History of a Sathmar Schwaben Village
"Scheindorf 1780-1970"

 

History of a Sathmar Schwaben Village "Scheindorf 1780-1970"

 

by Stefan Schmied


Dedicated to "The faith of the Scheindorf Swabians"
Leubas/Kempten, Germany 1970
Published by the Author
Printing: Anton Rieder, Sankt Mang
Translated from German in 1997
by Anne Julie Weiss Boyle (Born in Scheindorf, Romania) Daughter of Mary Tepfenhardt Weiss & John "Johann" Weiss, both of Scheindorf.

Typing done by Gerald "Jerry" Thomas Boyle
(Born in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, USA)
Son of Anne Julie Weiss Boyle & Gerald "Gerry" Thomas Boyle (Born in Bellshill, Scotland, Great Britain)

Other works by Stefan Schmied:

Die Sathmarer Schwaben. Kurzgefaßte Geschichte der Volksgruppe zur 250-Jahrfeier 1712-1962. 1962, Leubas/Kempten, Selbstverlag. 24 pages

Das Schicksal der Sathmardeutschen nach dem Wiener Schiedsspruch von 1940. 1978, Kempten-Leubas. 60 pages

[Published at the DVHH.org 29 Sep 2006]

 


 
Introduction
The Swabian trek to Sathmar
Ancestors of the Settlers
Swabians in Scheindorf
Revolt of the Settlers
Economic Development
Tradesmen and Craftsmen
Looking for Work
Disasters
The Political Community
Church Life
Pastor Johann Ettinger
School and Teachers
Life and Death
Self-sacrifice & Sense of Community
Evacuation of the Swabians
Scattered throughout the World
We Remember the Victims of War
The Romanian Fellow Townsmen
Jewish Families in Scheindorf (Addendum)
Gypsies in Scheindorf (Addendum)
Scheindorfer Kiarbe
Scheindorfer St. Anne Hymn
Customs and Traditions
Reference (Bibliography)

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