Landskroners in Waterloo, Watertown and Pierce Counties, Wisconsin

Included in the list are their known places of origin.

The Watertown community:

The largest group of Landskroner emigrants in Watertown were from the villages of Ober and Nieder Johnsdorf (Horn and Dolni Tresnovec). Other villages represented in Watertown were Cermna (Bšhmisch Rothwasser), Dittersbach (Horni Dobrouc ), Lukau (Lukova), Olbersdorf (Albrechtice), Rathsdorf (Skuhrov), Rudelsdorf (Rudoltice), Sichelsdorf ( Zichlinek), Thomigsdorf (Damnikov) and the town of Landskron. The list of Landskroner families settling in Watertown include the following: Barrent, Bopp, Brusenbach, Clement, Dobischek, Frodel, Groh (Gro), Hampel, Heger, Huebl, Huss, Jahna (Yahna), Hecker, Hausler, Hübler, Janisch, Kalupka, Klecker, K”hler, Kohler, Kreuziger, Kunert, Kunz, Langer, Melcher, Meitner, Miller, MŸller, Motl, Pfeifer, Pitterle, Richter, Roffeis, Roller, Schless, Schlinger, Schmeiser, Sch”berle, Schmid, Schramm, Stadler, Stangler, Steiner, Uherr, Unzeitig, Warner, Wohlitz, Wollitz and Zeiner.

Other Landskroners who lived in the Watertown area for a period of time or who married in Watertown include: Benesch, Betlach, Gritzbauch, Jansa, Kratschmer, Marek Maresh, Markl, Nagel, Wavra, Willertin and Wurst.

The Waterloo community:

Villages represented in Waterloo include Cermna (Böhmisch Rothwasser), Dreihüf (Oldricœhovice) Hertersdorf (Horni Houzovec), Jokelsdorf (Jakubovice), Knappendorf (Knapovec), Michelsdorf (Ostrov), Rathsdorf (Skuhrov), Riebnig (Rybnik), Rudelsdorf (Rudoltice), Tschernowier (Cernovir) and Zohsee (Sazava). The list of Landskroner families settling in Waterloo include the following: Barta, Bartosch, Benisch, Betlach, Binstock (Binenstock), Blaschka, Fiebiger, Filg, Haberman, Huebel, Jahna, Janisch, Klecker, Koblitz, Langer, Leschinger, Maresch (Mare ), Mautz, Melchior, Miller, Motl, Neugebau, Peschel, Pitterle (Peterle), Rotter, Tilg (Yelg), Tomscha, Schieck, Schiller,Skalitzky (Skalitzka), Springer, Stangler, Veith, Wovra, Wurst, Zalmanova and Zimhbrich (Zimprick).

The Pierce County Landskroners:

Although Franz Pirkl settled in Pierce County in 1855, most of the Landskroner emigrants to Pierce County arrived after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Many of these emigrants, both German and Czech, passed through Waterloo or Watertown on their way to Pierce County. Many Czech emigrants from Cermna (Bšhmisch Rothwasser) settled here. Some Czechs traveled through Texas and not the Waterloo and Watertown areas. Other emigrants came from the villages of Hermanice (Hermanitz), Jokelsdorf (Jakubovice), Michelsdorf (Ostrov), Oaber and Nieder Johnsdorf (Horni and Dolni Treznovec) and Sichelsdorf ( Zichlinek). Among the Landskroner families eventually settling in Pierce County were the following: Appel, Bene , Brickner, Falteisek,Fischer, Gregor, Heinz, Huebl, Jahna (Yahna), Jana (Yana) Janisch (Yanisch), Janovec, Jansa, Kabarle, Katzer, Kitna, Klecker, Kreuziger, Kusilek, Langer, Marek, Maresch, Maresh, Meixner, Merta, Motl, Nagle, Neugebauer, Nickel (Nicol), Novak, Pechavek, Pelzel, Prokscher, Raeschler, Richter, Roller, Schmeiser, Schmied, Sch”berle, Seifert, Steiner, Strofus, Svec, Tajerle, Tayerle and Yanovec.