Syrmien [German], Syrmia / Sirmium [Latin], Szerémség / Szerém [Hungarian], and Srijem [Croatian]; the Serbian language usually use name Srem to designate region.  Syrmien is in Yugoslavia/Serbia, between the Sava (Save) & Danube (Donau) Rivers, about 80 km long and 50 km wide.  Most of Syrmia is located in the Srem and South Bačka districts of Serbia's Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. A small part of the region around Novi Beograd, Zemun, and Surčin is a part of Central Serbia. The westernmost part lies in eastern Croatia, in the Vukovar-Srijem county.

The name Srem (Syrmien) came from Roman times.

 
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New: Tribute to Barbara Scheuer Wolfram, DVHH Village Coordinator for Vodjinci

Professor Oskar Sommerfeld 1885-1973 Academic Painter from the town of India (Indjija)

The Later Migration to the Syrmien village India during the Years 1836-1855 (List of Family Names, and their former residence) by Dr. Wendelin Müller

Surtschin in Syrmien - A summary and translation of portions of SurtschinOrtsbiografie der deutschen Minderheit eines Dorfes in Syrmien published by the Ortsausschuss der Ortsgemeinschaft Surtschin in 1980. 

Journey to Freedom 1850-1943
Part 1:
(Family background)

Dautermann's of Obresch & Sklena's of Bohemia & Schwarzwald, Germany, Apfeldorf & Kupinovo

Part 2: Obresch to Camp Haid to America

Obresch - “Surtschin” Ortsbiografie der deutschen Minderheit eines Dorfes in Syrmien
By Michael Schmidt – 1980, translated by Roy Engel

 

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