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ALSCHER, Otto
Banat Poet & Writer Otto
Alscher was born January 8 1880 in Perlas/Perlasz
along the Tisza River, Banat, then
Hungary, † December 29th 1944 in
Targu Jiu, Romania).
Lived
in Orschowa 18912 He is mentioned
in literary history as "a German
poet of Hungary"
and "Romanian-German
and Austrian writers. Editor
of the "Deutdschen
Tageblatts. For a brief
period from
1919 to
1922, Otto
Alscher
lived in
Temesvar,
the capital
of Romania
Banat, and
found a new
sphere of
activity in
Banat
Journalism
and cultural
politics.
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"Bury me under a tree
that always brings flowers,
and where in my eternal dream
a bird sings its songs!"
Peter Barth, 1960
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BARTH,
Peter
Banat
Pharmacist & Poet
Peter
Barth was born
02 Jun 1898
in Blumenthal (Masloc, Rumania); studied pharmacy
in Cluj
Napoca (Rumania) and theology in Gyongyos (Hungary); lived in
Blumenthal.2
Lived
in Temeswar. Druggist, lyric poet
and
member of the Writers’ Association
of the RSS1.
Author of:
Flammengarben, [Sheaves of
flames], poems, 19331
Die Erde lebt
[The earth is alive], poems, no
date1
Purpurnes
Schattenspiel, [Purple shadow
play], poems, 19711
Ich suche auch
den Sommerpfad [I am also
seeking the summer path], poems
& prose, 19751
Co-author of:
Herz der Heimat
[Heart of the homeland], 19351
Volk an der
Grenze [People at the border],
19371
Rufe über
Grenzen [Calls across borders],
19381
Junge Banater
Dichtung [Young Banat poetry],
19401
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The poet Peter Barth was born on June 2, 1898 as the married son of Peter Barth and Margaretha Mannherz in Blumenthal. Peter Barth died on March 1, 1984 at the age of 86 in Timişoara.
He was buried in the Blumenthal cemetery. May everyone who knew him or who only get to know him from this anniversary edition light a candle in silence on his 100th birthday, in silence, for a person, a UNIKUM who left so many beautiful memories, but frustrated during his lifetime was and was not always understood by the hollow-headed rulers of our sad existence here in Banat.
And may everyone who owns this beautiful lyric volume "Schollenfirst" in the expanded anniversary edition, take it in his hands and hold it in front of his eyes to remember a piece of old homeland, the "Schollenenkrume" or the " Schollentor "to the wide and wide valleys, corridors, to the poplars, acacias and elder bushes, to the beech forests, cross each other with awe, what the Arch Swabian Peter Barth left to the night world.
Hans Matthias Just, Timisoara, August 31, 1997 |
1Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
2Author:
Engel, Walter;
Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939): der
Beitrag der
Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwa"bischen Geistesleben.
Publisher: Julius Groos Verlag,
Heidelberg, 1982.
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BARTÓK, Béla
Famous
Banat Composer & Pianist
Béla Viktor János Bartók (born March 25, 1881
in Groß
St. Nikolaus
and
died September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer
and pianist. He is considered one of the most
important composers of the 20th century and is
regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest
composer (Gillies 2001). Through his collection and
analytical study of folk music, he was one of the
founders of ethnomusicology.
Béla Bartók
was born in the small Banatian
town of Nagyszentmiklós in the
Kingdom of Hungary,
Austro-Hungarian Empire, (since
1920 Sânnicolau Mare, Romania)
on March 25, 1881. Bartók's
family reflected some of the
ethnic diversity of the country.
His mother, Paula (née Voit),
had German as mother tongue, but
was ethnically of "mixed
Hungarian" origin: Her maiden
name Voit is German, probably of
Saxon origin from Upper Hungary,
though she spoke Hungarian
fluently. Among her forefathers
there were family names like
Polereczky (Magyarized Polish)
and Fegyveres (Magyar). His
father, Bélla Sr., considered
himself thoroughly Hungarian,
though his mother was from a
Roman Catholic Serbian
family. [citation needed] Béla
displayed notable musical talent
very early in life: according to
his mother, he could distinguish
between different dance rhythms
that she played on the piano
before he learned to speak in
complete sentences (Gillies
1990, 6). By the age of four, he
was able to play 40 pieces on
the piano; his mother began
formally teaching him the next
year.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Published
by Jody
McKim Pharr,
DVHH.org 10
Nov 2009.
Note:
Groß
St. Nikolaus
/ Gross St.
Nikolaus
(German)
Groß Sankt
Nikolaus
(German)
Nagyszentmiklós
/ Nagyszentmiklos
(Hungarian)
Sînnicolau Mare
/ Sinnicolau
Mare
Sânnicolaul
Mare / Sannicolaul
Mare, Romania
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BASTIUS,
Stefan,
Dipl. chem.
Banat
-
Writer,
Historian and Soviet
concentration camp survivor.
Stefan Bastius
was born 1926
in Werschetz, Yugoslavia Banat,
is a Danube Swabian (Germanic)
descent. He lived through
the Tito partisan tyranny and
survived a Soviet concentration
camp. After five years of
slave labor, he was released in
1949 in East Germany, where he
studied chemistry in Dresden.
In 1959, he escaped to West
Germany. Dr. Bastius is
dedicated to exposing the
persecution of the German ethnic
minority by the communist.
Ethnic Germans in the Banat: Forgotten —Yet Timely
—History; 2003
©
The Barnes
Review, Volume IX Number 1, January/February 2003,
page 13-15. Copyright by TBR Co, P.O. Box
15877, Washington D.C. 20003
www.barnesreview.org
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at DVHH.org 2003 by Jody
McKim Pharr.] |
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BEER, Josef
Banat
Author
Josef Beer:
Donauschwäbische Zeitgeschichte aus erster Hand,
1989 (E: Danube Swabian contemporary history first
hand). Danube Swabian Cultural Foundation in Munich
3rd Edition. 271 pages, paperback, with
maps. Reviewed as a very thorough presentation of
the history of the Danube Swabians, their daily life
in detail and the expulsion.
Josef and Andere Beer:
Leidensweg der Deutschen im kommunistischen
Jugoslawien
Publisher:
Donauschwäbischen Kulturstiftung, München
(Erlebnisberichte: Reports)
Leidensweg der
Deutschen im kommunistischen Jugoslawien.
Ortsberichte Band I; 1991
Leidensweg der
Deutschen im kommunistischen Jugoslawien.
Erlebnisberichte. Band II; 1997
Leidensweg der
Deutschen im kommunistischen Jugoslawien.
Erschießungen-Vernichtungslager-Kinderschicksale.
Band III; 1991
Leidensweg der
Deutschen im kommunistischen Jugoslawien.
Menschenverluste-Namen und Zahlen Band IV; 1991
This series of four
"Leidensweg" books (bands) © Donauschwaebische
Kulturstiftung. Purchased through: Arbeitskreis
Donauschwaebischer Familienforscher (AKdFF)
Goldmuehlestrasse 30, 71065 Sindelfingen, Germany
Beer, Josef, Hans
Diplich, et al. Heimatbuch der Stadt Weißkirchen
im Banat. [E: Heritage book of the city
Weißkirchen in the Banat]. 1980, Salzburg,
Verein Weißkirchen Ortsgemeinschaft . 668 pages.
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BERWANGER, Nikolaus
Banat Journalist, Press
& Literature Historian
Born 05 Jul 1935
Freidorf/Temeswar.
(Pseudonym: ‘m Berwanger sei Niklos,
Sepp Zornich, Willi Frombach,
Nicolae Bergovan),
lives in
Temeswar. Journalist,
diploma in German language &
literature, lyric poet, writer
in dialect, historian of press
and literature, member of the
Writers’ Association of the RSS
and of the International Lenau
Society (Vienna), first prize
for lyric poetry at the
country-wide festival “Cântarea
Romaniei” 1977 and 1979; Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn Honorary Ring
in gold 1977.1
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BINDER, Stefan
Banat
University Professor, Scholar of
language arts, Literary Historian
Born 30 Jun 1907
in Alma
(Hermannstadt
County), lives
in Temeswar.
PhD, university
professor,
scholar of
language arts,
historian of
literature,
member of the
Society for
Philological
Sciences and the
Romanian Society
for Romanistic
Philology,
Member of the
Romanian
National
Committee for
the European
Language Atlas.1
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Bleyer, Jakob
Literary Scholar,
Full Professor at the University of Transylvania in Cluj, Banat; Peoples Spokesperson
& Hungarian Minister for National Minorities 1919-20.
THE POLITICIAN WHO FOUGHT FOR HUNGARY GERMAN DOUBLE IDENTITY
* 1874 Tscheb (Batschka); † 1933 Budapest
Literary
Scholar,
Peoples
Spokesperson,
Professor
of
German
Language,
The
Politician
who
fought
for
the
Hungary
German
double
identity
&
Hungarian
Minister
for
National
Minorities
1919-20
Bleyer,
Jakob; Germanist, Volkstumspolitiker; *25 Jan 1874,
Tscheb in the Batschka; † 1933, 05.12. Budapest.
Jakob Bleyer was born into a
wealthy Donauschwaben farming
family.
After attending the Hungarian high schools in Novi Sad
and Koldcha he studied German and Hungarian philology at
the University of Budapest, where Gustav Heinrich
(1845-1922) and Gideon Petz (1863-1943) were his main
teachers.
He graduated in 1897 with a doctorate and a check for
the higher teaching.
After that he taught in Budapest and Sopron.
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BOCKEL, Herbert
Banat Professor, Author,
Literary Historian, Critic &
PublisherBorn
23 Oct 1940 in
Arad, lives in
Temeswar.
