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Regional Outline Map
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Historical
Settlement Areas
of the Danube Swabians
including Villages
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Austria-Hungary Maps &
Atlases
Important
dates in Danube Swabian history:
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
