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Danube Swabians of Veszprém County
Synopsis of
"The
German Immigrants from Veszprém County,
Hungary"
By Ernest
Chrisbacher, 2005
©
2005 Ernest Chrisbacher,
all rights reserved.
Published at DVHH.org Sep
2006 by Jody McKim Pharr
From 1890
to World War One, approximately 20,000
to 23,000 poor German peasants emigrated
from
Veszprém County,
Hungary
to the
United
States of America
to escape the dire economic conditions
prevailing there during those years.
Some of them returned to their homes in
Hungary
after a few years, having earned enough
money to pay off their debts and buy
some land. But many stayed here,
married, and started new lives and new
families.
Reduced immigration quotas
enacted by Congress after World War One
acted to curtail the number of
foreigners traveling to
America
in the period up to World War Two. The
estimated number of Veszprémer Germans
coming here during that period is only
2,000 to 4,000.
Another 5,000 German farmers
fled
Veszprém
County
at the end of World War Two to escape
the reputed brutality of the advancing
Russian Army. Then, as a result of the
Allied determinations at the Potsdam
Conference, 10,000 to 15,000 devastated
German villagers from
Veszprém
County
were deported in the period from 1946 to
1948 by the Hungarian Communists. They
were forced from their homes overnight
with little notice, herded into railroad
boxcars with only the clothes on their
backs and whatever food and possessions
they could carry; and shipped
unceremoniously in the cold of winter to
Austria
or
East
Germany,
where they lived in concentration camps
until they could find jobs. Some of
them managed to cross the border to
West
Germany
and eventually found their way to the
USA
or
Canada.
A few more Veszprémer Germans escaped
their Hungarian homeland during the 1956
revolution.
All told, during the period
from 1890 to 1960, the author has
estimated that between 25,000 and 30,000
German people from
Veszprém
County
found better lives in
America.
The descendants of these immigrants now
number about 250,000 to 300,000, most of
whom know little or nothing of their
ancestry or the tribulations, struggles
and hardships faced by them over the
past three-hundred years.
This book has been written to
fill a void in that knowledge, and to
preserve the history of the relatively
small ethnic group of mostly poor German
peasants variously known as the Bakony
Germans, the Veszprémer Ungarn Deutschen
(Hungarian Germans), and the Danube
Swabians of Veszprém County.
To complete this book the
author has conducted extensive research
into the background of the Veszprémer
Germans, and presents herein the early
history of the
Bakony
Forest
area in
Hungary
where they colonized and settled, a
region almost completely destroyed
during the Turkish wars of the 17th
Century, and further devastated
immediately thereafter by the Hungarian
rebels seeking to free Hungary from
German Habsburg rule. The German
resettlement of the wasted areas
following those periods of destruction
is thoroughly covered together with the
occupations of the new colonists, their
agriculture, industry, architecture,
village culture, socio-political and
economic aspects of their lives, and
abbreviated histories of the
approximately ninety villages in which
they lived. Approximately 4,000 known
Veszprémer German immigrants who left
their poverty-stricken villages to come
to the
USA
have been identified and listed
alphabetically by surname in a computer
database with pertinent information
including names, birth dates, parents,
home villages and other attributes.
Locations in the
USA
where the immigrants congregated are
discussed together with churches they
attended, organizations and societies
they formed and the types of work they
performed.
Finally, in an effort to
determine specific European places of
origin of the early Germanic colonists
in
Hungary
during the late 17th century
and the early 18th century,
research has been conducted in the
literature and in early marriage
registers maintained by the Roman
Catholic Churches of the villages that
they colonized. A list of these recorded
findings is presented alphabetized by
surname.
It is hoped that this work
will provide sufficient information to
enable the researcher to easily locate
the birth villages of his Veszprémer
German ancestors and learn about their
lives and the places they occupied in
the historical context of the region.
References to the lists of origins
herein should enable the family
researcher to determine in general terms
from where in the German-speaking lands
his
Veszprém
County
ancestors came, and with further
research, specific places of origin
might be found.