Diploma in
German language
and literature,
university
professor,
historian of
literature, also
critic of
theater and
literature;
member of the
Association for
philological
sciences. Author of: Aspekte der
Beziehungen
zwischen der
rumänischen und
der
rumäniendeutschen
Literatur in der
ersten Hälfte
des 20. Jahrhunderts
[Aspects of the
relations
between Romanian
and
Romania-German
literature in
the first half
of the XX
century]
University of
Timisoara, 1976 Die Schwaben in
die Literatur einführen. Über Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn als
Romancier [Introducig the
Swabians to literature. About A
M-G as novelist], NBZ, Nr.
4644/8.11.1977 Ein
expressionistischer Roman der
rumäniendeutschen Literatur?
(über Franz Xaver Kappus)
[An expressionist novel in the
Romania-German literature. (about FXK],
University of Timisoara, 1977 Co-author of:
Die deutsche
Literatur
von
1848-1918
[The German
literature
from 1848 to
1918]
University
lecture)],
1973
Die deutsche
Literatur
von
1918-1945,
1918 [The
German
literature
from 1848 to
1918]
University
lecture)],
vol. 1/1975,
vol. 2/1976
Publisher of:
Christoph
Martin
Wieland,
Dichtungen,
Prosa,
Aufsätze,
[Christoph
Martin
Wieland,
poetry,
prose,
articles],
1979
Source: Banater
deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von
Edward Schneider,
NBZ –Volkskalender
1980 Banat-German Authors
of the Present - A
bio-bibliographic
list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio
information
translated by Nick
Tullius; contributed
and published by
Jody McKim 10 Nov
2009.
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BOHN, Hans
Banat Teacher, Art
Editor, Journalist & Author
Hans Bohn, born in 1927 (Kleinsanktpeter
Totina), witnessed both the heyday of
the German peasantry in the Banat, as well as its
demise in the turmoil of the Second World War. He
survived eight years Russian labor camps and forced
labor, worked as teacher and arts editor in
Timisoara, Romania, and came to Germany in 1990.
Today the author lives in Landshut, and now has
published several books. [More]
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BONNAZ, Alexander
Banat Poet
1812-1889
Tschanad
(Banat)
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DAMA, Hans
Author
& Historian
Dr. Hans Dama
is a native of Großsanktnikolaus (Banat) and a
graduate in German Language and Literature, Romanian
Language and Literature, Education, Geography, and
Economics of the universities of Temeswar/Timisoara,
Bukarest/Bucuresti, and Vienna. Since 1988 he has
been teaching at the University of Vienna. He has
published numerous contributions on subjects such as
German and Romanian literature, cultural history and
dialects of the Danube Swabians, as well as poems,
short stories, essays, and travel literature.
(Author & Historian
~
Biographical Note)
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DIPLICH, Hans
Banat Teacher,
Author, Publisher, Creator of
the Danube Swabian Crest
Hans Diplich was born 23 Feb 1909 in
Großkomlosch, Banat. He studied in Temeschwar
and the University of Bucharest, Münster and
Klausenburg. He taught in several towns in Romania
among them Weißenburg. After the war he became a
teacher in Munich, Germany. He has authored many
papers books and was the president of the
“Donauschwäbische Stiftung” whose sole purpose was
to document the history of the Donauschwaben.
He is the originator of the
Donauschwaben coat of arms
and the colors White-Green he selected from
Weißkirchen, Banat, in honor of the town which
became the center point of the Donauschwaben
movement and the man Ludwig Kremling, the leader of
our Folks group in 1906. [More]
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DREYER, David
Banat
Historian & Author
David Dreyer's
Ship List 1896 - 1938.
Data extracted from
43,051
passenger arrival
manifests & border crossing
records for the ports of
Baltimore, Ellis Island,
Galveston, Philadelphia,
Canadian ports and Bremen
departure records
Author of:
Vol. I. Family
History Research For North Dakota Pioneers From The
Banat
Vol. II. Origins Of Some North American Banaters.
Some Abstractions From The Deutsch-Ungarischer
Familien Kalender And The Bremen Passenger Lists
Vol. III. Some Banaters In Pre World War I U. S.
Passenger Shipping Records
Vol. IV. Josefsdorf-Giseladorf Family Register,
1882-1899
Vol. V. From The Banat To North Dakota. Accounts
By Banat Homesteaders In Western North Dakota
Vol. VI. Banaters In Austrian Military Records
Co-Author of:
From The Banat to
North Dakota: A History of the German-Hungarian
Pioneers in Western North Dakota
Authors: David Dreyer & Josette S. Hatter
Publisher: North Dakota State University Institute
for Regional Studies, P.O. Box 5075, Fargo, ND
58105. ISBN 10: 0-911042-66-0 / ISBN 13:
978-0-911042-66-5 / Library of Congress Control #
2006937410.
Sources: Private
libraries
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DUMBRAVEANU, Anghel
Banat Poet, Novelist &
Translator
Born 21 Nov 1933, Dobroteasa, Olt county, Romania.
Member of the literary circle
Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of
the Writers’ Association of Temeswar. Below image:
12 Jun 1982 Temeswarer Press Club, Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn. Pictured above, left to right:
Horst Samson,
Eduard Schneider,
Helmuth Frauendorfer, Anghel Dumbraveanu,
Franz Liebhard,
Nikolaus
Berwanger,
Bettina Gros,
William Totok and
Richard Wagner.
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EBENSPANGER, Johann/Johannes; Ps. Felix Schützer
Banat Teacher, Writer & Poet
Born
03 May 1845 in Kukmirn (west Hungary); famous poet and teacher in
Lugosch and Liebling; school
inspector in Temeschwar. He died on 24 Jan 1903 in Oberschützen (district of Oberwart in the Austrian state of Burgenland).
Contributor to Nagl-Zeidler's literary history, most recently Prof., Dir. And Ehrendir. at the schools in Oberschützen; hean dialect poet. Collector of Westung. -German folk poetry.
Johannes Ebenspanger also dealt a lot with ethnological studies.
Pastor Andreas Gruber and senior Matthias Kirchknopf persuaded his father to let him study. He attended elementary school in Kukmirn and Körmend and from 1859 to 1863 the teachers' seminar in Oberschützen. In 1863/64 he was an assistant teacher in Raabfidisch, in 1864/65 he was an educator in Szemes, from 1965 to 1967 at the Hungarian - German elementary school in Lugos and then until 1870 at the German elementary school in Liebling (Temes county).
In 1872 Ebenspanger was sent to Germany by the Minister of Culture and Education to study the school system there. He visited many schools in Saxony and seminars in Dresden, Weißenfels and Gotha. From 1873 to 1877 he was secretary in the school inspectorate in Temesvár. From 1877 he was professor in Oberschützen and then from 1888 the director. He led Hungarian language courses in Steinamanger and Raab. He wrote poems in Hungarian and German. In 1902/3 he crashed due to a fall from the library manager.
Ebenspanger was also important as a literary historian, folklorist and poet, as a dialect and customs researcher. In a contribution to Nagl - Zeidler 's German - Austrian literary history, he presented for the first time an overview of the literary work of western Hungary. He was an employee of the "Oberwarter Volkskalender", founded by the book printer Ludwig Schodisch. In 1897 his dialect poems "Heanzische Verschn" were printed. A ... "booklet that signaled the world of the village, because in this inner emigration to the narrowness of the village community they saw the only way of surviving and preserving and profiling their own. It was an escape from national threat into a healthy one and intact community and it was an effort to to
preserve this intact world in the onslaught of foreign and national healing. The dialect seal played an important role in this intellectual defense process, and Johannes Ebenspanger was one of the first to recognize this new task in literature. He was preparing that movement. which led to Josef Reichl, Robert Zipser ... and not least to Mida Huber, Johann Neubauer and the representatives of the dialect poets of today ". (BF from January 18, 1978).
References & Sources:
Burgenländischer Dolksliedsammler und Mundartdichter — as school principal in Oberschützen, died. Folk songs from the estate of Johannes Ebenspanger, quarterly book II / 2, p. 138 ff. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Burgenlaendische-Heimatblaetter_3_1930_0065-0081.pdf
Ebenspanger Johannes, Hianzische Veaschln (bespr. von A. H.) 256
Johannes Ebenspanger, Die 50-jährige Geschichte der evangelischen Schulanstalten zu Oberschützen, Oberwart 1895 (im Weiteren: Ebenspanger 1895), S. 5–11 https://www.museum-oberschuetzen.com/kontakt/images/Museumsbl%C3%A4tter1.pdf
Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939) der
Beitrag der Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwäbischen Geistesleben. Author:
Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos
Verlag, Heidel.
L .: Brümmer; Nagl-Zeidler-Castle 2, pp. 242f .; O. Kernstock, Aus der Festenburg, 1911, pp. 151ff. (A handbook on the history of German poetry in Austria-Hungary. by Nagl , JW, Jakob Zeidler and Eduard Castle).
Austrian Biographical Lexicon and Biographical Documentation. Publication: ÖBL 1815-1950, Vol. 1 (Lfg. 3, 1956), p. 208 |
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ECKERT
KOEHLER, Eve
Historian,
Author &
Daughter of the
Danube
Keeping the
Danube Swabian
legacy alive!
Eve E. Koehler was born in Tolna
County, Hungary, emigrating to
Canada with her parents in 1927,
presently residing with her
husband and family in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Keeping the Danube Swabian
legacy alive!
Member
of the civil service staff of
the School of Social Welfare,
University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. When her
children asked "What are we?
German, Hungarian, Yugoslavian,
or what?" she attempted an
answer which resulted in this
monograph. "And, of course,"
she explains "it became a Labor
of Love." The Danube Swabian
Alliance of the U.S.A. and
Canada chose it as a
Bicentennial Project and it was
published under their auspices.
It is a valuable contribution to
the field of literature on
ethnicity, the first
narrative-history of the Danube
Swabians in the English
language. The unorthodox
structure of Susannah V's
manuscript is deliberate, to
convey the lyrical, melodic
speech of the Swabians. Mrs.
