Danube Swabian Important dates

The colonization came to be known as
"der Grosse Schwabenzuge" or the
"Great Swabian Trek."
The majority of the migration took place in three
phases which were named after their Habsburg sponsors:

1718 to 1737
1. The "Karolinische Ansiedlung,"
or Caroline colonization

1744-1772
2. The "Maria Theresianische Ansiedlung,"
or Maria Theresian colonization

1782 to 1787
3. The "Josephinische Ansiedlung," or
Josephine colonization, under Joseph II

 

Regional Outline Map

 

Historical Settlement Areas of the Danube Swabians including Villages

1700's Early History

Who Are The Danube Swabians?(1)

Danube Swabians in Syrmien, Croatia, Slavonia & Bosnia

Illustrated History of the Donauschwaben

Who are the Donauschwaben?(2)

Prinz Eugen von Savoyen

Joseph II, 1780-1790

Migration Voyage, The Danube & The Ulmer Schachteln

The Economic Background

'Ship of Girls' (Moidle-Schiff)

Danube Swabian Settlement Map

German Settlements in E. Europe

Migration of The German People

Lutheranism & The Danube Swabians

1800's History

Hungarian Nationality Census, 1880-1910
Source: German-Hungarian Relations & the Swabian Problem” by Thomas Spira

 

External Links:

Corvinus Library - Hungarian History www.hungarianhistory.com/

Zentrum gegen Vertreibungen presents excellent short histories of the German expellees and their homelands
www.z-g-v.de/english/aktuelles/?id=56

Visual History of Yugoslavia and its breakup in the Yugoslav Wars (1918-2008) by James Mayfield (European Heritage Library)
http://euroheritage.net/yugoslaviamaps.shtml

A Short History of Austria-Hungary and Poland (Don Mabry) www.historicaltextarchive.com/books.php?op=viewbook&bookid=2

Landesverband der Donauschwaben, USA
donauschwaben-usa.org/

Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben e.V. (Territorial Association of the Banat Swabians)
www.banater-schwaben.org/

Hungarian Images & Historical Background
historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?action=read&artid=262

Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918
www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm

Historical Dates for Austria-Hungary www.remmick.org/Hubert.Hummel.Gen./Page39.html

Civic Culture in Banat & Transylvania (Between 1880 and 1918 an unprecedented demographic explosion happened in the towns of the region. New and numerous buildings were constructed not only in the big cities, but in small towns, too, giving them a European architectural configuration.) The Role of Timisoara in the 1989 Transformation of the Romanian Political Order.
www.crvp.org/book/Series04/IVA-15/civic_culture_in_banat_and_trans.htm

Alex Glendinning's Award Winning Hungarian Pages user.itl.net/~glen/Hungarianintro.html

A summary of German Migrations Eastwood into Poland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, and Russia By Arthur E. Flegel, Menlo Park, CA

Short History of Austria-Hungary & Poland by H. Wickham Steed, Historical Text Archives

 
   

Post World War 1

Treaty of Trianon Treaty of Peace Between The Allied and Associated Powers and Hungary, And Protocol and Declaration, Signed at Trianon June 4, 1920] whereby Hungary lost one-third of its territory and population to Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. (includes map)

Diminution of Germans in Trianon Hungary
Source: German-Hungarian Relations & the Swabian Problem” by Thomas Spira

Danube Swabian Crest Originator: Hans Diplich

Post World War 2

Genocide & Atrocities Against The Donauscwhwaben

Displaced Persons Camps

The Baragan-Steppe

Banat Swabians, Danube Swabians & Their Future

Donauschwaben Historians

Proposed law on restitution: Non-Official translation
"Draft Law on Property Restitution and Compensation" 
Attention: All those Germans who lost property after World War II, are eligible to apply for restitution or compensation. All who do not have documentation of property ownership may seek in the Serbian archives. Best regards, Boris Masic, DVHH Apatin Village Co-Coordinator. 16 Aug 2011

Die Donauschwäbische Kulturstiftung (DKS)
A private, non-profit foundation based in München, Germany, set up by Danube Swabians from Yugoslavia. Focus is on Danube Swabian issues, particularly changes in the Vojvodina/Serbia.
www.kulturstiftung.donauschwaben.net/  

       

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