DVHH | The Danube Swabian Community | Elek, Bekes County, Hungary

Elek
Bekes Co. Hungary

Elek, Renndorf, the German name or Aletea, the Romanian name is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary, just north of Arad, Romania.

The bronze Danube Swabian sculptures are in the center of Elek, a donation of the emigrants to there home village.
Images taken September 2005, by Axente and Renate Formann (cousin of Jody McKim)

Elek Books

Stöckl, Johann, Franz Brandt. Die Geschichte der Gemeinde Elek in Ungarn. [E: History of the community of ... in Hungary]. 1977, Weinheim, Printer: Beltz-Druck, Hemsbach; 244 pages.

Stöckl, Johann. Die Mundart der Eleker Deutschen in Ungarn. Year, place, publisher unknown. 44 pages.

Schimpl, Johann. Ortssippenbuch der Gemeinden Elek und Almáskamarás. 2001 privately printed, out of print; new edition as CD ROM 2005 available from Johann Schimpl, Engelbergstr. 38, 71277 Rutesheim.

To volunteer as the DVHH Village Coordinator for Elek, please contact Jody McKim. Information and images found here will be donated to your village website.

Danube Swabian Memorial 1939-1945

You may find your family among these names. 18 images - appx 450 names. Volunteer needed to translate captions. Volunteers needed to transcribe (not translate) the names from the images for publishing to an online database.
Images taken September 2005, by Axente and Renate Formann (cousin of Jody McKim)

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The Cemetery - 2005
Images taken September 2005, by Axente and Renate Formann (cousin of Jody McKim)

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Tremmel Family of Elek

First I was at the church in Elek and from the secretary received some hand written notes about some Tremmel ancestors. Since they didn't have a copy machine she has to write it by hand. The lady promised to write out everything she finds, but it will take some time. She knows my uncle well and as soon as she has finished, will give it to him and he will send it to me.

I've been at the town hall and got the name of the person in Germany (Written on a small piece of paper) who does the same like our HOGs. Unfortunately she didn't even know the city where he lives, but also promised to phone me as soon as she gets further information.

Axente & I searched for the graves with the Tremmel name and found one in a special section of the cemetery, designated for the Germans who left Elek. There were other Tremmel names on the memorial stone for those who died during the war.

Reported by Axente/Renate Formann.

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