Koehler hopes the book will
inspire others to do more
research on the history of this
little known ethnic group,
especially as related to the
tragic aftermath of WWII with
mass expulsions, deportations
and liquidation of thousands of
Ausland Germans. [More]
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ENGEL, Walter
Banat Journalist,
Critic, Nature Historian & Author
Born
13 Nov 1942 in Deutschsanktmichael,
lives in Temeswar. Diploma in German
Language & Literature, Journalist,
university lector, theater and
literature critic, historian of
nature.
Author of:
Engel, Walter:
Die Literatur in
der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
Österreich und in der Schweiz
[The literature in the Federal
Republic of Germany, Austria and
Switzerland] in: Deutsche
Literatur; Lehrbuch für die 12.
Klasse,1976
Engel, Walter: Deutsche Literatur im Banat
(1840-1939): der Beitrag der
Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwa"bischen Geistesleben.
Publisher: Julius Groos Verlag,
Heidelberg, 1982.2 Der Beitrag
der Kulturzeitschriften zum banatschwäbichen Geisesleben. (1982). (7) 287 S. (21:30) Hlwd. —
Folienkaschiert, saubere Fotokopie
Engel, Nikolaus:
Hirte seines Volkes. Aus dem Leben und Wirken des
Temesvarer Bischofs Dr. theol. h. c. Augustin Pacha. Beitrag zur Geschichte des auslanddeutschen
Katholizismus im rumänischen Banat. 1955. 87 S. (14:21) Kart. = SchrR des kath. Auslandssekretariat.
Engel, Walter (Hrsg.):
Kulturraum Banat. Deutsche Kultur in einer
europäischen Vielvölkerregion. (2007) 396 S. (14:21) Kart. — Beiträge von 17 verschiendenen Autoren;
internat. Symposion Temeschwar... 2004
Author and editor
of:
Von der Heide.
Anthologie einer Zeitschrift mit
Vorwort und Bibliographie
[anthology of a magazine, with
preface and bibliography] 1978
Rumänische
Revue, Studiu monografie si
antologie de ... /
Monographischer Abriss und
Anthologie von. . ., mit einem
Verzeichniss der deutschen
Übersetzungen aus der
rumänischen Literatur [Romanian
Revue, monographic study and
anthology ... with a list of
German translations from
Romanian literature] in der
Rumänischen Revue, 1978
Co-author of:
Reflexe,
Anthologie rumäniendeutscher
Literaturkritik [Reflexes,
anthology of Romania-German
literary criticism], 1977
Auswahl
literarischer Texte für den IV.
Jahrgang der Lyzeen
[Selection of literary texts for
the 4th high school
year], 1975
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009. |
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ENGELMANN, Nikolaus
Banat
Teacher &
Author
Born 1908. After the war he
lived in Austria.
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Die Banater Schwaben 1966
Geschichte Banat
Auswanderung
Auf Vorposten des
Abendlandes, Pannonia-Verlag
Freilassing; 1966, 120
Seiten, Großformat: 28 x
20 cm. Aus dem Inhalt:
Geschichte der Banater
Schwaben in Wort und
Bild. Publisher:
Pannonia
Freilassing-Verlag;
1966, 120 pages, large
format: 28 x 20 cm. From
the contents: history of
the Banat Swabia in word
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Nikolaus Engelmann's 1961 book 'Die
Banater Schwaben' (translated into
'The Banat Germans' by John Michels)
provides insight into what breeds of
horse and cattle were used
particularly in the Banat.
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The Banat Germans
Author: Nikolaus Engelmann
(Translated from German by
John Michels).
Banat Danube Swabians
customs and history. 136
pages.
Publisher: University of
Mary Press, Bismarck, ND.
Order contact: Public
Affairs-University of Mary,
7500 University Drive,
Bismarck, ND 58504 - tel:
701-255-7500, e-mail:
marthan@umary.edu |
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FERCH, Franz
Banat
Designer & Artist
Franz Ferch was
born on 4 September 1900 in
Rudolfsgnad, Banat. He
attended elementary school in
Perjamosch and then the Cadet School
in Traiskirchen near Vienna. From
1922-1923, he studied interior
design and interior design at the
School of Applied Arts in Dresden.
From 1925-1927, he studied at the
Munich Academy of Art.
Afterwards returning to Banat, he
worked in Timisoara Künstlerhaus,
where he also had several
exhibitions. Here he developed a
fruitful activity. Still under
the influence of neo-Romanticism in
Munich created the monumental
painting, The Watch and the prayers
of the ancestors, two large
dimension historical pictures,
influenced from the settlement
period of the Banat Swabians, the
latter by the Stefan Jäger
Immigration triptych, is the
foundation of the community
Bogarosch. A request for the image
of the artist in 1930 on an
exhibition Timisoara the first
prize.
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Bilder aus dem Banat : Franz
Ferch - Mensch und Werk
"Images from the Banat : Franz
Ferch - Man and Work"
Publisher: Berlin [inter alia]:
Westkreuz-Verl.; 1991
Reprint;
Pages: 108 p.;
Language: German
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Literature:
 "Franz Ferch - ein
großer Banater Maler",
v. Hans Bohn, aus
"Temeswar /
Temeschburg",
Herausgeber: HOG
Temeswar, 1994 Karlsruhe
- "Franz Ferch - ein
großer Maler Banater, v.
Hans Bohn, aus "Temeswar
/ Temeschburg",
Herausgeber: HOG
Temeswar, 1994 Karlsruhe
"Franz Ferch und seine
Banater Welt", v. Franz
Heinz, Verlag
Südostdeutsches
Kulturwerk, 1988 München
- "Franz Ferch Banater
und seine Welt, v. Franz
Heinz Südostdeutsches
Kulturwerk Verlag,
Munich 1988
"Franz Ferch - Mensch
und Werk / Bilder aus
dem Banat", v. Walter
Engel und Franz Heinz,
Westkreuz-Verlag Berlin
/ Bonn, 1991 Berlin -
"Franz Ferch - Mensch
und Werk / Bilder aus
dem Banat", v. Walter
Engel und Franz Heinz
Westkreuz-Verlag Berlin
/ Bonn, Berlin 1991
Photo Credit:
Foto Franz Ferch,
Fotosammlung: H. - Photo
Franz Ferch,
Fotosammlung H.
Kremper-Fackner
Kremper-Fackner
"Die Hauensteiner"
v.Franz Ferch,
Fotosammlung: H.
Kremper-Fackner - "Die
Hauensteiner" v.Franz
Ferch, Fotosammlung H.
Kremper-Fackner
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FILIP, Wilma
Banat
Author
Born on November 21,
1927 in
Soltur, Banat.
Schooling 1934 - 1944 in
her home village of
Soltur, Kikinda und
Groß-Betschkerek.
Training at the German
College of Education
ended due to the war.
Internment because of
German nationality from
November 1944 - March
1948 in various camps in
Yugoslavia; additionally
was in forced labour 3
years.
Wilma married November
1948 in Kikinda, and has
2 children.
Gained
legal admittance to
Germany January 3, 1956
possible.
She was a
housewife, and worked in
a factory, in sales,
telephone service of the
German Federal Post
Office, and retired in
1987.
The author has published
numerous articles in
publications; and a book
of poems appeared in the
self-published (print),
reprinted in Gerhard
Hess Verlag is planned.
TEARS INSTEAD OF
BREAD 1944 - 1948
Edition 2002,
235 pages, paperback,
15 figures and a
sketch map
ISBN: 3 - 87336 -
164 - 7 ISBN:
3-87336 - 164-7
The author writes:
These records I have
dedicated to the
memory of my mother.
(Publisher's Note: The
mother of Wilma died in
inhuman conditions in a
Yugoslav detention - and
hard labor)
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Wilma Filip. Born on
November 21, 1927 in
Soltur / Banat
TRÄNEN STATT
BROT 1944 - 1948
Author: Filip,
Wilma
1944 - 1948 im
Serbischen Banat
235 S.,
Paperback
ISBN: 3 - 87336
- 164 - 7 |
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FISCHER, Ludwig Vinzenz
Banat
Author, Journalist & Translator
Vinzenz Ludwig Fischer (22
January 1845, Resita - 15 December 1890, Halle, Germany) is a journalist and translator.
Coming from a family of German immigrants settled in Resita (his father was a carpenter),
Fischer taught workshops state railways, despite his mother's desire to direct him into the priesthood.
Self taught through various professions and jobs, from carpentry
administration. Emigrants in Austria, where he married the daughter of a senior, becoming
director of a paper mill Krollwitz, near Halle, Germany.
Between 1868 and 1890 Fischer has
worked with very good translations of Romanian poetry Austrian and German magazines, "Oesterreichische
Gartenlaube" (Graz), "Die Dioskuren" (Vienna), "Der Osten (Vienna), Magazin für die des
Literature In-und Auslands (Leipzig) and "Das Ausland" (Augsburg).'s important is
collaboration in the publication edited by C. Fischer Diaconovici, "Romanische Revue"
(1885-1894), who enjoyed good appreciation in the country, and abroad. This is printed in
1885, Die romanische Literature in Deutschland. Ein Repertorium, broad overview of the
German translation Romanian folklore and literature from the beginnings to that year. The
accuracy of the information, complete documentation, updated on reception of Romanian
literature in Germany make this directory a valuable tool for professionals.
Everything is due to Fischer's publication "Revue Romanische" a series of valuable
translations of poems from the collection people. Balade of V. Alecsandri and collections of
At. Marienescu M. and Jarnik-Barseanu. Since the second year of publication of the magazine
translates ballad master Manole Fischer, achieving a true transposition of the original
Romanian. Alecsandri Of ballads and V. At. Marienescu M. Mioriţa stand the versions, The
Ring and the sun and moon kerchief.
Books and magazines sent by Astra
i just helped in preparing the repertoire of C. Diaconovici published in the magazine, which
gave him his rightful place in the encyclopedia to Fischer, valuing his work "Romanian
translator of ballads and poems in German by whose publication in the most popular German
literary magazines contributed to widening between German Romanian poetic creations.
