About Goblirsch In our family pot we have mixed ingredients both from Bohemia and Sweden. Because it is from Sudeten Germany our name origins, in the most western part of what was known as Czechoslovakia. As ancestor for all with the name Goblirsch a certain "Joanes Sebastianus Slavus Kaplirz de Sulewicz" is often mentioned. In 1609 he bought a big farm in Zembschen (Zemschen) in West Bohemia and moved there with his family. Joanes was a noble czech and belonged to the well known old bohemian family "Kaplír ze Sulevic". The name Kaplír/Kaplirz/Kaplirsch eventually became the name Goblirsch, which is a very usual name in Zemschen in the end of the 1900 century. Zemschen, and its neighbour village Pössigkau belongs to the Bischofteinitz area, and you can read more about the villages using the links below.  Don't forget that Zemschen in czechish is called Tremesne and that Bischofteinitz is called Horsovsky Tyn on newer maps. At the Staatliches Gebietssarchiv Pilsen you can find church books from 1792 - 1890 if you want to look further.

Willkommen bei Dolf Caplier About Goblirsch in Bohemia	The Goblirsch Family Goblirsch in USA
Zemschen Villagers in Zemschen with house number	Pössigkau Villagers in Pössigkau with house number
Zemschen History of Zemschen	Pössigkau History of Pössigkau
Zemschen Map	Pössigkau Map
The History of Protestantism Read about Kaplirz ant protestantism	"The Day of Blood at Prague" Another tale about our bloody history
Votice Here lived Kaspar Kaplir of Sulevice	Duchcov Here lived Paul Kaplir of Sulevice
Vimperk Here lived Petr Kaplir of Sulevice	Valkounský House Here lived a brother of Kašpar Kaplírz of Sulevice
Úštek Here lived Petr Kaplir of Sulevice	Trebenice The castle once belonging to Kaplírz of Sulevice
Zemschen, Czech Page More facts about Zemschen	Trebusin More about the castle once belonging to Kaplírz of Sulevice

How my father came to Sweden My father Karl (born 1922) lived during his youth in Falkenau (now Sokolov) and was born in Königsberg am Eger (now Kynšperk nad Ohrí). His father and mother was Karl (born 1892) and Anna Goblirsch (born in Globen 1896 as Anna Maria Stingle). My father has two brothers, Johan and Georg (born 1920 and 1925 in Königsberg). Johan was mostly called Hans.

Kynšperk nad Ohrí (fd Königsberg am Eger)	Sokolov (fd Falkenau)
Cheb (fd Eger)	Karlovy Vary (fd Karlsbad)

When Hitler's troops invaded the Sudetenland my grandparents were forced to flee eastwards, since my grandfather was working for the local labour union and was a member of the Social Democratic Party DSAP (Deutsche Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei) resisting the Nazis. He was also a member of Republikanische Wehr (RW) protecting meetings and property from attacks by the nazis. Because of their political believes the family received an offer from the Social Democratic Party in Sweden to come to Sweden as immigrants. With train they went from Prague through free Poland to Gdynia, and from there by steamer to Stockholm, under escort of politicians sent out from Sweden. Bommersvik became the refugee camp where these families had there first contacts with Sweden, while a later arriving company ended up in Slätviksbaden outside Eskilstuna. My grandfather died already in 1943 in the hospital of Eskilstuna.

If you want to know more about us immigrants from Sudeten Germany, and if you can understand some Swedish, I recommend Rudolf Tempsch books:  "Från Centraleuropa till folkhemmet" (ISBN 91-85196-44-4)  "Invandrare i folkhemmet. Sudettyskarna i Eskilstuna 1938-1988" Unfortunately you can't find much information about those who was forced to leave Czechoslovakia in 1938. However you can find more information about the germans who were forced out of Czechoslovakia in 1945.

Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans 1945	Juni 1945, die Erinnerung einer Ausweisung Karl Strunz
Sudetenland 1945	Map over Sudetenland
Politický vývoj v letech 1935 - 1938 Photos from 1938	Flygtning 38 Refugees from Sudeten to Denmark 1938
Gedenkbuch verfolgter Sozialdemokraten	Radio Days - Munich Crisis

 

Other parts of my family Through SSU (the Swedish Social Democratic Youth Organization) my father came in contact with my mother Signe Hellkvist from Torshälla. They often stayed at SSU's own island Holmen in the lake Eklången, where my parents now have their summer home.  Signe has an older sister Anna Elisabeth called Anna-Lisa (born 1915), a twin brother Sixten (born 1922) and a younger brother Helge (born 1924). From Torshälla is also my wife Annika (born Pettersson) and her parents Bernt and Ingrid (born Häll). Together we have three children, Tuva (born 1973), Tom (born 1974) and Olof (born 1991).

 

 
 
 

Other with the name Goblirsch It's not only in Europe you can find the name Goblirsch. In the USA there are about 200 families with that surname . If you would like to know more about how they ended up in the USA you can visit the home page of Paula Goblirsch. You can find a link below.

Paula Goblirsch (USA)	Goblirsch Gulash (USA)
J & K Goblirsch's Homepage (USA)	Lawrence and Bernice Goblirsch (USA)

 

Links Some other links to Sudetenland and our ancestors from Czechoslovakia:

CZECHOSLOVAKIA - A Country Study	Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft
Nordmähren Genealogische Quellen	German-Bohemian Heritage Society (USA)
Cheching out our ancestors	Sudetenland

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