HEBERLES
from CLAUSTHAL-
ZELLERFELD
c1580-1996

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	HEBERLES from CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD c1580-1996   ClauCover.doc   20.12.2000
CONTENTS											PAGE  No.
1	INTRODUCTION	1	
2	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	1	
3	ABBREVIATIONS	2	
4	DISTRIBUTION LIST	2	
5	ORIGIN OF THE NAME	2	
6	BRANCHES OF THE HEBERLE FAMILY	2	
7	THE CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD BRANCH OF THE HEBERLE FAMILY	2	
•	          FAMILY TREESFOR HEBERLES FROM CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD IN GERMANY			
	8	WHERE DID THE CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD HEBERLES COME FROM ?		3	
	9	CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD AND GOSLAR		3	
	9.1		GOSLAR		3	
	9.2		CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD		3	
	9.3		OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE GOSLAR-CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD-HARZ REGION		3	
	10	HEBERLES WHO MAY HAVE MOVED TO CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD BEFORE 1600   (GENERATIONS 1 & 2)		4	
	11	HEBERLES PROBABLY BORN AND DECEASED IN CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD		4	
	11.1		LIVING 1600-1650 (GENERATION 3)		4	
	11.2		LIVING 1600-1650 (GENERATION 4)		4	
	11.3		LIVING 1650-1700 (GENERATION 5)		6	
	11.4		LIVING 1700-1750 (GENERATION 6)		7	
	11.5		LIVING 1750-1800 (GENERATION 7)		9	
	11.6		LIVING 1800-1850 (GENERATION 8)		11	
	11.7		LIVING 1800-1850 (GENERATION 9)		14	
	11.8		LIVING 1850-1900 (GENERATION 10)		17	
	11.9		LIVING 1900-1950 (GENERATION 11)		20	
	11.10		LIVING 1950-1996 (GENERATION 12)		21	
	11.11		LIVING 1970-1990 (GENERATION 13)		21	
	12	CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD HEBERLES WHO MOVED ELSEWHERE IN GERMANY		22	
	12.1		LIVING 1800-1850 (GENERATION 9)		22	
	12.2		LIVING 1850-1900 (GENERATION 10)		22	
	12.3		LIVING 1900-1950 (GENERATION 11)		22	
	12.4		LIVING 1950-1970 (GENERATION 12)		23	
	12.5		LIVING 1970-1990 (GENERATION 13)		23	
	12.6		LIVING 1990-1996 (GENERATION 14)		23	
	12.7		LOWER SAXONY HEBERLES POSSIBLY FROM THE CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD BRANCH		23	
	13	AUSTRALIAN HEBERLES WITH ANCESTORS IN CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD		24	
	13.1		HEBERLES WHO MIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA		24	
	13.2		WEST AUSTRALIAN HEBERLES		24	
	13.3		SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEBERLES		27	
	13.4		NEW SOUTH WALES HEBERLES		28	
	13.5		VICTORIAN HEBERLES		29	
	14	USA HEBERLES WITH ANCESTORS IN CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD		30	
	14.1		LIVING 1800-1850 (GENERATION 8)		30	
	14.2		LIVING 1800-1850 (GENERATION 9)		30	
	14.3		LIVING 1900-1950 (GENERATION 11)		30	
	14.4		LIVING 1950-1970 (GENERATION 12)		30	
	14.5		LIVING 1970-1990 (GENERATION 13)		31	
	15	SWEDISH HEBERLES WITH ANCESTORS IN CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD		31	
	15.1		LIVING 1850-1900 (GENERATION 10)		31	
	15.2		LIVING 1900-1950 (GENERATION 11)		31	
	16	REFERENCES		31	
•	            INDEX		32	
	1.	INTRODUCTION	
	This booklet provides details of some  1100 Heberles who have ancestors who lived in Clausthal-Zellerfeld.   This includes anyone who has used the name at any time in their life.   I have compiled this booklet and supplied it to representatives of Heberle families in Germany, France, USA, Brazil and Australia, hoping that they will keep it and pass copies on to their children, so that the knowledge of Heberle ancestors will not be lost   There are probably a further 700 Heberles with ancestors from Clausthal-Zellerfeld, mainly German Heberles born in the last 100 years.
	Much of the information in this booklet is based on incomplete information, with some guesswork.   Please advise me of omissions and errors; as I may revise/update this booklet from time to time.   This booklet is one of a series intended to culminate in the publication of a Heberle book in 2005.