Romanian:
www.crispedia.ro/Ludwig_Vinzenz_Fischer |
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FISSL, Walter
Banat Historian & Documentary Videographer
Walter Fissl was born in Segenthau/Dreispitz and emigrated to Germany in 1983. He has been indulging his hobby, filming, with great passion for three decades. Originally, he wanted to reclaim his lost homeland by capturing it with his camera. Later, when he realized that many of his fellow Banaters were inspired by the same wish, he extended his filming to the whole Banat. [More]
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FRANK, Josef
Banat Author &
Historian
Die Besiedlung des südwestlichen Banats im
Lichte historischer Karten und Quellen
1690 bis 1821
by Josef
Frank. Sindelfingen 2005. (Paperback, DIN
A4, 170 Seiten mit beiliegender CD-ROM,
Preis: 30,- Euro). English: The settlement of the
south-west Banat region in the light of
historical maps and sources 1690 to
1821. (Paperback, DIN A4, 170 pages, CD-ROM
with historical maps included, price: 30,-
Euro). Note: If you want only the
CD-ROM with the maps (because you cannot
read the German language) the price is 10,-
Euro.
Monograph of the Village Sakule
At the end of
2006 I will publish a monograph of the
Village Sakule (also spelled as Sakula,
Szakula, Totontalsziget). Sakule, now a part
of the town Oppowa (Opovo in Serbian
language). - After the year 1872 a lot of
German families of the surrounding villages
like Rudolfsgnad, Sartscha, Setschan, St.
Georgen, Kathreinfeld and other settled in
Sakule. I have all births, marriages and
depths of the German families for the years
1895 to 1945. Perhaps it would be helpful
for some genealogic researchers.
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Pass-Protokolle des
Deutsch-Banatischen
Grenzregiments
1796-1806
Materials for the settlement of the
southwest Banats.
Passport minutes of the
German Deutsch-Banati border regiment.
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Josef Frank
joseffrank@gmx.de
Rosenstr. 26
D-71063 Sindelfingen, Germany
The price
plus postage by ship is $30.00 or
$39.00 if you want the book by airmail. |
Sample of what one finds in the book,
below:
3.4 Jabuka
3.4.1
Protokolleinträge zu Jabuka
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Lfd Nr |
Pass-Nr |
Monat und Jahr |
Namen
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Begiebt sich nach |
In welchen
Angelegenheiten |
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1796 |
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244 |
335
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12.09.1796 |
Karl Zirck nebst seinem Weibe |
Werschetz |
in Schuldforderungs Angelegenheit |
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245 |
325 |
07.10.1796 |
Ansiedler
Johann Denneck |
Temeswar |
um seine Schwiegermutter abzuholen |
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246 |
375 |
08.10.1796 |
Johann Djerd und
Martin Andrasch |
Wascharhel |
die rückständigen Schulden dorten abzuholen |
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247 |
380 |
12.10.1796 |
Joseph Horpetts
Joseph Hollup und
Joseph Müller |
in den benachbarten Kameral Ortschaften |
in ihren eigenen Angelegenheiten |
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248 |
382 |
20.10.1796 |
Peter Deller |
Bahr |
in eigener Angelegenheit |
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249 |
2 |
02.11.1796 |
Sebastian Jerger, Valentin Reiser, Clemens
Pfisterer, Lorenz Erhardt, Franz Vogel,
Heinrich Reiser |
Pest |
mit Honig um sich etwas zu verdienen |
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250 |
6 |
07.11.1796 |
Michael Bagosch, Johann Sabo, Badasch Peter
und Nagy Martin |
ins Kroatien |
als Schiffzieher |
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1797 |
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251 |
37 |
06.01.1797 |
Karl Zirk, dessen Weib und Joseph Jera |
Werschetz |
um einen Siedlohn abzuholen |
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252 |
65 |
14.02.1797 |
Georg Breitfuß |
Neusatz |
seine Ziehtochter abzuholen |
Source: Contributed by Josef Frank |
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FRAUENDORFER, Helmuth
Banat Writer &
Poet
Born 5. Jun 1959 in
Wojteg,
Romania.
Member of the literary circle
Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of
the Writers’ Association of
Temeswar. From 1965
he lived in
Timisoara and
attended the Lyceum
Nikolaus Lenau.
Below image: 12 Jun 1982 Temeswarer Press Club, Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn. Pictured above, left to right:
Horst Samson,
Eduard Schneider,
Helmuth Frauendorfer,
Anghel Dumbraveanu,
Franz Liebhard,
Nikolaus
Berwanger, Bettina Gros,
William Totok and
Richard Wagner.
Am Rand einer Hochzeit.
Gedichte, Kriterion Verlag,
Bukarest 1984.
Landschaft der Maulwürfe.
Gedichte, dipa Verlag
Frankfurt am Main 1990.
Der Sturz des Tyrannen.
Rumänien und das Ende einer
Diktatur, Hrsg. zusammen mit
Richard Wagner, rororo
aktuell, Rowohlt Verlag
Reinbek bei Hamburg, 1990.
Die Demokratie der
Nomenklatura. Zur
gegenwärtigen Lage in
Rumänien, Hrsg., Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung,
Köln, 1991.
Anthologies
Ernest Wichner (Hrsg.), Das
Wohnen ist kein Ort. Texte und
Zeichen aus Sieben-bürgen, dem
Banat und den Gegenden
versuchter Ankunft. die horen,
32. Jg., Bd. 3/1987, Ausgabe
147;
A.
Franck, G. Vesper (Hg.), C'est
la vie! Impressionen -
Frankreich en passant, rororo
panther, Reinbek bei Hamburg,
1989;
Literarischer März 1989, Paul
List Verlag, München, 1989;
Wilhelm Solms (Hg.), Nachruf auf
die rumäniendeutsche Literatur,
Hitzeroth Verlag, Marburg 1990.
Bahman Nirumand (Hg.), Deutsche
Zustände. Dialog über ein
gefährdetes Land, rororo aktuell,
Rowohlt Verlag Reinbek, 1993.
Edwin Kratschmer (Hg.),
Literatur und Diktatur,
Collegium Europaeum Jenense,
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Jena,
Berlin, 1997.
Films
Der
Marsch der Kinder. Auf der
Flucht aus Rumänien,
45-Min.-Reportage, MDR 1992,
Erstsendung: 16. April 1992 ARD
20:15 Uhr. - Hierfür den 2.
Journalistenpreis der
Gewerkschaft Nahrung
Genuss-Gaststätten erhalten.
Im
Zweifel. Für Gewalt? (Zusammen
mit Gerhard Widmer),
Coproduktion ORB und RB, 45
Minuten, Erstsendung ARD 8.
Februar 1996, 23.00 Uhr.
Tränen und Trümmer. Glaube und
Hoffnung in Sarajevo - 30
Minuten, Erstsendung ORB, 25.
Februar 1996.
Der
Zar von Torgelow. Ein
ostdeutscher Unternehmer auf
Erfolgskurs (Zusammen mit
Margarete Wohlan) - 45 Minuten,
NDR, Erstsendung 22. Dezember
1997.
Der
Anfang vom Ende. Reisegruppe 88
in der DDR - 30 Minuten, ORB,
März 1998
USA
im Fadenkreuz, 30 Minuten, ARTE-Themenabend
(zusammen mit MDR-Kollegen)
Zentrale des Terrors. Das
Stasi-Gefängnis Berlin-Hohenschönhausen,
30 Minuten (zusammen mit
Hubertus Knabe), Uraufführung
Juni 2004 als Einführungsfilm
für die Gedenkstätte
Hohenschönhausen,
Erstausstrahlung MDR 10.
November 2004.
zahlreiche Magazin-Beiträge u.a.
für ARD-Kulturreport, ARD-FAKT,
MDR-WIR/exakt, MDR-Windrose,
ORB-Klartext
Theatre
"Heuduftend liegen die
Felder vor uns“,
Gedichtemontage mit Texten
rumäniendeutscher Autoren,
Zusammenstellung und
Inszenierung,
Studentenkulturhaus
Temeswar, 1980
"Wie dem Herrn Mockinpott
das Leiden ausgetrieben
wurde“ von Peter Weiß, regie
zusammen mit Dietmar Zerwes,
Studentenkulturhaus
Temeswar, 1981
Das Verhör. Szenische Lesung
im Stasi-Gefängnis mit Max
Volkert Martens, Sven
Riemann und Udo Schenk nach
dem Roman Sonnenfinsternis
von Arthur Koestler.
Bearbeitung und Regie.
Uraufführung am 3. September
2005 in der Gedenkstätte
Hohenschönhausen, Genslerstr.
66, 13055 Berlin (Hohenschönhausen)
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FREIHOFFER, Heinrich
Banat
Author
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Sklaven im Baragan (E:
Slaves in the Baragan)
Subtitle:
Und waren doch alles
Menschen! (E: And we were
all men). Zeitgeschichtlicher
Tatsachenroman mit
dokumentarischem Anhang. (E:
Time Historical fiction
novel with a documentary
appendix.)
Publisher: EA. Deggendorf,
EV., 1981, J. Ebner-Druck,
Deggendorf/Do., 368 pages &
pictures.
It is no wonder then, that after the political upheaval in 1989/90 it was thrust into the focus of public attention in the Banat so intensely. A group of students even devoted themselves to the subject.
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Meanwhile,
seven books about the Bărăgan deportation have
been published in
Temeswar in Romanian,
Serbian and Bulgarian,
and in Germany Wilhelm
Weber, commissioned by
the 'Landsmannschaft der
Banater Schwaben',
gathered extensive
documentation about this
tragic event in the
Banat Swabian
contemporary history and
which up until then
had only appeared in
book form in Heinrich
Freihoffer's factual
novel 'Sklaven im
Bărăgan' (Slaves in
the Bărăgan). However,
in the representative
organizations for public
awareness in the Banat,
as in Germany, the
abduction was never
portrayed as anything
other than what it
really was, i.e. what
every deportation is
according to
international law: A
crime against humanity.
