LUDWIG

I start to study the Vienna address books since 1859. I found the Strumfwarenhandlerin KREUTZER Anna. My mother's second cousin, Horst Kreuzer, born in Kronstadt, Siebenbuergen, is a descendant of a Kreuzer coming from Vienna. He told me that the name was Kreutzer and then Kreuzer. Kreuzer from Vienna married Anna Ludwig from Kronstadt (Brasov), sister of my mother's grandmother, Victoria Ludwig. Leopold Ludwig (1824-1888) had a Strumfwaren Fabrik in Kronstadt. His daughters were Anna, Maria and Viktoria. Leopold was the last Strumfwirker, his father Franz was registered in the Strumpfwirker Guild book from Engelsberg, Austrian Silesia. Now things become more clear. 1859 1861 The house from Franziskanerplatz 6 is the next house of Weihburggase 3 ! 1865 Franziskanerplatz 6  - link ! Singerstrasse 3  - link ! Down-middle - Franziskaner Platz 6 Up- left - Singerstrasse 3 Interesting is the Deutschenordens church. This owned the F...

Map  - link ! Peter & Paul catholic church  - link !

Map  - link ! Here stopped the family LUDWIG about 1825. Neu Arad was a colony of people coming from Alsace and Lorraine. This means LUDWIG could be from there. As they were in Austrian Silesia after the 30 years war the link with the Rhine valley could be from the period before this war. In Freudenthal and Jaegerndorf there were a lot of LUDWIG families. For me it was difficult to find the right LUDWIGS because of common given names like Franz and Johann (Hans). Having 3 Johanns at the same time, they were baptized "obern", "niedern"... In Romania's country side they use to give funny nicknames to identify the person. New Arad was a part of Banat, Habsburg domain, not Hungary. First settlers were catholic from West and orthodox from East (Ottoman Empire). Catholic church  - link !