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About the Banat Area
The old ("undivided") Banat
comprises
areas of present-day western Romania,
north-eastern Serbia, and southern Hungary, with a total area of 11,013
square miles. It was an Ottoman province from 1552 to 1718, when it
became part of Habsburg Austria. Planned colonization by the Habsburg
emperors brought large numbers of German settlers from the western
regions of the Empire to the Banat.
By 1910 there were
388,000 ethnic Germans (locally
called Swabians, later Danube
Swabians) in the undivided
Banat. By the Treaty of Trianon
(1920) about two-thirds of the
Banat became Romanian; almost a
third became
Serbian/Yugoslavian; only
a small area around Szeget
remained within Hungary.
The Romanian part is centered
around the regional capital of
Temeschburg
/ Temeswar (German) Temesvár (Hungarian), Timisoara, Romania (Official). Other important cities are Arad,
Lugosch/Lugos/Lugoj and Reschitz/Resicza/Resita.
The area north of the city of
Arad, although located north of
the river Marosch/Maros/Mures
also contained a number
Danube-Swabian communities and
is, therefore, usually included
in studies or articles dealing
with the Banat.
Banat
is a region in south-eastern Europe, located
between the rivers Danube in the south, Theiss / Tisza / Tisa in the
west, Marosch /Maros / Mures in the north, & foothills of the
Carpathian mountains in the east. [Nick Tullius]
Timis county is a county (judeţ) of
western Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at
Timisoara. It is the largest county in Romania. The name of the county
comes from the river Timiş, known in Roman antiquity as river Tibisis or
Tibiscus. Name variants are Timiş (Romanian), Temes (Hungarian), Tamiš
(Serbian), Banat Bulgarian: Timiš)
Torontál county
was located in the Banat region.
It shared borders with the Kingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian counties Szerém, Bács-Bodrog, Csongrád, Csanád, Arad and Temes (the first county
was part of Croatia-Slavonia). The river Danube formed its southern
border, the river Tisza its western border, and the river Maros its
northern border.
News &
Latest Site Additions . . .
Last updated:
30 May 2013
NEW:
Two postcards
that the
Romanians
created for Hans
Dama
[published at DVHH.org
15 Nov 2012]
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NEW:
Banater Kalender 2013
The Banater Kalender 2013 is a book-type
calendar with 312 pages of text and
high-quality photos, on heavy, glossy paper.
It is a real high-quality piece of Banat
history, than can be enjoyed even without
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NEW:
Stefan Jäger
Wandkalender 2013 (Wall Calendar)
Stefan Jäger - Bilder unserer Heimat
With 13 color prints after paintings by
Stefan Jäger. Practically every month, and
on this page: our name days. |
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NEW:
Johann "Hans" Grimm, long time
Banater friend and associate, author of the
Neubeschenowa Family Book CD, died on 6 August 2012, at the age of 84th
years.
[published at DVHH.org
13 Nov 2012] |
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Banater in Südostrumänien 1951-1956.
Sterbefälle im Baragan
Author: Uwe Detemple
1951 decreed the Romanian Interior Ministry
to relocate "dangerous elements" of a 25 km
wide zone along the border with Yugoslavia.
12,791 families with 40,320 persons were
deported to the Baragan level in
southeastern Romania.
After the abolition of forced stay 1955/56,
many families returned to their villages in
the border region.
In Baragan remained not only their homes and
fields, but also their deaths. The
comprehensive documentation of all 1000
deaths of Banatern from 121 villages of
Banat. |
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Notice: As of
17 Jul 2012, DVHH has discontinued its
Membership 'Partner' level. The existing
Partners will be grandfathered into their
prospective regions of research for all
time. In the Banat we have:
Families of
Barbara Hilderson -
BAUER,
BIER , DAMM, DIX/TIX, EDELMAYER, EICHERT,
ENGELMANN, HAFNER, HEIN/HAIN, HENZEL, JOCHUM,
JOST/JOSZT, KULBURG, KUHLBURGER, LAUT,
MAIER, MORITZ, OCHSENFELD, PFEIFFER,
SCHMIDT, SINGER, STEMPER, TASSINGER, WEBER,
WEINHOFER, WELS/WELSCH, WINDENBERGER, WOLZ/WOLCZ
from
Banat Villages: Alexanderhausen, Arad,
Baratzhausen, Billed, Bogarosch, Lenauheim,
GrJetscha, GrKikinda, Hodon, Johannisfeld,
Knees, Temeschburg: Fabrikstadt, Franzstadt,
Warjasch.