(snippet from
Obituary
of Franz Bittenbinder
by Erwin Less:
www.dvhh.org/history/1900s/baragan/konschitzky_index.htm
Schmidt, Josef; Pädagoge,
Volkstumspolitiker (Teacher
& Public Spokesperson);
*1913, 19.02. Orzydorf/
Banat; OGT 1983, 36, Author:
Freihoffer, Heinrich. |
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Josef Gabriel |
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Gabriel Family Portrait |
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GABRIEL,
Josef (Sr.)
Banat
Farmer,
Poet,
Writer & Folklore
Collector
Josef Gabriel,
Sr. (1853-1927) was
born
5 Dec 1853
in the German village of
Mercydorf (Banat)
and died 24 Jun 1927.
He attended elementary
school
in Mercydorf. From
an early age, he helped his
parents with the farm work. He
continued to study the German
language on his own and
published his first poems at the
age of 21. He continued farming
and writing throughout his life.
He married three times and had
nine children. Josef Gabriel Sr.
was greatly respected by the
people of Mercydorf and reviled
by the Hungarian-educated
village elite as a "Pan-Germanist".
Gabriel, Sr. was
a
Farmer, poet,
writer in
dialect,
folklore
collector.
Elementary
school in
Mercydorf and
Szegedin;
introduced by
village priests
to German
literature.
Married
Christine
Filippi
in 1879; took
over his
father’s farm.
Published mainly
lyric poems,
ballads, and
poems in Banat-Swabian
dialect.
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's gibt vielerlei Narre!
von
Josef Gabriel
d. Ä.
(from "Schwowische
Gsätzle ausm Banat")
Ich well Euch
Leit uf dere Welt
Ke Menschekind verachte,
Nor Narre gebt es mancherlei,
Wann mr's tut gnau betrachte.
Der een is geizich, hängt am Geld,
Versperrt's un hiits em Kaschte,
Gunnt sich drvun ke Troppe Wein
Un tut sich mager faschte.
Manch anrer wieder lebt zu leicht,
Ke Kummer macht ihms Borche,
Un wieder eener werd fruh alt,
Griet grooi Hoor von Sorche.
Dort laaft der een de Haase noch,
Do zittert eene uf Karte,
Manch anner sucht bei Weibsleit Freed,
Werd närrisch uf solchi Arte.
Ich well jo jedi Närrschkeit net,
Die noch vorkummt, vergleiche
Un oftmals macht de bravschte Mann
Mitunner dummi Streiche.
Es losst am allerbeschte Mensch
Zuletscht sich was bemängle,
Drom welle mr ger Ricksicht han,
Em Himmel gebts nor Engle. |
There are many kinds of
fools!
translated by Nick Tullius
Of all the
people in this world
No one we should look down on,
But fools – there are just so many
Don’t say you’re not aware of any.
One is tight, his god is money,
Locked up and guarded in his safe,
Does not enjoy a drop of wine,
Fasting has bent his spine.
The other lives on easy street,
Not worried if he borrows,
And still another ages fast,
Gets grey hair from sorrows past.
One likes only hunting rabbits,
Another one must play his cards,
A third just chases skirts all day,
His foolishness erupts this way.
Much silliness just happens
We should never quickly judge it,
And know that very clever men
May act foolish now and then.
Even the very best of men
May have his little weakness,
Forgive, and you won’t be lonely,
Angels are in heaven only. |
Mother Tongue
© Pg
546 Mercydorf 1987
Dusk
© Pg
572 Mercydorf 1987
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GABRIEL Josef Jr.
Banat Poet
Born 31 Jul 1907 in Mercydorf, son of Josef Gabriel, Sr.; died 15 Jan 1957 in Frankfurt/Oder.
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© Gabriel d. Ä., Josef Josef Gabriel d. J. Ausgewählte Werke. Hrsg. v. Hans Weresch. 1985. 294 S. mit Porträts etc. (12:20) Lwd. — Gabriel d. Ä. * 1853 in Mercydorf; Dichter und Volksliedsammler; 1907 in Mercydorf.
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We Swabians speak Palatinate
© Pg
547 Mercydorf 1987
Biography by Anton P. Petri:
Source: Mercydorf
Heimatbuch 1987 by Klugesherz, Lammert, Petri, & Zirenner |
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Magdalena
(Leni)
Gärtner
(nee Martin) born
in 1932 Setschanfeld.
Currently resides in Nepean Ontario with husband
Michael Gärtner.
Leni is the author of Sheltered in the Shadow of
Your Wings, original German version published in
2005. Also available in an English translation by
Nicola Landry and Ruth Mandoli.Soft cover; 175 pages; 115 photos. $25.00
USA & CAD; including shipping.
To purchase a copy of this book,
email
Arlene Prunkl
or telephone her at
(778)-478-0877.
Submitted by Arlene Prunkl;
Published at DVHH.org
13 Jul
2010.
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GÄRTNER
Magdalena (Leni) nee Martin
Banat
Camp Survivor & Author
In the summer of 1945, "Leni"
Martin and her mother managed to
flee to a nearby working farm
called Krakasch. A year later,
they, along with a handful of
others including my grandmother,
Elizabeth Prunkl, made a daring
escape from the tyranny of
Communist Yugoslavia across the
Romanian border. From there,
they made their way through
Austria to Germany, where they
were reunited with Leni's
father. Leni spent the
subsequent decade in Germany,
where she met her husband
Michael
Gärtner, before
emigrating to Ottawa, Canada.
Her parents followed after
another decade. Leni never quite
recovered from the death of her
sister Eva in the Russian labour
camps in the year after WWII
ended.
The remainder of the book is
devoted to the struggles and
pleasures of beginning a new
life in a foreign land. Like
most Donauschwaben, Leni and
Michael are survivors -- hardy,
optimistic people who made the
best of their situation -- and
they and their two children
prospered. Leni and Michael
still live a contented life in
Nepean, Ontario, Canada, near
Ottawa. They have four
grandchildren and have traveled
extensively, including a trip
back to Setschanfeld and
Germany.
Leni's story is a fascinating,
easy-to-read account of the
struggle, survival, and ultimate
triumph of a single family in
the face of the Donauschwaben
genocide during and after WWII.
Highly recommended. --Arlene
Prunkl, 2010 (Member
2003-2010: Editors' Association
of Canada)
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GEHL, Dr. Hans
Banat Scientist, Historian & Author
Dr. Hans Gehl was born in 1929 in Glogowatz (Banat)
and a graduate in German Language and Literature and Romanian
Language and Literature of the University of Temeswar/Timisoara.
From 1987 to 2004 he worked as a scientist at the
Institut für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde (IdGL)
in Tübingen. He has published numerous contributions on
the history, life, and language of the Danube Swabians.
[More]
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GEIGER, Luzian
Banat Journalist, Local
& Press Historian & Author
Born 01 Oct 1948 in
Jahrmarkt, lives in Temeswar.
Diploma in biology, journalist,
local historian, press historian.
Author of:
Das Dichtergrab
in Jahrmarkt (über Egidius
Haupt) [The grave of a poet in
Jahrmarkt (about Egidius
Haupt)], NBZ, 29.7.19791
Luther-Sendschrift im Banat
[Luther document in the Bana],
no date1
Seltene Bücher
von Coresi, Udrişte und Vukovici
in Temeswar [Rare books by
Coresi, Udrişte and Vukovici in
Temeswar], NBZ, 17. 1. 19731
Alte
Türkenchronik über Temeswar
[Old
Turkish chronicles about
Temeswar], in NBZ, 18.4.19731
Kulturmittler
Orendi-Homenau [Orendi-Homenau –
promoter of culture], in NBZ,
26.4. 19741
Grabatz und
seine Lokalzeitung [Grabatz and
its local newspaper], in NBZ,
21.10.1976;
Perjamoscher
Publizist Alois Pirkmayer
[Publicist Alois Birkmayer of
Perjamosch], in
Karpatenrundschau, 6. 2. 19761
Banater
Monatsschriften für Musikpflege
[Banat Monthly papers for music
promotion], in NBZ, 28.4.19771
Gedichte "im
munt'ren Dialekt" (über Bela
Birkenheuer) [Poems in “lively
dialect“ (about Bela
Birkenheuer)], in NBZ, 31. 8.
19781
"Verwandt dem
urwüchsigen Gotthelf", Jakob
Stein zum 100. Geburtstag
[„Related to the original
Gotthelf“, to Jakob Stein on his
100th birthday], NBZ, 28.
9. 1978;
Vorkämpfer und
Mundartdichter. Zum 50. Todestag
von Johann Anheuer [Champion and
dialect poet. To the 50th
anniversary of Johann Anheuer’s
death], NDZ, 12. 12. 19781
Vortrefflicher
Komponist, namhafter Dirigent.
Über Hermann Klee
[Admirable composer, notable
conductor.
About
Hermann Klee], in NBZ, 12. 10.
1978; Historiker, Journalist und
Kulturpolitiker Franz Wettel
(1854-1938), in
Karpatenrundschau, 2.3.19791
Co-author of:
Heime der Heimat
[Homes of the homeland], in:
Heide und Hecke, 19731
Die Temeswarer
Zeitung, in Zeit in der
Zeitung, 19781
Source:
1Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
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GOODSELL, Maria nee Stark
Banat Kruschewlje
Concentration Camp Survivor & Author
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Excerpt from back
cover:
I was born in
1938 in Werschetz,
Yugoslavia (Banat),
before the
outbreak of
World War II, to
my German
parents Josef
and Anna Stark.
At the age of
six my mother,
sister and I
fled our
homeland because
of Russian
invasion and
sought refuge in
Czechoslovakia.
We returned home
after the war
only to be
captured by
partisans and
placed in a
concentration
camp. The aim of the
camp was death
by starvation.
Mamma would
sneak out of the
camp in the
middle of the
night in search
of food. If
caught, the
partisans would
kill her. After
one year we
risked a daring
escape to
freedom.
