A beautiful
prayer in gothic script from
the 1880's
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Prayer for today
Lord, set
boundaries to
the abundance
And make the
boundaries
superfluous.
Let the people
make no false
money
And the money no
false people.
Take the last
word away from
the wives
And remind the
husbands of
their first.
Give more truth
to our friends
And more friends
to the truth.
Give the
government a
better German
And the Germans
a better
government.
Lord, see to it
That we all get
to heaven,
But not just
yet!
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(Prayer by the parish priest of Saint-Lambert church in Münster, 1883)
Translated by N.Tullius 2010/03/01 |
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Kirchweih |
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Kirchweih
Homepage = "Consecration of the church"
The consecration or blessing of
a church usually took place on a
weekend. The date
celebrated was determined by the date
the church was blessed. As an example, if
a church was blessed on Sunday,
October 15, 1850, and October 15
in 1853 would fall on a
Wednesday, the Kirchweih would
be celebrated on the Sunday
following that Wednesday. Some
Kirchweih dates were later moved
to the fall, so that they would
not interfere with the work in
the fields. Eventually Kirchweih
became the most important annual
secular festival in every
village. To accommodate
visitors from other villages,
Kirchweih was celebrated on a
different weekend in each
village.
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Banat
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The History of
the German
Lutheran
Congregations In
the Banat by Henry Fischer
Methodist in Werbass, Batschka
by Elfriede Drumm (1937-1944 Danube Swabian congregation)
Maria Radna Basilica Restoration &
Collection of Votive Pictures of Maria Radna
The Religious Life in Glogowatz by Sofia
Gruber née Merle
Banat Church Images by Heinz Vogel
First communion photograph of a Kori in Hatzfeld. ~ Sandra Bruns
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Batschka |
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Batschka Churches
by Josef Schramm
Methodist in Werbass, Batschka by Elfriede Drumm (Danube Swabian congregation)
The History of the Evangelical Church
Community A. B.
by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Formation of the Evangelical
Congregation by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The
Evangelical Teachers by Dr. Viktor
Pratscher
The First Site of the Church Service
by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Church
by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Bell and the Tower Clock
by Dr. Viktor Pratscher Church Appliances by Dr.
Viktor Pratscher
The
Pastor’s Living Quarters and the First
Pastor Salaries
&
The
Pastors by Dr.
Viktor Pratscher
The
Administration of the Congregation
& The Church Chancellery by Dr.
Viktor Pratscher
The
History of the Evangelical Seniorates by Dr.
Viktor Pratscher
Church Associations: History of the Evangelical Men's Choir by
Friedrich Weber
Supplements by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The 100 Year Jubilee of
the Congregation Mixed Couples by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The History of the German Reformed Congregation by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Formation of the
Branch Community 1820 – 1850 by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Branch Community 1850
– 1921 by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Church by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Independent German
Reformed Congregation by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The New Buildings
(parsonage and church) by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Teachers and Choirmasters
of the Community by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Servants of the
Word of God by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Church Fathers and
Presbyters by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Communion and Baptismal
Implements by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Cemetery by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
The Church Choir by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Some Things about the Give and Take by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Baptists, Methodists, Nazarenes, Catholics by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Living Together with the Different Denominations
by Peter Lang
The Cemetery by Dr. Viktor Pratscher
Protestant neighbor villages in the
Batschka Torschau, Peter Haas
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Hungarian Highlands |
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Sathmar
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Church Life by Stefan Schmeid
Pastor Johann Ettinger by Stefan Schmied
Scheindorfer Kiarbe by Stefan Schmied
Scheindorfer St. Anne Hymn by Stefan Schmied
Roman-Catholic Cathedral in Satu Mare, Romania
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Swabian Turkey |
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Lutheranism and the Danube Swabians by
Henry Fischer
The Early History & Development
of the Lutheran Congregations & Church District Of Swabian
Turkey, 18th Century
by Gustav Schmidt-Tomka The Destruction of German
Lutheranism In Swabian Turkey
(Tolna, Baranya & Somogy
Counties) by Heinrich Keri
Correspondence
With
Pastor Ronald Lommel
(Lutheran
Parish, Nieder-Gemünden,
Hesse)
by Henry Fischer
The Structure of the Village
by Josef Hoben
A Brief Church
History in Hӧgyész by
Josef Hoben
German Evangelical Lutherans From Tolna, Somogy & Baranya in Hungary to Steelton, PA by Henry Fischer
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Syrmia & Slavonia
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Rev.
Weber, a Forerunner
for the Protestant Daughter
Communities in Croatia
by Peter Lang
Beschka
and Krtschedin Form an Evangelical Parent Community by Peter Lang
The Evangelical Church
Croatians,
Slovenians in Past and Present by Josef
Pindor, Essegg, 1902 by Peter Lang
The
Evangelical Church & School in Beschka
After 1900 by Peter Lang
Teacher
and Pastor in Beschka (also under schools) by Peter Lang
The
Course of Life of Reverend Karl
Peter by Peter Lang
The
Nazarenes by Peter Lang
The
Catholics in Beschka by Peter Lang
The
Serbian-Pravoslavic church in Beschka
from 1860-1968 by Peter Lang
The
Reformed Church Community of Beschka
by Peter Lang
Living
Together with the Different Denominations by Peter Lang
Surtschin in
Syrmien
(Ortsausschuss
der
Ortsgemeinschaft
Surtschin in 1980)
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Literature |
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LEHMANN, MICHAEL - Die
katholischen Donauschwaben in
den Nachfolgestaaten 1918-1945;
im Zeichen d. Nationalismus.
Freilassing: Pannonia-Verlag
1972, Erstauflage, 529 S.