Families of Susan Sander -
Sander/Szander,
Reichert, Schlee, Weisenburger, Steger,
Hettman, Schmalpach, Schneider, Freher, Groo,
Stolcz, Folcz, Kastner, Haiberger, Umerlin,
Lais,Gruber, Lump, Hacker, Wisbar, Neu
from Banat
Villages: Glogowatz, Neupanat
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Banater Kalender 2012
Edited by Aneta and Walter
Konschitzky.
Publisher: Banat Verlag Erding, 2010.
Language: German. The book
contains everything from poems
to history. Nice quality and wonderful photos.
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An
illustrated narrative about the Kirchweih Fest is now available!
Kirchweih Fest:
A Donauschwaben Celebration from Europe to America
by Elizabeth (Elsa) Walter
Ordering info . . .
[published at DVHH.org
15 Mar 2012] |
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My journey from the Banat to Canada
by Nick Tullius
In the first part of this
volume, the author describes life in a
Banat-Swabian village during and after the
Second World War. The second part of the
book deals with the migration of the author to join his father in
Canada, and his integration into the new environment.
[published at DVHH.org 23 Jul 2011,
updated 9 Sep
2011]
Review by Hans Gehl
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Review by Jody
McKim Pharr |
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From
Franzfeld
to
Mansfield
A
Journey
Through
Tito’s
Death
Camps
by
Edna
Schuster
Becker
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Edna
Schuster Becker at the
2011 Mansfield
Treffen
(Photo
by
Jody
McKim
Pharr) |
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"Banatska Topola 1945:
Vertreibungsvorgang, nebst Quellentips für Ahnenforschung"
[BT 1945: Expulsion process,
with
source tips for ancestral research]
by Jacob Steigerwald, Ph. D., 2011
[published at DVHH.org 01 Apr 2011] |
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New Banat Map
Günther Philipp and
Hoefer Verlag
had developed this Banat Map and kindly contributed it to the DVHH.
Click the image to the right to open into a PDF file. You may save
this map to your computer.
(Günther Philipp b. Neu-Arad)
[published at DVHH.org 10 Feb 2011, Jody McKim
Pharr] |
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How that hat got on
top of the church
by Nick Tullius
[b.
Alexanderhausen]
The original
version of this article was
written in the “schwowische”
dialect of Alexanderhausen and
published in the biweekly
newspaper “Banater Post”,
Nr. 23-24, of December 10, 2010.
The English translation was done
by the author.
[published at DVHH.org 02 Feb 2011]
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Threshing
machines, steam engines and
tractors
by Nick Tullius
[b.
Alexanderhausen]
The original
version of this article was
written in the “schwowische”
dialect of Alexanderhausen and
published in the biweekly
newspaper “Banater Post”,
Nr. 23-24, of December 10, 2010.
The English translation was done
by the author.
[published at DVHH.org 10 Feb 2011, Jody McKim
Pharr]
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Städte und Dörfer (Towns
and Villages)
Editor:
Elke Hoffmann, Peter-Dietmar Leber and Walter Wolf
Contributions to the settlement history of the Germans
in the Banat. Series: The Banat and the Banat Swabians,
Volume 5, published by the Landsmannschaft der Banater
Schwaben, Munich 2011, ISBN 3-9229979-63-7, large
format, 670 pages + 1 map, price € 45 - plus shipping
costs.
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< Notice that the three little verses are
exactly the ones tossed around on the dvhh list lately! Here you
have at least three authenticated versions from Giseladorf,
Neukaransebesch, and Kleinomor. Notice also a very neat wood
cutting by Andreas Kirchner that illustrate those verses. three
is one of those for every month of 2011.
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Banater
Kalender 2011
Edited by Aneta and
Walter Konschitzky.
Publisher: Banat Verlag Erding, 2010.
Language: German.
The book contains everything from poems to
history. Nice quality and wonderful photos.
This years
Kalender gives the names of the
following Banat personalities that died
in 2010:
Anton Krämer, family researcher &
book author;
Hans Jung, opera singer
Heinrich Lauer, journalist &
author;
Otto Aczel, university professor
& dialect author;
Josef Kubi, author of reference
books & the monograph of Ulmbach-Neupetsch.