[The book is
out of print.]
Forever Free
© 1987 by Maria
Goodsell
Published by Double
M Publications
8268 Delaware Dr.,
Spring Hill, FL
33526
Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number
87-91182
146 pages
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by Maria Goodsell
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GOTTFRIED, Feldinger (Pseudonym:
Foldenyi Frigyes)
Banat
Author, Lawyer & Doctor of
Philosophy
*1819 Temeschwar +1903 Budapest
Son of János
Gottfried and Anna Schwarz, born
April
5,
1819 in Temesvar.
Married
in Budapest in 1847 to
Emilia
Kanya, also a writer; they divorced in 1857. In 1861 he married
Wilma Wenzel, dr.
Testvérhugát Gustav Wenzel, who died from cholera in the autumn of 1893.
He moved to Pest and worded as the correspondent publicistikai
m. kir. Prime Minister's press department kültagként is applied, the minority extremists
főmunkássága leálczázására direction.
Gottfried
Feldinger changed his name July 1861 to Frederick Földényi.
Fifty years of literary work; he wrote for the Hungarian
provincial newspapers, and Foreign correspondence (1841-46 Temesvarer Zeitung. Sat.) and
some have appeared, including the Weser Zeitung (1871-72). He wrote letters, poems, and
other German sonetteket Ungaro (1846). Fashion magazines and the Pest (1847). In April
Vierzehnte cz. political newspaper, edited by Ernest Hazay (1849th April-June) was
belmunkatársa. Timisoara in 1851 as publisher-editor initiated the Euphrosine czímű have
weekly tab that appears twice, which, however, in September at the end of three quarters of
the year, due to the direction of patriotism, has been prohibited, Falk Miksa into Vienna,
Budapest Albert Pákh writing letters, especially in recent biography of Petőfi, submitted an
outline of notes, which are then F. Petofi wrote it and it was the first biography, written
in the sheet in Bauernfeld, Castelli and Cery well. The Economic Journals (1858 18. No.)
Published: Animal and növényhonosító cz troupe in Paris. czikke.
Feldinger also engaged in music.
Hungarian version:
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GRAFF, Ludwig (Louis)
Banat Biologist & Zoologist
The famous biologist and zoologist, b.
1851 in Pantschowa / Pancevo and died 1924, Graz.
In the
autumn of 1884 Graff began operations in Graz as professor of zoology and comparative
anatomy, where he remained until his transition into retirement in the autumn of 1920.
(Lit: Alois Kernbauer, Ludwig von Graff Pancsova. The Graz
zoologists during the heyday of Darwinism, the world's leading pioneer of the worm
research, life, artist and man of the world, in Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Graz 31
(2001) 273-286.)
Source:
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GRAßL, Peter
Banat Author Author of:
Geschichte
der deutsch-böhmischen Ansiedlungen im Banat. [English: History of the
German-Bohemian settlements in the Banat]. 1904, Prague, publisher unknown. 128 Pages. (Beiträge zur deutsch-böhmischen Volkskunde V/2)
Deutsch-Banater
Volksbucher Temesvar-Banat
by
Graßl, Peter.
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GRAZIE,
Marie Eugenie delle
Banat Poet, Playwright &
Author
Marie Eugenie delle
Grazie was born 1864
Weißkirchen (Banat)
and died 1931
Vienna. She was
educated in Vienna
from 1872 and,
having trained as a
teacher, devoted
herself to writing.
She began with verse
epics in the
elevated style of
the late 19th c. (Hermann,
1884; Robespierre,
1894) and with lyric
poetry which varies
from the rhetorical
to the reflective (Gedichte,
1882). She was then
attracted by the
Naturalistic
Movement and took to
writing plays. In
1912 she returned to
the Roman Catholic
faith, and her
subsequent narrative
works reflect this
change in her
novels.
Playwrights:
Schlagende Wetter,
1900
Der Schatten, 1901
Narren der Liebe, a
comedy, 1904
Ver sacrum,
1906
Novel Author of:
Vor dem Sturm,
1910
O Jugend (1917)
Der Liebe und des Ruhmes
Kränze (1920)
Unsichtbare Straße
(1927)
Novelle Die
weißen Schmetterlinge von
Clairvaux (1925)
Co-Author of:
DelleGrazie, Marie Eugenie: Das Buch der Heimat.
Deutschbanater Volksbücher
53. Temeswar. 1930.
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GRIMM, Johann "Hans"
Banat Historian, Researcher & Author
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Zur lieben Erinnerung
an unseren Vater, Schwiegervater und
Opa,
Herrn Johann Grimm
Niederreichenthal 8, Pfarre
Reichenthal
Er verstarb am 6. August 2012,
nach einem arbeitsreichen, erfüllten
Leben und
geduldig ertragener Krankheit, im 84.
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In loving
memory
our father, father-in-law and grandpa,
Mr. Johann Grimm
Lower Reichenthal 8, parish
Reichenthal
He died on 6 August 2012,
After a busy, fulfilling life and
patiently carried disease, at the age of 84th
years.
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Hans Grimm Sr.
born 03.05.1929
in Neubeschenowa
died on 6.
August 2012 in
the Hospital in
Freistadt and
was buried in
Reichenthal.
Hans was a very
instrumental
person in the
lives of
Donauschwaben
researchers
worldwide,
particularly for
the village of
Neubeschenowa.
Hans researched
over 2000 pages
of church
registers to
create the
Neubeschenowa
Family Book
which is
available on CD.
He was a DVHH
contributor and
mail list
member, ready to
help and answer
inquiries. Our
sincerest
condolences go
out to the Grimm
family, and
hopefully Hans
Jr. will stay in
touch with us
and continue the
work of he and
his father.
We
will miss Hans.
-Jody McKim
Pharr
Hans Grimm with childhood
friends, Hans Christian & Josef Schäfer (L-R)
circa 1941-1943 Neubeschenowa
[Photo given to Jody McKim
Pharr by Hans Grimm]
Neubeschenowa
Family Book on CD
Order CD by Hans Grimm Jr.
Niederreichenthal 8
4193 - Reichenthal
Austria
From: ajleeb
Subject: [DVHH] Neubeschenowa CD
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:53:49 -0600
I received the
Neubeschenowa-CD, "Familenbuch" Neubeschenowa und seine Filialen on
CD,
by Hans Grimm, it cover 1748 - 2007. It contains, Family Names;
Baptismal, Marriages, Family House Numbers; Family registration;
Village map.
Herr Grimm, and his
assistants, spent many hours to put this Neubeschenowa, CD together.
It is well done and easy to follow. They did an excellent job.
The cost for the
Neubeschenowa CD, is 20 Euros plus postage (ca 4-EUR.) I received
mine in 7 days, (by Airmail ) from Austria.
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GROS,
Bettina
Banat Poet
Author of:
Poem: Ich and Der Unterschied
 Neue Banater Zeitung Volkskalender 1983
Contributed by Jody
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GRÜNN, Karl
Banat Catholic
Priest, Poet &
Author
Grünn, Karl
was born Feb 20, 1855 in
Perjamosch and died Nov 30, 1930; Catholic
priest in various Banat parishes.
The son of Johann Grünn,
a teacher and Mary, née von
Niameszny.
Born in Periam
town, named
after German
Perjamosch, son
of Johann
Grünn
teacher and his
wife Mary,
née von
Niameszny.
Din cei cinci
frați ai săi,
Ludwig Baróti
Grünn a
devenit cunoscut
ca istoric.
Of the five
brothers,
Ludwig Grünn
Barot became
known as a
historian.
Karl Grünn began
writing lyrics in childhood.
His mother had
taken him to church, where the painter finished an image of the Virgin
Mary in the dome tower.
Karl wrote
a poem about this painting.
Karl attended high school in Szeged and then studied theology in
Timisoara.
In 1878 he was ordained a priest,
served as
chaplain at churches Großjetscha, Lenauheim, Orzydorf and Deutsch Zerne
for three years.
Here he met
Maria Katharina Weber
and three years later began their journey together in Gertianosch until
her death.
He
was a priest in Deutschbokschan, Großkikinda, Elek, Anina, in 1894
became parish priest in
Homolitz on the Danube, where he worked for sixteen years.
1910 finally came true - his long-cherished wish: he came back as a
pastor in his home town Perjamosch-Haulik.
In 1928
he retired.
His last two years he devoted only to poetry.
His poems
reflect his love of nature for the common people and peasants and
craftsmen Saxons.
Reload permanent
themes of life of Swabian villages.
The
lyrics, the reader can take a look and Romanian shepherds life, its
vacinilor the Serbs and Gypsies.
His poems reflect his love of nature, the common people and the Swabian
peasants and artisans.
The Swabian village life is described by him unbeatable.
His poems give the reader an insight into the lives of Romanian
shepherds, the Serb neighbors and the Gypsies.
In his famous poem "Perjamosch" he describes the resettlement of
Perjamoscher on the hill, the "mountain", and tries to explain the
origin of the name of the village.
Gedichte, by Karl Grünn published by Wilhelm
Frick, Vienna, 1891 (1897)
Leben und Liebe (2 vol) by Karl Grünn,
editura Alois Pirkmayer din Perjamos, 1913 (1915)
Liebe und Leben (2 vol), publisher of Perjamos
Pirkmayer Alois, 1913 (1915). He summarized his poems in two volumes under the title
Eng:"Life and Love" together, which appeared in 1913,
published by Alois Pirkmayer in Perjamosch.
Frucht und Blüte by Karl Grünn,
editura Josef Frischmann (Perjamos), 1927
Frucht und Blute, (Eng.: fruits and flowers)
publisher Joseph Frischmann (Perjamos), 1927
Gedichte by Karl Grünn,
Editura Kriterion , București, 1976 Gedichte,
Kriterion Publishing House , Bucharest, 1976
Grünn
Barot,
Ludwig
Born in Periam
town, named
after German
Perjamosch, son
of Johann
Grünn
teacher and his
wife Mary,
née von
Niameszny.