Family Names of the Immigrants
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Albert
Albrecht
Alich
Altmann
Amberg
Ament
Andl
Amrein
Angermann
Ansmann
Antmann
Auer
Auerbach
Arnhoffer
Atch
Augustin
Babernits
Babits
Bacher
Bachstetter
Baier
Baldizsar
Bambek
Barath
Bauer
Bauernhuber
Baumann
Baumgartner
Bauss
Beck
Belafi(Albert)
Berger
Bergmann
Bernauer
Bertalan
Bieber
Biedl
Bier
Bierbaum
Bildner
Billig
Binder
Birkner
Birnstingl
Biro
Bistritz
Bittmann
Blesinger
Blessing
Blumenschein
(Virag)
Bogacser
Bohrer
Bolczer
Bolinger
Boltz
Brandle
Brandstetter
Brantner
Braun
Bremus
Brenner
Brotschol
Brunner
Buchinger
Buchwald
Burger
Burghardt
Butz
Cher
Chrisbacher
Christof
Csanitz
Cseh
Csider
Czaun
Czeiner
Czimmermann
Czipf
Dax
Devald
Dewald
Dinger
Dox(Dachs)
Dreier
Drexler
Dubits
Duelk
Eberhardt
Eckert
Edel
Edlinger
Eggert
Ehmann
Eichinger
Eigner
Einreinhofer
Eisele
Eisenbart
Eisenbeck
Eisinger
Eisler
Ekes
Em
Embrich
Endresz
Englert
Eppinger
Erhard
Ernhoffer
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Ersek
Ertl
Eslinger
Estener
Eszlinger
Etlinger
Etzl
Evert
Falmann
Farkas
Feger
Feher
Feith
Felber
Ferber
Fertig
Fiedler
Finger
Firtl
Fischer
Fix
Fleckenstein
Fleischhacker
Foczman
Fodi
Fodor
Foelding
Foelker
Forsthofer
Forsthuber
Fortenbacher
Frank
Franz
Frei
Freier
Freiler
Freuer
Freund
Fries
Fritsch
Froehlich
Fuchs
Fuersatz
Fuit
Furst
Furtenbacher
Gabriel
Gall
Galler
Gantner
Gardner
Gartner
Gaschler
Gasso
Gauger
Gaugler
Geier
Geiger
Geist
Gerdenitz
Gerlach
Germann
Gersperger
Gervald
Geyer
Giron
Glaser
Gleschitz
Gletner
Glueck
Goetz
Graczer
Graf
Gratzel
Greenwald
Griesbacher
Grim
Grimmayer
Grisbacher
Grissler
Grob
Groeber
Gross
Grosswald
Grosz
Gruber
Gruenwald
Grull
Grumiger
Gruninger
Gulrich
Gut
Gyoergy
Haak
Haas
Haberl
Hader
Hagel
Hahn
Haithmar
Haker
Hakstuhl
Hall
Halvachs
Hammer
Hanich
Hanker
Happel
Hari
Harninger |
Hartman
Hartvig
Hauck
Hauser
Heberling
Hedli
Heesh
Hegman
Heidinger
Heimbeck
Heiser
Heisler
Heitmar
Heizer
Held
Hellebrand
Heller
Henn
Henrick
Herber
Herbert
Hermann
Hero
Herold
Hersner
Herzog
Hessler
Hesz
Heusler
Higl
Hilbert
Hiro
Hirschmann
Hock
Hoffer
Hoffmann
Hoffner
Hofstetter
Holczer
Holdinger
Hollinger
Hollonics
Holzer
Holzinger
Holzmann
Hook
Hopp
Hoppel
Horninger
Hornung
Horvath
Hotz
Huber
Hubert
Huelber
Huell
Hufnagel
Huiter
Humpf
Hutter
Hutvagner
Igesch
Illess
Imhof
Inhoff
Istenes
Jacob
Jaeger
Jager
Janetz
Janitz
Jiling(Yuelling)
Julink(Jiling)
