The Nordschomodei in Swabian Turkey The source of the information in this article is taken from the “Heimatbuch der Nordschomodei” published in Münich in 1973. And the subtitle is “The History of a German Linguistic Island in Swabian Turkey in Hungary.” The term, Nordschomodei, refers to a government district covering the northeast portion…
Category: Somogy County
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. …
A Tale of Two Sisters: Gadacs and Szil
The following are excerpts from Gott Ist Getreu, by Henry A. Fischer in a limited edition and self published work in June of 1988. GADÁCS AND SZIL: The Two Sisters The village of Döröschke’s foundations were firmly rooted in the clay soil, to maintain a foothold on the descending hills upon which it was…
Helpful Hints In Researching in Somogy County
Bonnya, Somogy County Although there were both Lutheran and Reformed congregations in Bonnya, they were both filials (daughter congregations) of a Mother Church in the vicinity. If you are tracing your family members who were Reformed, they would be included in the records of the Reformed Church in Flesö Mocsolád. The vast majority of…
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,…
Emigration from Somogy County to Slavonia and the US (1860-1914)
(This information was found in a photocopy of a German summary of a Hungarian book that became available to me through contacts in Hungary.) A large-scale emigration broke out during this period and drew the interest and concern of the press, the County officials, economists and historians. The emigration to the United…
Kotcse in Somogy County
(The following information is taken from an article published by Johann Müller of Bissingen-an-der-Enz and formerly of Bonnya, Somogy County, Hungary.) The village of Kötcse was founded early in the 18th century and was one of the two earliest German settlements in the northern area of Somogy County along with Felsömocsolád following the…
The Earliest German Settlements in Swabian Turkey
The following are the earliest German settlements in the Counties of Tolna, Baranya and Somogy an area collectively known as Swabian Turkey. Tolna County: Alsonana 1750 Baatapati 1730 Bikacs 1736 Bonyhad 1722 Felso Nana 1723 Gyonk 1722 Gyorkony 1722 Izmeny 1722 Kalazno 1721 Keszohidegkut 1723 Kety 1732 Kismanyok 1720 Kistormas 1724 Majos 1720 Moragy …
Book Resources for Swabian Turkey
Bátaszék, Heimatbuch der Grossgemeinde Bátaszék im Komitat Tolnau (Ungarn) by Johannes Göbelt, Pécs (Two volumes) Bikács, Unsere Heimat 1736-1986 by Mathias Schmausser, 1986, Ostelsheim. Bonyhádvarasd/Warasch, Heimatbuch by Andreas M. Patton, 1995 Budapest. Branau/Baranya, Unvergessene Heimat by Mathias Volk, 1985, Karlsruhe. Cikó, Ein Heimatbuch über die Ortsgeschichte unsere Dorfes in Ungarn, by Andreas Reder published…