Landsmannschaft Banater Schwaben e.V. Heimattag, Ulm 

29 May 2004

2004 Reunion Itinerary
Typical 2004 Reunion Itinerary

Sources: Alex Leeb, Nick Tullius, Richard Jäger [VP from the Society of Banater Swabians]
Publication by Jody McKim, 2004.
 

Group divisions contributed by Alex Leeb

BANATER DONAUSCHWABEN TREFFEN 2004 Banater-Donauschwaben Reunion held in Ulm May 29-30th [Saturday/Sunday]

Meeting in the Halls 1-4  [Sunday May 30th]

What's in store for 2004 ...  

The meeting of the Banat Swabians will be May 29-30th [Sat/Sun] in ULM (DONAUHALLE-Donauhalls). Over 10,000 people from the Banat will be there. In 5 Halls there will be tables set up for the Banat villages, whereas you can meet others from your village.

2004 Program

Saturday May 29th

If you are in Ulm on Saturday, at the "Ulmer Fußgängerzone" (that's the pedestrian mall near the "Dom" cathedral) there is an open-air show of Banat Swabian folklore groups and brass bands - it is very impressive, including the march to the Rathaus (city hall).

Sunday May 30th

• 9:30 am Sunday: Holly Mass in the Donauhalle. 
  The festive mass with an original Swabian choir is considered the opening event (intended) for
  everybody.

• This year, in the foyer there will be an exhibition about Banat churches in the 18th century, and about the Deutsches Staatstheater Temeswar.

• Political meeting 

• Meeting in the Halls 1-4

• 2:30 pm Folklore and traditional music

• Entrance hall will exhibition the churches in
  Banat and the theater in Banat. 

• The Donauschwaben Central Museum in Ulm, invites all the Donauschwaben to visit the museum, on Sunday May 30, 2004, admission is FREE.

• Bookstands will have books about Banat history, maps (the large and beautiful "Banat" wall map), prints of paintings by Stefan Jäger, CDs, etc.

• Childcare will be provided in a small hall by Kindergarten teachers, for the whole day.

Five halls are utilized to accommodate the Banater village tables.  Some villages may have more than one adjoining tables, depending on the size of the village.  Hall maps are posted in many areas of the complex.

The Banat villages are divided into four groups. These groups may be in a different Hall each reunion. View Groups

If you never attended a Donauschwaben Treffen, it is recommended, that you take in all the cultural activities.  Take along your camera, and/or something that records sound.

Halls 1-4  [Sunday May 30th, 2004]

Five halls are utilized to accommodate the Banater villages.  Some villages may have more than one adjoining tables, depending on the size of the village.  Hall maps are posted in many areas of the complex.

The following Banat villages are divided into four groups. 
These groups may be in a different Hall each reunion.

The following villages will meet in:

HALL - 1

HALL - 2

Altkischoda/ Girok	Bruckenau	Deutschbentschek	Deutschsanktmichael
Fratelia	Freidorf	Giroda	Giseladorf/Penjowa
Giulwess/Iwanda/ Rudna/Jahrmarkt/ Ueberland	Johannisfeld	Josefsdorf	Kalatscha
Kleinbetschkerek	Kowatschi	Mercydorf	Neubeschenowa
Orzydorf	Paratz	Rekasch	Sackelhausen
Sanktandres	Schag	Temeschburg	Tschene
Uiwar	Ulmbach

Other tables: Banater Youth, Nikolaus-Lenau-School, Notre-Dame-School.

HALL - 3

Aliosch	Arad	Bad Busiasch	Bakowa
Baumgarten-Sentlein	Bergsaudoerfe	Bethausen	Blumenthal
Darowa	Deutschpereg	Ebendodrf	Eichenthal
Engelsbrunn	Fisch	Glogowatz	Guttenbrunn
Hellburg/ Galscha	Kerelusch	Kleinsanktnikolaus	Koenigshof
Kreuzstaetten	Lippa	Lugosch	Neuarad
Neudorf	Neupanat	Nitzkydorf	Otlaka
Pankota	Paulisch	Saderlach	Sanktanna
Sanktmartin- Matscha	Schimand	Schoendorf	Segenthau
Semlak	Traunau	Wetschenhausen	Wiesenhaid
Zipar

HALL - 4

Alt-und Neu-Moldowa	Altsadowa	Birda	Bresondorf
Butin	Denta	Detta	Deutsch-Bokschan
Deutsch-Stamora	Dolaz/ Gier/ Tolwad	Ferdinandsberg	Fodohausen
Franzdorf	Frauenwiese	Gataja	Gilad
Grossscham	Karansebesch	Kleinomor	Kleinschemlak
Klopodia	Koenigsgnad/ Tirol	Liebling	Lindenfeld
Morwatz	Orschowa	Perkos	Reschitz
Schebel	Steierdorf-Anina	Tschakowa	Tschawosch
Waldau	Weidenthal	Wojteg	Wolfsberg

Other Tables

HALL - 5
Kinderhalle - Children's hall.