Jung
Kaiser
Kallan
Kalmar
Kanczler
Kantor
Kanzler
Karfner
Karl
Karli
Karlman
Karolyi
Karpl
Kasler
Katzianer
Kaufmann
Kauker
Kehrle
Keller
Kepes(Bildner)
Kerfer
Kerner
Kerper
Kerschner
Kersteuer
Kerstner
Kertesz
Keszler
Kila
Kilian
Kirchgessner
Kirchner
Kirschner
Kirschteuer
Kisch
Kislinger
Kizlinger |
Klauz
Klein
Kleinhans
Klemens
Klesitz
Klettner
Knau
Kneis
Knolmayer
Koch
Koeltl
Koerper
Koger
Koller
Kolmar
Koltai(Kungl)
Koncz
Koppenberger
Korbel
Kosmann
Kovacs
Kovi
Kozma
Krabatz
(Kravath)
Kraft
Kraml
Kramlik
Krammer
Krautheim
Krauz
Krebs
Krein
Kreiner
Kreitner
Kreps
Krichardt
Kricker
Kricner
Krieg
Kripli
Kristbacher
Kriszt
Krug
Krull
Kuczler
Kugler
Kuhn
Kuhnert
Kundrath
Kungl
Kunkle
Kunszt
Lackner
Laibl
Lakner
Lambert
Lanczer
Landsdorfer
Lang
Lautner
Leber
Lebzelter
Legat
Leibl
Leiner
Leiszner
Leitner
Leitold
Lekner
Lenart
Lencz
Lenner
Lennert
Lentner
Leskovics
Libisch
Lichtenberger
Licsauer
Ligman
Link
Lipp
Listner
Litschauer
Litter
Lockner
Lohinger
Lohn
Lorber
Lorbert
Lovasi(Pfeer)
Ludwig
Mackl
Madits
Madl
Magas
Magik
Mahek
Maher
Mahig
Mahl
Mai
Maier
Mailinger
Mainzinger
Majer
Makl
Mandl
Manner
Mar
Marhoffer |
Markstein
Markus
Marosi(Maar)
Mars
Martenkovics
Marx
Massi
Mater
Matheis
Matits
Maurer
Mayer
Meckler
Mehreider
Mehringer
Meiczinger
Meidl
Meilinger
Meinczinger
Meizinger
Mekler
Menyhart
Mereiter
Mergl
Meringer
Merkel
Meszaros
Metzger
Meyer
Meyerhoffer
Mick
Miller
Millner
Mireider
Mirkli
Mitch
Mits
Mitsch
Mittel
Molnar
Moor
Moser
Moskovits
Mueller
Muellner
Muller
Nagy
Nakovics
Navratil
Nemeth
Neubauer
Neuhauser
Neumann
Nick
Niebauer
Nigo
Nik
Nimsz
Nistinger
Noe
Noller
Novak
Novotni
Nyers
Nyul
Obermeyer
Offner
Olah
Omischl
Opitz
Orban
Oremus
Oswald
Pacher
Palkovics
Palzer
Pammer
Panhuber
Papp
Patscher
Paulich
Pazler
Peidl
Pek
Pelzmann
Penk
Penkler
Perger
Pesovar
Peternich
Peternits
Petersell
Peuermeister
Pfarrer
Pfartz
Pfeffer
Pfeer(Lovasi)
Pfeiffer
Pichler
Pidl
Pieller
Pihoker
Pilk
Piller
Pincz
Ping
Pinter
Pitman
Pitner
Pittman |
Pittner
Pitzer
Plauk
Plesinger
Poetl
Pogacher
Polauf
Polcer
Polczer
Pold
Polgar
Polt
Poltl
Poltz
Polzer
Pongracz
Ponstengle
Poosch
Popp
Porr
Potoki
Praczko
Pratschler
Preger
Preininger
Premus
Prenhoffer
Prepsl
Presing
Prevelige
Prevladitz
Primus
Propszl
Proschel
Prostovich
Proszt
Puchinger
Pulcz
Punk
Quagnix
Quelling
Raab
Radics
Raditch
Rady
Raindl
Rankl
Ranstatler
Rausch
Rauscher
Rechner
Redel
Reder
Redl
Redling
Rednagel
Regensburger
