest of Ronsperg (Poběžovic) in Domažlice District, Plzeň Region of Czechia


Time Period Region
Before 1806 Holy Roman Empire
1806 - 1867 Austrian Empire
1867 - 1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire
1918 - 1938 Czechoslovakia
1938 - 1945 Nazi Germany
1945 - 1992 Czechoslovakia
1993 - 2016
 Czech Republic
2016 - Present
 Czechia

Year Jewish Population Total  Population
1654 6 adults
1669 40 (6 families)
1724 21 (6 families)
1747 49 (14 families)
1783 10 families
1786 11 families
1793 65 (13 families)
1811 6 families
1654 census
Theresian cadaster (c. 1717)
1724 census
1733 census
Gubernium Trauung Register
(1735-1781)
1783 census
Josephian cadaster (c. 1786)
1793 census
1811 census
Familianten

The following chart is an attempt (based on known sources) to trace the lineage of Muttersdorf residents from the patronymic period up to the adoption of surnames. As new information becomes available, this chart will be updated and, hopefully, become increasingly more accurate.

Theresian Cadaster
(1713-1722)		1724 CensusGubenium Trauung Register11783 Census21786 List1788 Tax List3Josephian Cadaster
(1785-1789)4		1793 Census5Familianten61811 Census7
Jacob Schawe
(34 yrs, born in Muttersdorf, butcher, wife Bela 34, children: Liebele 5, Edele 3, Selka 2)		Jacob Scheuer
(settled 1699, sons 5, 6 yrs, daughters 4, 2 yrs)
Samuel Jacob
(3 children)		Samuel Jakob
(60 yrs [born c. 1726])		Samuel Jacob
(house No. 69)		Samuel Jacob
(house no. 1)		Samuel NEUMAN
(81 yrs, house no. 1, 2nd born, widower,  1st son Joachim and 2 other sons)

Joachim NEÜMANN
(son of Samuel, 1st son Mathes and 3 other children,		Joachim NEÜMANN
(married Sara Teutsch in 1788, son: Mathias)		Joachim NEUMANN (married Mutenin, 1788, 1st son: Mathes, married 1819)
1
Abraham Leve
(70 yrs, resident in Muttersdorf for 8 weeks, wife Slamenes? 44, children: Samuel 9)

Lorentz Leve
(50 yrs, resident in Muttersdorf 27 yrs, wife Ester 45, son: David 18)

Abraham Löbl
(4 children)		Abraham Löbl
(57 yrs [born c. 1729])		Abraham Löbl
(house no. 67)		Abraham Löbl
(house no. 3)		Barbara EHRMANN
(widow of Abraham, house no. 3, 1st son Sem and 2 unmarried daughters)		Sem EHRMANN
(son of Abraham and Buna, married Rosalia Goldmann in 1796, sons: Abraham 1799, Daniel 1815)		Sem EHRMANN (in Kynsperk rad Ohri, married Mutenin 1796, 1st son: Abraham, married)
2


Michael Sel. Löbl and Edl from Muttersdorf, married 1777Michael Selig
(1 child)		Michl Selig
(34 yrs [born c. 1752])		Michl Selig
(house no. 105)		Michl Selig
(house no. 5)		Esther BISCHITZ
(widow of Michael, house no. 5, 1st son Salomon and 1 daughter)		Esther BISCHITZ
(married 1779, son: Salomon 1785)
3
Isack Schawey
(34 yrs, butcher, wife Hetl? 30, brother David Shawey Bender 32 and his wife Rachele 22)		Isac Scheuer
(settled 1710)		Jakob Isaak and Rachel from Maleschitz, married 1772Jakob Isak
(2 children)		Jakob Isak
(38 yrs [born c. 1748])		Jakob Isak
(house no. 66)		Jacob Isack
(house no. 8)		Jakob KLEIN
(47 yrs, house no. 8, 1st born, wife Rachel, 1st son Isak and 1 daughter)		Jakob KLEIN
(married 1772, no sons)
4


Isaak Antschel and Rachel from Telitsch, 1778Isak Antschl
(2 children)		Isak Antschl
(45 yrs [born c. 1741])		Isak Antschl
(house no. 68)		Isack Antschl
(house no. 2)		Isak KLAUBER
(52 yrs, house no. 2, 2nd born, wife Rachel, 1st son Salamon and 3 other children)		Rachel KLAUBER
(daughter of Israel, widow of Isak, married 1778, sons: Salomon, Simon, Heinrich)		Rachel KLAUBER
(widow, 1st son: Salomon, 2nd son: Simon, married)
5


