MAP OF THE BOHMERWALD
With German and Czech city names.
It is hard to read the small print with this poor
scan.
The sixth ward Bohemians came from the Moldau River
valley area of South Bohemia along the modern German, Austrian, and Czech
border. The villages mentioned most often in St. Vincent's marriage
records are Kuschwarda, Obermoldau, Salnau, Schönau and Sonnberg per
research by Mary Pable, St. Vincent's church historian.
Follow these links for information on
villages in Bohemia:
Bohemian Villages
Böhmen: Budweiser Kreis
Maps of
Bohemia showing the distribution of the German minority and
Austro-Hungarian Ethnicities.
Our area of interest is the bottom left dark blue area.
The area was over 90% German.
Map of
Bohemia with political Boundaries circa 1800
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