	Year		Intended publication		Progress	
	1994		Heberles in Australia		Done	
	1995-2000		A history of the Heberle family (updated continuously)		Done	
	1996		Heberles from Clausthal-Zellerfeld		Done	
	1997-2000		Heberle family trees (updated continuously)		Done	
	1998-2000		Heberle photos (updated continuously)		Done	
	1999		Heberles in America		Done	
	2000		Heberles from Rottenburg am Neckar		Done	
	2000		Heberles from Bavaria			
	2001		Heberles from Rhineland-Palatinate; Heberles from NE Baden-Wurttemberg			
	2002		Heberles from NW Baden-Wurttemburg; Heberles from S Baden-Wurttemberg			
	This booklet has been typed in English.   As such, umlauts (German) and graves (French) are difficult to type.   Most Haberles have an umlaut (“) over the a = (ä) (this is often typed as ae in English) and many French  Heberles have graves(/) over one or both e’s = (é).   In general, umlauts and graves have not been used, but may be inserted in a future revision.
	Greg HEBERLE   194 Camberwarra Drive, Craigie 6025, West Australia   Phone 08 94030412 Home        08 93340337 Work (Department of CALM, COMO  6152    West Australia.)    Internet (Work)        gregh@calm.wa.gov.au
	2.	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	Thanks to everyone who helped to compile this booklet, particularly Karl-Heinz Hage, Ahnenforscher, Marktkirchengemeinde Clausthal, Hindenburgplatz 3,  38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; who extracted birth, death, marriage and occupation data from records held in Clausthal-Zellerfeld (2770 Deutsch Marks=$A2550) and Heinz Gobert of Ev-luth Kirchengemeinde Zellerfeld  Pfarramt 1: Bornhardtstr. 3  38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld who extracted similar data in Zellerfeld (265 Deutsch Marks = $A230).   Special thanks are also due to Hans Heberle, Horst Stiefel, Jurgen Heberle, Noel Hurley, Susan Heberle (of Victoria).
	3.	ABBREVIATIONS USED
	b=born      d=died      m=married      c=circa (approximate)     ?=guessed (please advise correct details)    NSW=New South Wales       SA=South Australia     Vic=Victoria      WA=West Australia      DOB=date of birth     CZ=Clausthal-Zellerfeld
	4. 	DISTRIBUTION LIST 1996
	West Australia		Mr and Mrs Ron Heberle   78 Campbell Rd , Albany 6330, West Australia	
			Mr and Mrs Ron Heberle    8 Hugel Place, Albany 6330, West Australia	
			Mrs Phyllis Merson   75 Gregory Street, Wembley 6014, West Australia	
			Milanna Heberle   174 Burniston Street, Scarborough 6019, West Australia	
			Kevin Heberle   46 Whitehead Street, Gnowangerup 6335, West Australia	
			Ross Heberle   40 Adina Street, Rockingham 6168, West Australia	
			Mrs Rosalene Morrison   74 Avon Street, Katanning 6317, West Australia	
			Ian Heberle   6 Doncon Street, Ocean Ridge, Geraldton 6530, West Australia	
	Northern Territory		Mrs Merilyn Adamson   7 Wallace Court, Katherine 0850, Northern Territory, Australia	
	New South Wales		Noel Hurley   327 Zebina Street, Broken Hill 2880, NSW, Australia	
			Ken Heberle     29 Murray Avenue, Forster Keys 2428, NSW, Australia	
	Victoria		Susan Heberle   RMB 1079, Settlement Boundary Road, Waaia 3637, Victoria, Australia	
			Alan Heberle   Banool Avenue, Myrtleford  3737, Victoria, Australia	
	South Australia		Patricia Heberle   16 Mendes Street, Prospect 5082,  South Australia	
			Arthur Heberle   24 Davey Crecent, Seaview Downs  5049, South Australia	
			Mrs Ronda Brown   51 Wallala  Avenue, Parkholme   5043, South Australia	
	Germany		Jurgen Heberle   Rethelstrasse 38, 40237  Dusseldorf, Germany	
			Horst Stiefel   Albert-Dimmers Str 10, D-51469  Bergisch Gladbach, Germany	
			Hans Heberle   Hoffeldstrasse 233,  70597  Stuttgart, Germany	
			Ludwig Heberle    Alte  Muhlgasse 55,  76761   Rulzheim, Germany	
			Gisela Heberle     Leyer Kopf 11, D-40822 Mettmann, Germany	
			Werner Heberle      Bertholdstr 5,   31188 Holle, Germany	
			Hubert Heberle   SchloBstr. 12,  D-74379  Ingersheim, Germany	
			Karl Heinz and Sunhild Heberle   Argestorfer  Str 9,   D-30974   Wennigsen, Germany	
			Berthold Heberle    Gayernstr 11,   72519   Veringenstadt 1,  Germany	
			Sylvia Heberle   Leipzigerstr 8,   66113  Saarbrucken 2,  Germany	
			Alexander & Christina Heberle   Im Hohen Kirschbaum 25, 74831  Gundelsheim,  Germany	
			Uwe Heberle   Im Finkenschlag 12,  35083 Wetter, Germany	
			Irmgard Heberle   Komotauer  Str. 16,   90766   Furth, Germany	
			Heinrich Heberle   Dornenstr 8,   67657  Kaiserslautern, Germany	
