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Pallmens Stein

Saxon Pallme

The paragraphs concerning "Northern Bohemia and Saxony" and "Religion" might explain the presence of Pallme families in Saxony and confirm that Steinschonau was the origin centre of all Pallmes.

It is possible that most of them moved from North Bohemia to Saxony in 1624 when the Habsburg imposed the catholic religion on all people. In consequence of that, left the country emigrating to Saxony

all the lutheran ministers,

the people who did not accept to be converted to the catholic religion.

 

The most famous Saxon Pallme is Martin Pallme from Hinterhermsdorf who died in 1678 at the age of 77 years in a Saxon countryside close to the border with Bohemia: 
" Pallmens Stein, ein Steinkreuz bei Hinterhermsdorf am alten Weg nach Saupsdorf zeigt an, wo 1678 Martin Pallme auf einsamer Flur den Tod fand. Er war ein Häusler aus Hinterhermsdorf und 77 Jahre alt, tot aufgefunden am Sonntag Judica.". /10/, /12/

 

Nowadays, there are at least 18 families (Pallme with double L) living in different Bundesländern. It seems that their ancestors were all born in Saxony (most of them in villages close to the border with the former Kingdom of Bohemia and far from Stainschönau only 30-50 Km).

The Saxon Pallmes do not have historical memory of any possible previous living period in Bohemia. The only exception may be the Line that is living in Berlin.

 

When I contacted the members of the Berlin Line:

they were thinking to be the last Pallmes (it means that they 
had no contacts at all with the other Saxon Pallmes).
the members were interested in my research, but did not 
cooperate supplying me with any information concerning the 
origin of their great-grandfather

It might be possible that this Line is from Bohemia since

the Bohemian glass-businessmen used to deal with the most 
important towns in the world.
it seams that only the Bohemian Pallmes did not have any 
knowledge of the Saxon lines of the Pallme Family.

 

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