The Bakers of Leuchtenberg | Die Bäcker von Leuchtenberg

Date: 1540 to 1900
Location: Leuchtenberg, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria, Germany
Surnames/tags: winter forster fröhlich

The town of Leuchtenberg in Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria is home to several families that carried on the occupation of baker for multiple generations.

Through both Leuchtenberg Catholic Parish records and the Leuchtenberg Häuserbuch, here is a list of bakers in Leuchtenberg with links to their WikiTree profile pages to learn more about their families.

Name	Birth Year	Father	Mother	Spouse
Hans POTTENSTEINER *	c1510	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]
Hans BACHER (BACHNER)	c1610	[unknown]	[unknown]	Margaretha
Wilhelm FRÖHLICH	c1613	[unknown]	[unknown]	Barbara
Christoph KNORR	1639	[unknown]	[unknown]	Barbara
Johannes FRÖHLICH	c1640	Wilhelm FRÖHLICH	Barbara	Ursula BETZ
Georg BACHNER	c1645	Hans BACHNER	Margaretha	Margaretha
Andreas ZILBAUER	c1660	Georg ZILBAUER	Barbara	Anna STAINER
Martin KNORR	c1668	Christoph KNORR	Barbara	Margaretha REIL
Wolfgang FRÖHLICH	c1670	Johannes FRÖHLICH	Ursula BETZ	Rosina STAINER
Ulrich WINTER	c1672	Michael WINTER	Barbara	Catharina FORSTER
Johann Leonhard MAIER	c1676	Erhard MAIER	Catharina	Euphrosinia STEINER
Heinrich FORSTER	c1685	Michael FORSTER	Anna FRÖHLICH	Anna BACHNER
Anton ZILBAUER	1701	Andreas ZILBAUER	Anna STAINER	Barbara WINTER
Ulrich WINTER	1705	Ulrich WINTER	Catharina FORSTER	Margaretha HAMMER
Lorentz WINTER	1710	Ulrich WINTER	Catharina FORSTER	Walburga MEISSNER
Johann Georg MAIER	c1710	Leonhard MAIER	Euphrosinia STEINER	Euphrosinia MERGENHAGEN
Joseph HÜBSCH	c1720	[unknown]	[unknown]	Margaretha
Venzeslai MAYER	c1725	Georg MAYER	[unknown]	Cunigunda FRÖHLICH
Wolfgang EBERL	c1730	Peter EBERL	Cunigunda	Margaretha WINTER
Conrad WINTER	1737	Lorentz WINTER	Walburga MEISSNER	Margaretha BOCK
Georg Lorentz KICK	c1741	Valentin KICK	Margaretha REICHENBERGER	Margaretha ZILBAUER
Johann WINTER	1742	Ulrich WINTER	Margaretha HAMMER	Barbara BALCK
Anton MERGENHAGEN	c1750	Franz MERGENHAGEN	Elisabeth RAUSCH	Barbara MELLER
Johann Heinrich SCHWAB	c1756	Paul SCHWAB	Anna FORSTER	Margaretha RAST
Georg WINTER	1765	Conrad WINTER	Margaretha BOCK	Catharina SCHWABL
Johann Baptist LENGFELDER	1784	Franz LENGFELDER	Margaretha DEMLEITNER	Clara LANDMANN
Thomas WINTER	1787	Georg WINTER	Catharina SCHWABL	Theresia KICK
Franz MERGENHAGEN	1790	Anton MERGENHAGEN	Barbara MELLER	Cecelia BAUER
Bartholomaeus SCHWAB	1792	Heinrich SCHWAB	Margaretha RAST	Anna WELLENHOFER
Michael WINTER	1804	Martin WINTER	Maria TROIDL	Rosina KRAUS
Joseph WINTER	1809	Georg WINTER	Anna GRUBER	Margaretha LANG
Valentin KELLNER	1810	Michael KELLNER	Margaretha TROIDL	Eleonora GUENTHER
Franz MERGENHAGEN	1826	Franz MERGENHAGEN	Cecelia BAUER	Ursula BODENSTEINER
Georg WINTER	1833	Joseph WINTER	Margaretha LANG	Anna NAGLER
Erhard Christian BAUSCH	1842	Johann BAUSCH	Theresia GRESSER	Anna NAGLER
Anton KREIS	1844	Martin KREIS	Margaretha WALDHIER	Catharina LEHNER
Johann SCHOPPER	1844	Ferdinand SCHOPPER	Anna LUKAS	Elisabeth SCHOPPER
Johannes MERGENHAGEN	c1855	Franz MERGENHAGEN	Ursula BODENSTEINER	Rosina BALK

Regarding * above, Hans Pottensteiner (Bodensteiner), is called "Bäcker aus Weiden" (baker from Weiden) and owner of House No. 36 in Leuchtenberg in 1540, per Leuchtenberg Häuserbuch. This is the same house that baker Wilhelm FRÖHLICH resided in later, as of 1640. It's possible the maiden name of Wilhelm's wife was Bodensteiner, but this is just a theory. After Hans in 1540, owners of the home included Georg Bodensteiner (1552), Hans Bodensteiner (1573), and Martin Bodensteiner (1605); they may have been bakers, but that is not specified in the Häuserbuch.

For more on the above families and the houses they lived in, consult the Leuchtenberg Häuserbuch.

Sources

• Leuchtenberg Catholic Parish Records, Bistum Regensburg. Matricula Online. https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/regensburg/leuchtenberg/
• Reis, Helmet. Häuserbuch des Marktes Leuchtenberg. Published 1995. Leuchtenberg Häuserbuch