Order the book by
sending 40 Dollars to:
Banat Verlag
Zugspitzstraße 64
85435 Erding
Germany
and including the address to which the
book should be shipped. You can order
the book by e-mail to
banatverlag@gmx.de
and pay later.
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At the Oberon
San Francisco Call, Volume 82, Number 83, 22
August 1897 — THE THEATRE
[Part of
the Nicholas Schilzonyi
Genealogical Dig]
[published at DVHH.org 06 Jan 2011]
snip:
The boys are under the direction of Schilzonyi Niklas,
and have been granted a two years' furlough by the Austrian
Government.
THAT LITTLE HUNGARIAN BAND
San Francisco Call, Volume 82,
Number 139, 17 October 1897
[Part of
the Nicholas Schilzonyi
Genealogical Dig] [published at DVHH.org 06 Jan
2011]
Detailed article about the daily routine and lives of the Schilzonyi
young band members. One of the most entertaining articles I have
read in a long time. A must read.
snip: It may be a shock to some folks to know the little Knabens
are all wine-drinkers, but in Hungary people would le equally
shocked to hear that they had developed into tea-drinkers, should
such a thing come about.
snip: When only 10 years of
age he directed a band in the Billed school and three years later, when Kaiser Franz Josef
visited the school the genius of Niklas Schilzonyi attracted the attention, and a few weeks
later Mr. Schilzonyi was ordered to Siedenburg to take the directorship of the Staats Kapelle.
MEDALS FOR THE MIDGETS
San Francisco Call, Volume 82, Number 161, 8 November 1897
[Part of
the Nicholas Schilzonyi
Genealogical Dig]
[published at DVHH.org 06 Jan 2011]
snip: It was in honor of this record that he presented each of the lads with a silver medal,
and to Nicklas Schilzony, director, and to
M. Nussbaumer,
schoolteacher, each a gold watch.
Villages
Lorrains En Yougoslavie
by André Rosambert, 1933
L'Illustration (French Magazine),
01 Apr 1933 N. 4700. Article of interest to Banaters, and all those who have roots from the
Lorrain area. A focus on Saint-Hubert, Charleville and Seultour. [published at DVHH.org 15 Oct 2010]
Villages Lorrains En Roumanie
by André Rosambert, 1934
L'Illustration (French Magazine),
24 Nov 1934 - Issue N. 4786
Article of interest to Banaters, and all those who have roots from the
Lorrain area. A focus on Triebswetter, Charleville and Seultour and
Mercydorf. [published at DVHH.org 13 Sep 2010]
Churches of the Banat
Provided
by Alex Leeb (Source: FHC=FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG / DVL=Donauschwaben
Village List)
Aus unseren
Banater Dörfern (E: From our Banat Villages) 1978 Kerwei, Musik,
Feuerwehr
(Fire Department) Aus unseren Banater Dörfern, Pipatsch-Kulener
for Jahr 1978, Neue Banater
Zeitung, Timisoara [published at DVHH.org 12 Aug 2010]
Magdalena (Leni) Gärtner
Martin *Setschanfeld. Author of
"Sheltered in the Shadow of Your Wings"
-review by Arlene Prunkl [published at DVHH.org 13 Jul 2010]
Prayer for today -
A beautiful
prayer in gothic script from
the 1880's.
(by the parish priest of Saint-Lambert church
in Münster, 1883) Translated by N.Tullius [published at DVHH.org 01 Mar 2010]
Ethnic Germans in
the Banat: Forgotten -Yet Timely -History By Stefan Bastius
[published at DVHH.org 01 Mar 2010]
Short History of the
Nitschkydorf Church, translated by Duncan Gardiner [published at
DVHH.org 01 Mar 2010]
A Visit to
Nitzkydorf by Duncan Gardiner, 1989 [published at DVHH.org 01 Mar 2010]
Heimattag 1 & 2, Temeswar 2009 -
Banat
Fellow Donauschwaben
Anton Bedö-Zollner, born in Lippa,
died 01 Jan 2009 at
age 74. Historian and writer, Anton shared his findings freely.
Stefan Heinz Kehrer died on December 18, 2009
in Berlin, at the age of 96 years.