Joseph Bunem and Rosa from Raudnitz, 1768Hirschl Chorcum
(7 children)		Hirschl Chonam
(46 yrs [born c. 1740])		Husl Bermond
(house no. 67)		Hirsch Elkan
(house no. 3)		Nephtali OESTERREICHER
(56 yrs, house no. 3, 1st born, wife Abigail, 2nd son Simon)		Nepthaly ÖSTREICHER
(son of Elkan Joseph, married Abigail Moises in 1762, sons: Joseph 1765, Simon 1767, Isaias/Isak 1775, Israel)
6
Oser Judl
(37 yrs, born in Muttersdorf, wife Spinza? 32, children: Judes 7)		Ozar
(settled 1683, daughter 12 yrs)
Leml Löbl
(1 child)		Leml Löb
(51 yrs [born c. 1735])		Ezechiel Löwe
(house no. 107)		Lämml Löbl
(house no. 4)		Löwy STALL
(58 yrs, house no. 4, 1st born, wife Eva, 1 unmarried daughter)		Löwy SKAL
(married 1758, no sons)
7


Israel Mayer and Bune from Muttersdorf, 1780Israel Mayer
(1 child)		Israel Mayer
(30 yrs [born c. 1756])

Israel FALKENSTEIN
(30 yrs, house no. 4,  2nd born, wife Bearba, 1st son Israel and 2 other children)		Israel SCHALKENSTEIN
(son of Mayer Abraham, married Barbara Skal in 1781, sons: Isaak 1782, Abraham 1793, Frany? Ephraim 1797, Ezechiel 1799, Markus 1805)		Israel SCHALTENSTEIN
(married Mutenin 1781, 1st son: Isaac, single)
8
Schmay Jacob
(70 yrs, glazier, wife Resl 60, children: Lehe 18, Moseh 25 and his wife Shenil 22)
Moises Scheuer and Sara Abraham, 1736

Simon Moises and Güttl from Netraschitz, married 1772		Simon Moyses
(2 children)		Simon Moyses
(38 yrs [born c. 1748])		Simon Moyses
(house no. 104)		Simon Moyses
(house no. 6)		Siemon SCHWARTZKOPF
(house no. 6, 1st born, wife Judita, 1st son David and 4 other children)		Simon SCHWARZKOPF
(married Gütl Löbl in 1772, sons: Dawid, Isaak, Isae, Abraham, Jakob, Joseph)		Simon SCHWARZKOPF
(married Mutenin, 1772, 1st son: David, married)

Isak SCHWARZKOPF
9


Israel Sam. from Luschowitz and Cheyle from Muttersdorf, married 1762

Israel Samuel and Heila from Trassau, 1770		Israel Samuel
(5 children)		Israel Samuel
(47 yrs [born c. 1739])		Israel Samuel
(house no. 96)		Israel Samuel
(house no. 7)		Israel STEIN
(54 yrs, house no. 7, 1st born, wife Czäzilla, son Juda and 2 other children)		Israel STEIN
(married 1762)
10

The following individuals show up in the records intermittently but do not appear to have a continuous lineage to the 19th century in Muttersdorf:

Israel AUERBACH
(in Dlouhá Ves in 1793 census; in Lichtenstadt Familianten: married 1743)

1811 Census: Herman FLEISCHNER (from Lukavice, married Lukavice 1802, married Mutenin 1813, 1st son: Jonas, single), Simon BLOCH (in Mostek, married Mutenin 1803, 1st son: Isaac, single), Mändel RIESE (married Mutenin 1825, 1st son: Joseph, single), Jacob GRÜNHUT (married Nahošice 1800)

Research Notes
1  Národní archiv, Kniha svatebních konsensů 1717-1783. Fond 291.
2  Ebelová, Ivana. Soupis Židovských Familiantů  v Čechách z Roku 1783 = Verzeichnis Der Judenfamilianten in Böhmen von 1783. Praha: Národní archiv, 2008.
3  Gold, Hugo. Die Juden und Judengemeinden Böhmens in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart I. "Geschichte Der Juden in Muttersdorf". Brünn: Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, 1934.
4  Josephine Cadaster. Národní archiv (JKC)
5  Boháček, Jan, Martin Jiřinec, Jindřich Marek, Martin Holý, and Ivana Ebelová. Soupis Židovských Rodin v Čechách z Roku 1793. Praha: Státní ústřední archiv v Praze, 2002.
6  Národní archiv, České gubernium - Knihy židovských familiantů, Praha. Vol. 68 (HBF VIII/VI).
7  Projektsoupis.cz
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Magda Simonovska (m.simonovska@quick.cz) and Paul King for their assistance in researching this community.