Welcome to the Land Between Two Rivers

"in der BATSCHKA"

Western BATSCHKA

     Here is a satellite image of the region.  On the left the Blue Danube can be clearly seen as it flows south, forming the eastern border and taking a sharp bend to the east (the border is a yellow line, so it appears green at this point).

     Several villages which are the subject of this website can be clearly seen:  Stapar, Brestowatz, Karawukowa, Hodschag (Odzaci).  Also please note some of the other adjoining villages; Apatin on the river's edge southwest of Sombor; Palanka & Novi Sad to the south; Fekitish (Feketic) and Kula in the central region.

Village Coordinator

My name is Nancy Wyman and I am pleased to be your host and DVHH Village Coordinator for these seven former Danube Swabian villages in western Batschka, now a part of Serbia, and within the autonomous region known as Vojvodina.

I hope you will make these pages your own by sharing your stories and photos with other researchers. Who knows, you may find a cousin -- I have!  I am not an expert; just a family researcher, as yourself, so hopefully we can discover together this land of our Donauschwaben ancestors and learn more about the lives they led; their joys as well as their many sorrows.

Check back as the site grows village by village.  I hope you will contact me to register your surnames, or if you have any information or photographs you would like to contribute. I hope to help you in your genealogical pursuit, as others have helped me.