FAITH IN THE RUINS by Henry A Fischer (Author) FAITH IN THE RUINS The reader will be unable to find Schwabendorf on a map. It is a literary composite of the countless Swabian villages in former Yugoslavia. Although this is a work of fiction it is based on historical facts and the personal experiences of individuals who…
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Queen Maria of Hungary
Lutheranism suffers from a bad case of amnesia whenever it attempts to think of its early history and later development beyond the confines of Germany and Scandinavia. In many ways the cause for this was established at Worms in 1521 when Martin Luther made his defiant refusal to recant before the head of the House…
A WATERSHED IN DANUBE SWABIAN HISTORY
A WATERSHED IN DANUBE SWABIAN HISTORY World War One: The Watershed The First World War and its aftermath mark a watershed in Danube Swabian history and set the scene for the beginning of the end of their life together as a people; the destruction of their communities; their dispersal throughout the world; the loss of…
The Expulsion of the Salzburg Lutherans
Prelude Leopold Anton Leutherius von Farmian was the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg during the Baroque Period. It was under him that the 200 year old religious struggle was dealt with in a radical way. The Lutheran heresy was no longer above ground. It had gone underground. Protestantism had been nurtured through no-Roman Catholic books and…
Austrian Exiles in Franconia and Swabia
Source: Österreichischer in Franken und Schwaben: Georg Rusam Austria, in terms of the research of the author refers only to the lands below the Enns River or the “old East Mark” later called Lower Austria, Upper Austria and the small territory called the the “Ländl” or “little or small land”. In addition there was…
Introducing
It began in the land of Hesse The Great Swabian Trek during the 18th century consisted of a series of massive waves of settlers from various regions of southwest Germany who travelled down the majestic Danube River into the farflung and devasted reaches of the Kingdom of Hungary after the destructive 150 year occupation by…
Treu Zur Heimat: The Swabian Loyalty Movement in Hungary
Treu Zur Heimat: The Swabian Loyalty Movement in Hungary The following is a summary of some of the information on this subject from a lecture given by István Fehér in Budapest in 1988 at the International Historical Conference held there on March 5-6 in 1987. The Loyalty Movement was founded in Bonyhád in…
Pantschowa (Pancevo) in the Banat
Pantschowa (Pancevo) in the Banat This article is a summary and a partial translation of a series entitled: “A Volk Ausgelӧscht” (The Liquidation of a People) that appeared in the Donautal magazine. Pantschowa (Pancevo), the largest community in the southern Banat in Yugoslavia, is located where the Temes and Danube Rivers converge. It…
Lazarfeld in the Banat (1800-1950)
Lazarfeld in the Banat (1800-1950) This article deals with the latter portion of the Lazarfeld Heimatbuch published in 1972 and has been translated by Henry Fischer. Lazarfeld was located in the District of Grossbetscherek in the County of Torontal all of which later became part of Yugoslavia. It’s neighbouring communities also included: Sartscha…