	France		Benoit Heberle   5 rue de la Walck, 67350 Kindwiller, France	
			Jean-Claude Heberle    Les Tilleuls-Cidex 22,  27490 La Croix Saint Leufroy, France	
	U S A		Steven Heberle    207 Alpine Meadow Rd, Winchester , Virginia    22602   USA	
			Dr James P Heberle   P.O. Box 400, Burleson, Texas   76028,   USA 	
			George Gerner   4403 Wakefield Drive, Annandale, Virginia    22003-381,   USA	
			Joseph A Heberle   4692 Dudley Drive, White Plains, Maryland  20695,    USA	
			Jesse L Heberle   479 Sue Dr Rd 3, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania 17036,   USA	
			Klaus H Heberle   2509 Ransdell Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky  40204,   USA	
			Jane McNett   767 Chester Street, Elmira, New York  14904,   USA	
			William R Heberle   751 Browncroft Blvd,   Rochester, New York  14625,   USA	
	Brazil		Roberto  Dillenburg  Heberle  rua Eng Francisco Rodolfo Simch 312/339 bloco B1, CEP  91130-210, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil	
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	5. 	ORIGIN OF THE NAME
	The origin of the name Heberle is uncertain: 
•	It may be occupational in origin, associated with the Germans and Jews, meaning “one who grew or dealt in oats”, from the early German word “Haber” for oats (Hanks and Hodges, 1988).
•	Its also possible that Heberle comes from “Eber”, which is wild boar in German (source: Gonzales).
•	It could be derived from “Heber” which means a loader or carrier (Jones, 1990).
•	According to Heintze-Cascorbi, Hadu which meant battle and berht which meant famous in old high German, developed into Hadaperht, Habbert, Habert, Hebert, Heberlien, Heberle, Haberle and other names.
The first hereditary surnames were used in Germany around 1150 and by about 1450 virtually everyone had one (Hanks and Hodges, 1988).   Prior to then, families had no set surnames.
6. 	BRANCHES OF THE HEBERLE FAMILY
The Heberle name may have been adopted in a number of places, over a period, ie it is polygenetic, rather than monogenetic (derived from one person).   At my current level of knowledge, it appears that there may have only been some 50-100 Heberles in 1500 and about 170 Heberles in 1600.   If so, it is possible that all of the world’s Heberles were derived from 1-say 4 unrelated Heberle families.   Interested persons such as myself may be able to resolve this in the next few years, by family tree construction.
The most comprehensive published family history data is the IGI (International Genealogical Index) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) of over 250 million persons.   The earliest definite IGI records of Heberles are c1555 for Rottenburg, 1559 for Waiblingen, 1570 for Neckarkreis, c1572 for Saulgau, 1576 for Ellwangen, 1581 for Hemmingen, c1589 for Empfingen, 1592 for Bopfingen, 1593 for Enslingen (all in Baden-Wurttemburg State of Gemany), c1580 for Clausthal-Zellerfeld (Lower Saxony), 1602 for Neenstetten (Bavaria).   Heberle developed from Heberlin in the period 1621-1662 at Dambach (France) and from Heberlin to Haberlin to Heberle in the period 1600-1680 in Altusreid.
7. 	THE CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD BRANCH OF THE HEBERLE FAMILY
The mining towns of Clausthal and Zellerfeld were founded in the period 1532 (Zellerfeld) & 1554 (Clausthal).   Presumably the copper lead zinc silver mines near Clausthal-Zellerfeld commenced during that period.   Birth, death and marriage records in “Germany” were kept by the churches.   Unfortunately, many of the churches and their records were destroyed during the 1500s and 1600s.   The earliest Heberle birth, death or marriage records that I have seen for Clausthal-Zellerfeld is for 1617.   Based on the family tree, the numbers of Heberles in the Clausthal-Zellerfeld area since 1550 may have been of the following order.
YEAR	1580	1600	1650	1700	1750	1800	1850	1900	1950	1996	
Estimated number Heberles in CZ	6	50	80	100	110	160	180	40	20	4	
Estimated total population in CZ	2000	4000	7000	9000	11000	13000	12000	11000	13000	17000	
Heberles per 1000 in Clausthal-Z	3	12.5	11.4	11.1	10	12.3	15	3.6	1.5	0.2	
Estimated Heberles in Germany*	140	170	240	290	360	430	600	800	1200	1550	
% German Heberles in Clausthal-Z	4%	29%	33%	34%	30%	37%	30%	5%	2%	0.2%	
Based on the above data, which is certainly not reliable, some 20-30% of the German/World Heberles may have ancestors from Clausthal-Zellerfeld.   Further research is needed to establish whether this is correct.   * =Data from Heberle (1995), amended.
