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History of the Village
God Bless Our Home
Beschka Homeland Book

by Peter Lang

Translated by Brad Schwebler

Village Monograph of the community of Beschka in Yugoslavia
from the view of the former Donauschwaben 1860-1944
Printed by Leuchter Publishing GmbH~6106 Erzhausen

Devoted to the honor of the ancestors to the memory
of the living to the teaching of the descendants.

Table of Contents

Foreword	6
Geography of Our Homeland Community of Beschka	11
The Prehistory of the Region Around Beschka	14
The So-called Settlement Patent	16
The Recruitment of Colonists in Germany	18
Furnishings of the Families	19
The Encouragements for the Community on the Strength of the Settlement Patent	19
The Kameral Settlement Construction Office	20
What a Colonial House Cost	21
Josef's settlements in the Batschka and Syrmia	22
Reverend Weber	24
The History of Beschka, Before the German Settlers Came & The Immigrant list of the First Germans in Beschka	25-28
Beschka and Krtschedin Form an Evangelical Parent Community	29
From the Monograph of the Batsch-Syrmian Seniorats of Bierbrunner	31
Josef Pindor About Beschka	33
The Evangelical Church & School in Beschka After 1900	36
Teacher and Pastor in Beschka (also under schools)	38
The Course of Life of Reverend Karl Peter	40
The Reformed Church Community of Beschka	41
An Expense Account of the Reformed	43
The History of the Whitsun Community	48
The Nazarenes	51
The Catholics in Beschka	52
The Serbian-Pravoslavic church in Beschka from 1860-1968	53
The Schools	54
The Course of Life of the Author of This Book	56
Teacher Friedrich Kühbauch & The German Public School	56-57
The School Rooms	58
The Business and Trade School ~ Furnishing the School with Teaching Agents	59-61
The Local School Council ~ The Continuing Education Schools ~ The Grammar School ~ The Trade Academy	62-63
The Teachers' Education	64
The Administration	65
The Military Boundary	65
The Community Administration	68
The Associations / Clubs	69
The Firemen's Association	70
The Undertakers' Association	71
The Reading Club	72
The Serbian-German Cultural Association	72
The Cooperatives	74
The Social Insurance & The Living Conditions	74-75
Care of accommodations	76
Health matters	76
Care of bodies	79
Traffic Matters	80
All Kinds of Things	83
The Economy
Agriculture From 1784 of Parent Communities in the Batschka	88
The Farming Economy in Beschka in 1860	88
The Wine Growing (vineyards)	92
Fruit and Arable Crops	92
Livestock Keeping	94
The Day Worker	96
The Crafts	97
Industry	98
Currencies from 1784 to 1945	99
Measurements ~ Weight standards	102
The Prices up to 1820	103
The Social Product in the Year 1798	104
Tax Burden in the Year 1798	105
Possibilities & Difficulties for the Free Choice of Career - From the time of Emperor Josef II until the people fled	106
Living Together with Other Nationalities in Beschka	108
Living Together with the Different Denominations	109
Traditions and Customs
Yearly Conditional Customs	109
Traditions and Customs Independent of the Time of Year	111
At Funerals	112
At Weddings	112
The Cultural Life	114
Three Poems	116
Song of the Colonists by Andreas Thuro, Sr.	119
The Dialect	120
Foreign Words	124
A Sample in our Dialect	128
War and Uncertain Times	131
World War II	133
The Flight by Andreas Thuro, Sr	136
Escape (poem) by Andreas Thuro, Sr	139
How Has Beschka Developed Itself After the War	140
The Integration in the New Homeland	140
The Extermination Camp	143
List of the War Victims of the Beschka People in World War II	145
The Frequently Named Village Names in Yugoslavia	150
The Register of Births, Deaths, and Marriages	151
Differences	153
Instructions For Using the Register	154
Register of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
List for the Completion of the Register
Illustrated Table
Illustrations
Map of Village of Beschka

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