Regenye
Rehberger
Reich
Reichardt
Reicher
Reider
Reif
Rein
Reindel
Reindl
Reiner
Reinfels
Reinhardt
Reinwald
Reiser
Reisinger
Reitmajer
Reivald
Reizer
Rekner
Rengert
Renner
Resch
Ressler
Retz
Ricker
Ricsak
Rieder
Riedl
Rieger
Rieter
Ringert
Ripper
Rith
Rodemann
Roehrich
Roesch
Roller
Roll
Roschits
Rosta
Rostasi
Roth
Rothhausen
Rozman
Ruff
Ruisch
Ruizam
Rummel
Rutner
Sabadics
Sabo
Sagh(Schach) |
Saibert
Sailer
Sainer
Saller
Salzer
Sambert
Sammer
Sandli
Sandor
Sanko
Sapitz
Satlmaier
Sauer
Sautner
Schabel
Schabitz
Schaefer
Schaierkropf
Schainer
Schalbert
Schaler
Schalk
Schandel
Schandl
Scharf
Scheck
Scheibelhofer
Schell
Scheller
Scher
Scherer
Schiffer
Schiller
Schlecht
Schmidt
Schmierer
Schmitt
Schmittauer
Schnee
Schneider
Schoenig
Schoenwald
Schongrund
Schuett
Schuetzenhofer
Schultz
Schwartz
Schwarzkopf
Schweder
Schweighardt
Schweisgut
Sedlock
Seibed
Seibelhofner
Seibert
Seidl
Seifert
Seiler
Seker
Selinger
Sellencsik
Selthoffer
Sendl
Senft
Shagh
Sheller
Shumody
Sieker
Simon
Sirbek
Smal
Smidla
Smith
Snelpach
Sohn
Soll
Sommer
Sontheimer
Soos
Speckhardt
Spengler
Spitzer
Springmann
Stahl
Stammler
Stark
Staub
Staudinger
Staudt
Steierlein
Steigel
Steigerwald
Steigler
Stein
Steinbach
Steiner
Steinmacher
Steixner
Stenger
Stern
Stier
Stirbek
Stohl
Stolz
Stork
Stradl
Strasser
Straub
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Immigrant Surnames
Villages
Settled by Germans
Acsteszer
Ajka
Ajkarendek
Aka
Bakonybel
Bakonycsernye
Bakonygyepes
Bakonygyirot
Bakonyjako
Bakonykoppany
Bakonykuti
Bakonynana
Bakonyoszlop
Bakonypeterd
Bakonypoloske
Bakonysag
Bakonysarkany
Bakonyszentivan
Bakonyszentkiraly
Bakonyszentlaszlo
Bakonyszombathely
Bakonyszucs
Balatoncsicso
Balinka
Band
Barnag
Bazsi
Beb
Borzsavar
Csabrendek
Csatka
Csehbanya
Csekut
Csesznek
Cseteny
Csot
Doba
Dobronte
Dudar
Enying
Epleny
Farkasgyepu
Fenyofo
Ganna
Guttamasi
Gyarmat
Gyertyankut
Gyulafiratot
Harsagy
Herend
Hidegkut
Homokbodoge
Iharkut
Isztimer
Jasd
Kajar
Kardosret
Kislod
Kolontar
Korisgyor
Lajoskomarom
Lokut
Lazi
Magyarpolany
Marczalto
Marko
Nagyesztergar
Nagytevel
Nagyvazsony
Németbanya
Noszlop
Nyirad
Olaszfalu
Orvenyes
Palihalas
Papa
Papakovacsi
Papanyoger
Papateszer
Penzeskut
Porva
Pula
Rede
Romand
Sur
Szapar
Szentgal
Szentjakabfa
Szoc
Tes
Tosokberend
Totvazsony
Ugod
Urkut
Varoslod
Varpalota
Veszprem
Veszpremfajsz
Veszpremvarsany
Vorosto
Zingertal
Zirc
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