Finding Vital 1796-1945 Data Regarding German and
Hungarian Ancestors of Banat(ska) Topola and Novo Selo, Plus an Exposé About the
Local 1945-1946 Internment Camp for Germans of Yugoslavia;
By Jacob
Steigerwald
- The publication should also be of particular interest to descendants of Danube
Swabians who have been wondering about actual procedures that Tito’s partisans
employed in wiping out the ethnic group. In a variety of ways, my account also has
relevance regarding criminal actions against indigenous Germans elsewhere in the
country, from 1944 until 1948.
[16 Nov 2009]
~ Banat Topola Village information
You asked
for it, special attention to the Banat Authors, see: Banat
Biographies
The Shadow of Herta Müller at
the Nitzkydorf Cemetery By Viorel Ilişoi, Translated by Nick Tullius 28 Oct
2009 [Published at DVHH.org 30 Oct 2009]
Congratulations fellow Donauschwaben!
"Herta Müller" 2009 Nobel Prize
in Literature Recipient! Born
in Nitzkydorf, Banat. Info
and publication list.
Reminder:
Settlements in the Banat (1763‑1773) [Chapter
10 from volume 3, of the book
"Ethnographie der Oesterreichischen
Monarchie" by Karl Czoernig, 1857]
Translated by Nick Tullius 27 Oct
2008, [Published at DVHH.org 18 Jan
2009]
Reminder:
Donauschwaben Associations in
Romania Banat.
Additions to the
Alexanderhausen Village Photos taken the summer of 2008 by Nick Tullius
Florimund Claudius Graf Mercy
(1666-1734) ~
"Count Mercy
– Colonizer and Governor",
written by Wilhelm Reiter. Contributed by Jody McKim, translated by Nick
Tullius 20 Sep 2008, [Published at DVHH.org 08 Oct 2008]
The Banat – a “Penal Colony“
of Maria Theresia? by Dr. Hans Dama.
The article was written by Hans Dama in reply to
a claim by Wassertheurer that the Banat was transformed into a "Penal
Colony" by Maria Theresia. A version of it was published in the Banater
Post. [Contributed by Hans Dama, translated by Nick Tullius [Published at
DVHH.org 23 Sep 2008]
Banat Volunteers . . .
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New Lookups Guide:
William
Knuttel
- for
villages St.
Hubert,
Charleville,
Seultour.
See lookup details on the Banat
Village Index.
[06 Apr 2009] |
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Linda Klewinowski of FL,
Village
Coordinator for
villages: Königshof, Ruskodorf and
Klek,
including Lookups Guide.
[20 Aug
2008] |
Hans
Gehl Named
Honorary Professor &
Acceptance Speech by Hans
Gehl
Maria Radna
Basilica Restoration &
Collection of Votive
Pictures of Maria Radna
Robert Rohr, born in
Werschetz, Banat;
renown Danube Swabian Music Historian,
Composer and Author.
Died on January 10, 2008,
at 85 years old. See
Tribute to
Robert Rohr
Franz Bittenbinder, one of the best-known and most
versatile painters, commercial artists and caricaturists of
the Banat.
Shift of Languages in the Works of Robert Reiter by Imre
J. Balázs (Cluj/Romania). Robert Reiter, later known as
Franz Liebhard) was born in 1899 in Temesvar.
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3 Counties of Banat - 1778
In
1778, Maria Theresia sacrificed the rule over the
hereditary land to the peace in the Empire and let
it integrate into the Hungarian association of
states. As a result of the inclusion of the Banat
into Hungary, its territory was divided in three
counties (Vármegye) (Fig. 3)as it had been before
the Turkish occupation. The western strip, from the
Marosch to the Danube and along the Theiß (Tisza),
formed the county of Torontal, with its county seat
in Großbetschkerek. The largest part of this county,
with the exception of the area around
Großsanktnikolaus, is today on Serbian territory. In
the middle, in the form of a narrow strip of the
same length, was the Temesch county (Temes), whose
administration was located in Temeswar. It included,
among others, the localities of Neuarad, Lippa,
Busiasch, Detta
and
Tschakowa, as well as Werschetz, Weißkirchen and
Pantschowa which today belong to Serbia. Count
Christophor Niczky was appointed the first Prefect (Comite)
of Temesch County. The eastern strip of the Banat
was the county
of
Karasch-Severin (Krassó-Szörény), which also
extended from the Marosch (approximately between
Batta and Soborschin /
Savarsin)
to the Danube (between Basiasch and Orschowa) and
its tributary, the
Tscherna
(Hungarian: Cserna). The county seat
was located in Lugosch.
Source: Anton
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