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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 . . .
Biography Update:
HORST SAMSON, poem Einen Rülpser lang
"For the duration of a belch"
from Neue Banater Zeitung Volkskalender 1983;
translated by Nick Tullius [Published 24 Aug 2010]. 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]
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.
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: Niklas Shilzony, Inventor: Musical Reed Pipe Instrument 1918/ Application (full PDF doc) 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 . . .
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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