The Early Settlement of Tolna and the Upper Baranya The source of the following information is from “Franken und Schwaben in Ungarn” by Heinrich Kéri, Budapest, 2002. The earliest documented sources with regard to the German settlers in Tolna and Upper Baranya Counties refer to them as Francones et Suevi (Franken (Franconians) und…
Category: Baranya County
Véménd in Baranya County
Véménd in Baranya County and the Fulda Emigration The content of this article is based on material translated from the Véménd Heimatbuch and provides a summary of some details that might be of interest to a researcher or general reader. Véménd is located near the north-eastern border of Baranya with Tolna County. The…
Mágocs a Market Town in Baranya County
Mágocs a Market Town in Baranya County The following information finds its source in “Mágocs Markt-Gemeinde in der Branau/Baranya” by Franz Teufel published in Gӧppingen in the winter of 1991/92 and portions of it are my translation of the text. During the 13th Century the monastery of Mágocs was established with St. Peter…
Pécsdevecser in the Baranya
Pécsdevecser in the Baranya A Short History (The following translation finds its source in Deutsche Kolonisten im Komitat Baranya in Ungarn 1688-1752 Teil II by Ferdinand Hengl.) ThevillageofDevecherwas confiscated by the Imperial Royal Chamber inViennain 1687. In 1695 there is a reference to the fact that the village was part of the Zrinyi Domains. In…
Destination: Steelton, Pennsylvania
Baldwin was a small backward town situated in the neighbourhood of the Susquehanna River some three miles south of Harrisburg, when shortly after the Civil War the Pennsylvania Steel Company chose it as the site of the first American steel plant in 1866. It was an ideal location with both the Pennsylvania Canal and Pennsylvania…
Documents and Correspondence of Pioneers in Swabian Turkey
The source of the following documents and correspondence appear in the publication: German Village Life in Hungary by Rudolph Hartmann. I provide my own personal translation. Count von Dory’s recruiting agent in Bieberach, Franz Felbinger had the following handbill published and distributed throughout the area. There is no date attached to it. …
Babarc in Baranya County
The following information is a summary of the information provided in Baranya: Unvergessene Heimat and is based on my own personal translation of this section of the book. By 1767 there were 108 German households in the newly founded village. More settlers arrived during the period from 1784-1787. It is located in…
Church Records in Swabian Turkey
“Swabian Turkey: the Counties of Tolna, Baranya and Somogy.” Church Record Transcriptions Alsonána, Tolna County (Evangelical Lutheran) 1789-1866 Bataápati, Tolna County (Evangelical Lutheran) 1770-1895 (Also includes: Zsibrik) Bataszék, Tolna County (Roman Catholic) 1722-1783 (Also includes: Alsonána, Morágy) Bikács, Tolna County (Evangelical Lutheran) 1661-1867 Bikál, Tolna County (Roman Catholic) 1729-1792 (Also includes: Nagy Hajmas, Rackozár, Mekényes,…
The Swabian Lutheran Diaspora in the Baranya
The information on the following villages in the Baranya finds it source in Zwischen Donau, Drava und Plattensee by Franz Teufel and Heinrich Friedrich. Csikostöttös, Ág, Gerényes, Tarró, Tékes and Szabadi. These communities located north of Pécs were settled and inhabited by Swabians and Magyars. The Swabians were Lutheran and the Hungarians…
Gerenyes in Baranya County
Gerényes is a small village of with some one hundred and twenty houses, the majority of which were those of Swabian Lutherans (380) while the minority were Roman Catholic Magyars. The two nationalities took turns in electing a Richter. Each group maintained their own language and customs. In October 1944 large numbers…