8. 	WHERE DID THE CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD HEBERLES COME FROM ?
The Clausthal-Zellerfeld Heberles possibly originated from the Meissen Erzgebirge mining area in the central-east of Germany, between c1520 and c1580 (C Heberle 1935).   If so, other (related) Heberles may have migrated from the Meissen area to other parts of Germany, including the Baden-Wurttemburg area, during the same period.   As Goslar is only some 16 km from Clausthal-Zellerfeld and also a mining town, Heberles probably lived there also, during the 1600-1800 period.   This will be investigated.
9. 	CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD AND GOSLAR
9.1 GOSLAR
Goslar is a city in the SE of Lower Saxony State of Germany c10 km from the former East German border, founded in 922.   At the northern foot of the Harz Mountains, it became a residence of the early Holy Roman emperors.   There is also a town called Hahndorf c10 km north of Goslar, which probably gave its name to the Hahndorf near Adelaide South Australia, where many early German migrants settled.   Rammelsberg mine just S of the city, produced silver, lead, copper, zinc and small quantities of gold, from 968 until its closure in 1988.   A mining museum was established at the mine site in 1989.   Other mines in the area date from the 1st century.   For the smelting of the ores, large quantities of wood were required from the forests in the area.   The deciduous hardwoods native to the area were converted to charcoal and replaced by fast growing fir (softwood).   The Reichstag (legislative assembly) met in Goslar in the 11th and 12th centuries.   The city was undamaged in World War II, because of its historical importance.   Parts of the old city walls remain, including 16th century towers.   There are stone and half timbered buildings from the 13-16th centuries.   The Imperial Palace (c1040) Kaiserpfalz, restored late 19th century, is still standing.   The cathedral (c1050) was demolished 1819 but medieval monastery and parish churches remain, including the 12th century Market Church.   There is a State Archive and  museums of natural science, art, history, hunting and forestry.   Goslar is an important tourist base for the Harz Mountains.   There is a large clothing factory and chemical plants.   Population of 52,000 (1983).   Religion 67% evangelist (protestant).
9.2 CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD
Twin towns in the SE of Lower Saxony State of Germany c20 km from the former East German border.   Zellerfeld was founded in 1532, Clausthal in 1554.   Altitude is 534-600m above sea level.   Population 11,000 (1939), 17,000 (1951), 15,000 (1965), 16,000 (1971), 16,000 (1985).   Religion 85% evangelist (protestant).   Clausthal-Zellerfeld was the main mining centre of the upper Harz area, until the last mine closed in 1931.   Mining of copper, zinc and lead ores commenced c1532.   Clausthal-Zellerfeld has a Technical University, including a school of mines(founded 1769).   There were 1,000 students enrolled at the university in 1965 and 3,500 in 1995.   One of the world’s largest collections of minerals is held in the university.   The town is a tourism (winter sports) and forestry centre.   Manufactures include textiles and wood products.   The market church (Marktkirche) has a seating capacity of 2200 and is Germany’s largest wooden church.
9.3 OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE GOSLAR-CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD-HARZ REGION
The central plateau of the Harz mountains averages 600 metres elevation and features deep cut ravines at its borders.   The formation of the mountains begun some 400 million years ago in the Silurian period.   The Harz area was  then a shallow sea, which accumulated sediment, which over millions of years sunk some 5000-6000 metres, was heated and melted.   Folding took place some 300 million years ago.    Granites and ores containing lead, zinc, copper etc developed during a number of cycles of erosion, sedimentation and orogenesis.   Glaciation occurred in the area some 15,000 years ago.   Limestone caves are found in a number of locations, including at Bad Grund c10 km SW of Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
The climate of the Harz is very severe.   Clausthal-Zellerfeld is some 200 km inland from the North Sea, at c52 degrees latitude, the latitude of the S part of Hudson Bay in Canada, Falkland Islands off South America, or 1000 km south of Tasmania, Australia.   The highest peak in the Harz (Brocken @ c1142 m, c20 km E of Clausthal-Z) has an average temperature of 2.6 degrees C, the same as Iceland.   Clausthal-Zellerfeld is at a lower elevation and considerably warmer, but the winters are long and rich in snow.
The mines required water power (water wheels) and a system of reservoirs and canals was developed from the 16th century on.   There are hydro-electric power stations in the area.
The Harz national park of c22,000 ha was created in c1990.   It includes the high country around Brocken.   The Harz has long been used for recreation.    The high Harz area around Brocken attracts some 3,000,000 visitors/year.   Ski resorts include Braunlage c20 km SE of Clausthal-Zellerfeld.   There is a Harz narrow gauge railway network, used by tourists.