Din cei cinci
frați ai săi,
Ludwig Baróti
Grünn a
devenit cunoscut
ca istoric.
Of the five
brothers,
Ludwig Grünn
Barot became
known as a
historian.
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GRÜNN,
Barot,
Ludwig
Banat
Historian
Born in Periam
town, named
after German
Perjamosch, son
of Johann
Grünn
teacher and his
wife Mary,
née von
Niameszny.
Din cei cinci
frați ai săi,
Ludwig Baróti
Grünn a
devenit cunoscut
ca istoric.
Of the five
brothers,
Ludwig Grünn
Barot became
known as a
historian.
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HAUPT, Nikolaus
Banat Journalist & Author
Born 19 Aug 1903 in
Sackelhausen, lives in Temeswar.
Journalist, author of
children books; member of the
literary circle Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of the Writers’
Association of Temeswar.1
Author of: Herr Löffelstiel auf Reisen
[Herr Löffelstiel and his
travels], children’ book, 1976; Feuersalamander
[Fire salemander] 1978
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
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HEHN, Ilse (nee Guzun)
Banat Drafting Teacher &
Poet
Born
15 Oct 1943 Lowrin,
lives in Mediasch. (married name
Guzun). Teacher of drafting,
lyric poet, member of the Writers’
Association of the RSS and of the
European Authors’ Union "Die Kogge".
Author of:
So
weit der Weg nach Ninive [So far
the road to Ninive], poems, 19731
Flussgebet und Gräserspiel
[River prayer and play of
grasses], poems, 1976;
Du
machst es besser [You do it
better], Drafting book for
children, 1978.
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
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HEINZ, Franz
Banat Author,
Journalist & Editor
Franz Heinz
was born on 21
Nov
1929 in
Perjamosch
(son of
Johann Heinz und
Maria, geb. Ehling)and studied history,
geography and pedagogy in
Bucharest. From 1960 to 1976 he
was the features editor of the
newspaper "Neuer Weg"
[new way] in Bucharest From 1965
until 1976 he was a member of
the Romanian Writers'
Association. In 1976, he
emigrated to Germany. There he
was editor of the press-service
"Kulturpolitische
Korrespondenz"
of the East
German
Cultural
Council in
Bonn.
In addition, he
was chief editor of the journals
"Der
gemeinsame Weg"
["The common path"] published
quarterly (1984-1990),
"Kulturspiegel"
["Cultural Mirror"] (1990-1995),
"Kulturreport"
["Culture Report"] (1995 til
today). Starting in 1995, he
worked as a freelance
journalist. From 2001 forward,
Franz Heinz led the West-East
artist's workshop in the Gerhart
Hauptmann House Düsseldorf and
edited the supplement
"Kontrapunkt“
[Counterpoint] in
Ost-West-Journal/Düsseldorf,
which contains comments and
cultural studies. Franz Heinz is
an employee of Westdeutscher
Rundfunk, published articles in
15 program magazines of the
Gerhart Hauptmann Haus, wrote
essays in literary magazines,
radio plays, reports and prose
anthologies. Importantly, Franz
Heinz earned merits for the
publication of the Banat-German
literary heritage.
[Complete
& extensive article "To
Franz Heinz on his 80th birthday"
by Hans Dama]
Author of:
Franz Ferch Und Seine
Banater Welt, published
by Verlag des
Sudostdeutschen Kulturwerks,
January 1988, 44 pages, ISBN
is 3883560545 / ISBN is
9783883560540.
Heinz prose published including
Encounter and Transformation
Love country, farewell!
Ärger
wie die Hund'
[Eng: Anger as the dog]
Story,
96 pages, hardcover, Rimbaud Verlag,
1991.
ISBN 978-3-89086-924-7 ISBN
3890869246
Franz Ferch Banat and his
World
Franz Ferch, images from the
Banat
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HEINZ, Stefan
(pseudonyms: Hans Kehrer,
Vetter Matz vun Hopsenitz)
Banat Teacher, Actor,
Playwright & Poet
Born 28 Feb
1913 in Kleinsanktpeter (Totina),
son of Peter Heinz
and Anna.
Lived in Temeswar, teacher, actor,
playwright, member of the Writers’
Association of the RSS; prize of the
Writers’ Association of the RSS
1975.
Stefan Heinz author of text to
notable Banat artist
Franz Bittenbinder,
who
created hundreds of inimitable
caricatures for the dialect
supplement of the Neue
Banater Zeitung, together they shouldered the
effort of
innumerable
journeys.
[More]
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HERRSCHAFT, Hans
Banat Author
Author of:
Das Banat in
deutsches
Siedlungsgebier in
Südosteuropa; Published
1942, Grenze und Ausland
GMBH, Berlin
Notable pages in book:
Karte des
Deutschtums im
Südosten (nach
Schleicher-Dessau
gezeichnet von Franz
Schäfer, Banat)
Page 136: Ein
Verzeichnis der
angesiedelten
Ortschaften soll uns
dies naher
beleuchten. Im
Komitat Temesch
wurden angesiedelt:
Im Torontaler
Komitat:
Im Karasch-Seweriner
Komitat:
Im Bucs-Bodroger
Komitat:
Im Arader Komitat:
page 219: Die Siedlungen des
Banates mit mehr als
100 deutschen
Einwohnern ergeben
303933 Deutsche.
(The settlements of
the Banat, with more
than 100 German
residents revealed
303,933 German.)
page 221: Die
Siedlungen des
Banates mit weniger
als 100 deutschen
Einwohnern ergeben
6481 Deutsche. (The
settlements of the
Banat, with less
than 100 German
residents resulting
6481 German.)
page 224: Wirtschaft
und soziale
Verhältnisse
(Economy and social
ratios)
page 225 image:
Holzfäller aus
Wolfsberg auf dem
Weg zur Arbeit
(Lumberjack out of
Wolfsberg on the way
to the work)
image 241:
Banater Schwaben -
Guttenbrunn. 1937,
Temeschburg/Timisoara,
Verlag
Hans Weser. 204
Pages
Kopie aus der Zeitung:
"Neuland - Nr. 33 vom
17.08.1952": "Guttenbrunn
- ein Herzstück des
Banats", by von Hans
Herrschaft (2 pages)
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HIRSCHFELD,
Nikolaus *1821 Temeschwar +1877
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HOCKL, Hans
Wolfram
Banat Author & Poet
Hans Wolfram Hockl was born 23 Oct
1912 in Lenauheim and died 12 Sep
1998, Linz, Austria.
Hans Wolfram is the founder of the
International Society Hockl Lenau (Internationale
Lenau-Gesellschaft).
[More]
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HOLLINGER, Rudolf
(Pseudonym: Johannes Lennert)
Banat Professor,
Literary Historian, Poet, Playwright
& Author
Born
13 Aug 1910 Temeswar, lives in
Temeswar. (Pseudonym: Johannes
Lennert) PhD, University
professor, historian of literature,
also lyrical poet and playwright.1
Author
of:
Das Till-Eulenspiegel-Buch von
1515 [The Eulenspiegel-Book of
1515], dissertation, Vienna,
1934
Die deutsche Umgangssprache in
Alttemeswar [The colloquial
language of Old Temeswar] in
Omagiu lui Iorgu Iordan, 1958
Ein unbekannter Erzähler des
Banats. Der Arader Johann Eugen
Probst [An unknown story teller
of the Banat. Johann Eugen
Probst from Arad], Neuer Weg,
28.9.19681
Preyer als Dramatiker [Preyer as
playwright], NBZ 29.12 1968
Fenomene specifice ale limbii
populare germane din Timisoara
[Specific phenomena of the
colloquial language of Temeswar]
in: Analele Universitatii din
Timisoara, 7/1969
Unbekannte Literaturgeschichte.
Briefe von Eugen Probst an Adolf
Menschendörfer {Unknown literary
history. Letters from E.P. to
A.M.], in Karpatenrundschau,
18.9.1970
Thomas Manns Novelle "Tristan"
[TM’s novella „Tristan“], in
Analele Universitatii din
Timisoara, din Timisoara, 9/1971
Was ist Dichtung? [What is
poetry?], in Volk und Kultur,
5/1971
Faust ‑ die dichterische
Allegorie eines exemplarischen
Lebens [Faust – the poetic
allegory of an exemplary life],
VuK, 6/1972
Echnaton, 1959, Drama; Die
Feuerkrone [The crown of fire]
Tragedy about Doja, 1959, both
unpublished
Gedichte in Zeitungen und
Zeitschriften [Poems in
newspapers and magazines]
Publisher of:
Junge Banater Dichtung [Young
Banat Poetry], Anthology, 1940; Theodor Fontane, Effie Briest,
Preface, 1973
Sources:
Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939): der
Beitrag der
Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwa"bischen Geistesleben. Author:
Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos
Verlag, Heidelberg, 1982.
Published by Jody McKim, DVHH.org 10
Nov 2009
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HORWATH-TENZ, Maria
Banat Death Camp Survivor & Author
Born on 16
January 1932 in
Weißkirchen
in the Banat to
parents, Stefan
Fassbinder
Horwath and
Magdalena Gabor
Horwath. At age
nine, Mary
Horwath's fate
was to end up in
a "notorious"
starvation camp
Rudolfsgnad.
There, she lost
her mother, her
grandparents,
relatives and
many friends. Died
2007 USA.
The
Innocent Must Pay
by Maria Horwath Tenz
Memoirs of a Danube German
Girl in a Yugoslavian Death Camp 1944 - 1948
The memoirs of a teenage girl caught
up in the cruelty and barbarism which raged throughout
Europe during and after World War II and her experience in
the Rudolfsgnad prison camp in Yugoslavia, 179 pgs. Mrs.
Tenz passed away February, 2007.
