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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 . . .
Coming soon:
Villages Lorrains En Roumanie
by André Rosambert
L'Illustration (French Magazine),
24 Novembre 1934 - Issue N. 4786
Article of interest to Banaters, and all those who have roots from the
Lorrain area. A focus on Saint-Hubert, Charlesville et Soultour and
particully Mercydorf.
Reminder:
Churches of the Banat
Provided
by Alex Leeb (Source: FHC=FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG / DVL=Donauschwaben
Village List)
New:
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]
New Biography:
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]
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Banater Kalender 2010
Edited by Aneta and Walter
Konschitzky.
Publisher: Banat Verlag Erding, 2009.
Language: German. The book
contains 304 fact filled pages, covering everything from poems
to history. Nice quality and wonderful photos.
Includes a nice ready-to-frame
copy of Stefan Jäger's famous painting "Die Einwanderung der
Schwaben" (The immigration of the Swabians) (three panel triptych). The 1910 painting Triptychons is displayed in the Banater Museum and in the foyer
of the Adam Müller Guttenbrunn" house in Temeswar.
To order the 2010 Banat
Kalender contact: Aneta Konschitzky at
Banat Verlag or for assistance in English:
Nick Tullius |
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.
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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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