Lost Villages


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If you have been unable to locate the name of your ancestor's town or village in Bavaria, it may be due to the fact that the place is no longer known by that name. Below is a list of places that have been demolished or otherwise no longer exist by the name they were called in olden times:

Altglashuetten - including the hamlets (Weiler) Bruecke, Harfenmuehle,
                           Wiesenhaus and Haus Franken, since 1609


Bernhof - now in area Grafenwöhr


Doerrenberg - since the 18th century


Dorfganlas - now in area Grafenwöhr


Eixendorf - The village of Eixendorf (known from at least 1836) was once
                        located Northwest of Rötz by the Oberpfälzer Handwerksmuseum
                        Rötz-Hilstett. Circa 1975, residents were relocated to make way for a
                        man-made lake, now called "Eixendorfer Staussee".
                        (see http://www.roetz.de/text_f3.htm).


Herrenbreitungen - now called "Breitungen" in the German state of Thuringia


Hopfenohe - now in area Grafenwöhr


Neuglashuetten - first mentioned in 1684


Reussendorf - first mentioned in 1579; including the farms Adamshof, Sarahof,
                        Heinrichshof, and Fuchsenmuehle


Rothenrain - including Disbachhof, Disbachmuehle and Ebertshof, since 1557


Silberhof - since 1696


Werberg - with the hamlet of Auersberg - since 1260