It was originally published in 1987
under the title, VIER JAHRE MEINES LEBENS, ALS MÄDCHEN IM
HUNGERLAGER RUDOLSFGNAD, Lizenzausgabe mit Genehmigung des
Eugen-Verlas, München/Bayern. In 1988-89 this book was
revised and translated with the assistance of her son, Mr.
Helmut Tenz, and the Danube Swabian Association, USA, Inc.,
and the Danube Swabian Foundation USA, Inc. and other
associates. The English version was published in 1991.
[Recommended by Nancy Wyman] Ordering Information:
Public Affairs
University of Mary
7500 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
701-255-7500
marthan@umary.edu
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HÜGEL,
Kaspar
Banat Educator & Author
Kaspar Hügel was born 1906
in Lowrin, Banat. He studied in
Temeschwar, Kausenburg and Munich,
Germany. He became study
director of the famous
University of the "Banatia."
After the war he resided in Vorarlberg,
Austria where he continued his work as
an educator. He contributed as an author
of many important research papers on the
Donauschwaben school system.
Added comments contributed
by Anton Valentine's daughter, Heidi (Adelheid)
Haug, 14 Aug 2010: After the
war he lived in Austria. Our families left Romania
together. His youngest son is of my age. He was a
teacher too.
Author of: Hügel, Kaspar: Das Banater deutsche Schulwesen in Rumänien von 1918
bis 1944. 1968. 172 S. mit Karte. (16:23) Kart. = Das Schulwesen der Donauschwaben von 1918 bis
1944, 1.
Hügel, Kaspar: Politik und Schule. Pädagodische und
kulturpolitische Abhandlungen eines donauschwäbischen Schulmannes (1933-1978). 1978. 206 S.+Porträt.
(16:23) = Donauschwäbisches Archiv 1.
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HUMMEL, Richard
Banat Writer
(Friendship Circle Danube Swabian Brass
Band
Music)
Richard Hummel, born in Sackelhausen, Banat
Author of: Friendship Circle Danube Swabian Brass
Band
Music
(Freundeskreis Donauschwäbische Blasmusik)
As it had
become very quiet around the DS brass band music, a
meeting took place on 18.4.1998 between
Robert Rohr, Heinrich Klein, Matthias Loske and
Stephan-H. Pollmann, in München, to counteract
this trend. First it was decided to bring out
a double CD under the title, "Blasmusik
der Donauschwaben in historischen Aufnahmen" ("Brassband
music of the Danube Swabians in historic recordings").
The first CD
contained pieces that had appeared before
WWII; the second contained pieces produced after WWII in
Germany. Producer for this double CD that came out in
1999 was Robert Rohr, who also small book accompanying
the release. But with this release alone, not
much had been accomplished.
An attempt
was planned to gather all brass bands at a common
table. The first reunion took place on 25 Nov 2000
in Frankenthal, and Hungary-German, Danube
Swabian and Banater bands came
together.
Initially
many people were skeptical, but it was decided to
attempt to build a repository for notes and recorded
media. At the second reunion, on 10 May 2002 in
Nürnberg, the repository of notes had grown and the
decision was made to release, in conjunction with a
recording company, of another
double CD entitled "Traditionelle
donauschwäbische Blasmusik Folge I" ("Traditional
Danube Swabian Brassband Music Series
I").
After
the "Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben"
took over the patronage [sponsorship] together with the
comany Tyrolis, this decision was carried
out.
At the
meeting on 22 March 2003 the CD was handed
out. The "Landsmannschaft der Banater
Schwaben" took over the patronage over the repository
for notes and recorded media, which was set up at the
Dokumentationszentrum der Banater Schwaben in Ulm.
On the same day, the first 1500 archived note sheets and
the first recorded media were handed over by Josef
Augustin.
Today the
Friendship Circle presents itself as a working
group within the Bundesverband der Landsmannschaft
der Banater Schwaben.
The second
double CD "Traditionelle donauschwäbische Blasmusik
Folge II" ("Traditional Danube Swabian Brassband
Music Series II") is released at the beginning of April
2004. The next goal will be to record and release a new CD
with pieces of music from our repository.
Published at
DVHH.org 13 March
2006 by Jody McKim Pharr.
Contact /
Address:
Richard Hummel, Christian Voelter strasse
31, 72555 Metzingen, Tel/fax: 07123/61935,
E-Mail: rhummel@gmx.net
Richard Hummel, born in Sackelhausen, Banatoriginal pdf format
/ German:
www.banater-schwaben.de/Blasmusik.pdf
Article contributed by Richard Hummel
& translated by Nick Tullius, 13 March
2006.
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HUSS, Hugo Jan
Banat Musician
& Kapellmeister
Hugo Jan
Huss, born Jan.
26, 1934 to Ioan and Clara Husz in Timisoara,
Romania.
Died Feb. 21, 2006 at the age of 72.
Obituary contributed by
June Abt.
Mr.
Huss's obituary originally ran in the La Crosse Tribune,
date: Sunday, February 26, 2006. Obit reproduced
with permission of La Crosse Tribune /
Chris
Zobin.
On Tuesday,
Feb. 21, 2006, this world lost a great mentor and friend
whose presence had touched the lives of many and whose
life was the stuff of legend. He was preceded in
death by his parents and by his mother-in-law, Emilia
Regis of La Crosse. [More]
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JÄGER, Stefan
Banat Fine Artist
Stefan Jäger was
born in 1877 to
barber Franz Jäger
and Magdalena nee Schuller in Tschene, Torontal. At the age of 12 in 1889 he was sent
to Wieszners a private boy's school in Temesvar. Four
years later he attended the middle school in Szegedin,
(1893-95) where he discovered that he liked drawing best. He died in 1962 Hatzfeld.
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Jäger's
famous
Die
Einwanderung der Schwaben
'The
immigration of the Swabians'
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enlarge |
Stefan Jäger was born in 1877 to
barber Franz Jäger and Magdalena nee Schuller in Tschene, Torontal. At the age of 12 in 1889 he was sent
to Wieszners a private boy's school in Temesvar. Four
years later he attended the middle school in Szegedin,
(1893-95) where he discovered that he liked drawing best.
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Stefan Jäger's birthplace. At 18 he attended the art school in Budapest, where he
was influenced by the famous painters Professor Ballo,
Greguss and Szekely.
Around that time his father became seriously ill and could not support Stefan financially any longer, he died in 1901. Stefan found a tutoring position with a wealthy family, which enabled him to continue his studies. |
His first commissions were for the Budapest private
gallery Almasy, where Jäger's religious motives, still
life and landscapes were sought after. The city of Arad, Jazowa, etc. commissioned Stefan the paintings for
their altars.
At the beginning of the 20th century Jäger was already
well known and lucky for the Donauschwaben he settled
down in Hatzfeld. He returned to Hatzfeld after the war
years of 1914-1918 where he participated as a
Landsturmann on the Isonsfront and in Dalmatia.
In 1930 Grossbetschkerek went out of its way to help
Jäger with his first exhibition. By then he was already
known as the "Schwabenmaler" (Danube Swabian
artist). For his famous Triptych Jäger visited the
diverse localities in Germany to see the original folk
costumes from where his beloved Danube Swabians
originated from.
Stefan Jäger died in 1962
and is buried in Hatzfeld, besides his mother Magdalena,
who passed away in 1927.
The
"Stefan Jäger" Memorial House
- is located in Jimbolia /
Hatzfeld.
Theiszmann Pitzer, Sister Mary
Agnes. Es war einmal. The Yesteryears of the Danube Swabians. The book
is in English. 269 pp. including 24 black/white photos by renowned
Danube Swabian painter Stefan Jäger.
Heimat
Publishers
Stefan
Jäger,
Short
Bio & childhood photos
from the book by Karl-Hans
Gross,
Stefan Jäger,
Maler seiner heimatlichen Gefilde, @ 1991.
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JUNG,
Peter
Banat Poet
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Peter
Jung was born
1887 Hatzfeld
and died there in 1966.
There he published perhaps his most well-known poem is
“Mein Heimatland” (My Homeland) which
was set to music & became part of the
Danube Swabian choral repertoire. |
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Mein Heimatland
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My Homeland |
by
Jung, Peter
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translated by
Nick Tullius
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Das Land, wo
meine Wiege
stand,
Wo Wohl und Weh
mein Herz
empfand,
Der junge Tag
mir zugelacht,
Als ich in
Mutters Arm
erwacht,
Der Wachtel
Schlag, der
Lerche Sang
Mir in die zarte
Seele klang
Und all der
Fluren holdes
Grün
Als eine
Zauberwelt
erschien:
Das Land, das
ist das schönste
Land!
O Heimatland!
Banaterland!
Gott segne dich,
der segnen kann,
Er segne Kind
und Weib und
Mann!
Und ist die Welt
voll heitrem
Glück:
Mich zieht es
stets zu dir
zurück;
Ich mag in dir,
mag ferne sein,
Mit Lieb`und
Sehnsucht denk`
ich dein;
Ich steh zu dir
in Freud und
Leid,
Mein ganzes Sein
ist dir geweiht,
Und sterb ich
einst nach
diesem Los,
Sei du mein
zweiter
Mutterschoß!
O Land, du
allerschönstes
Land!
Mein Heimatland!
Banaterland!
Auf Erden ist
kein Land dir
gleich,
Als wärst du
selbst das
Himmelreich!
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The land where
once my cradle
stood, Where joy
and pain first
filled my heart
Where the young
day first smiled
at me,
When I woke up
in mother's
arms,
The quail’s bold
sound, the
lark’s sweet
song
First filled my
delicate young
soul
And all the
meadows' tender
green
As a magical
world appeared:
That land, it is
most beautiful!
O homeland! Land
of the Banat!
God bless you as
only He can,
Bless every
child, woman and
man!
And in the world
of cheerful
luck:
I’m always drawn
back home to
you;
I may be home, I
may be far,
My love and
longing are with
you;
I stand with you
in joy and pain,
My being
dedicate to you
And once I die
after this fate,
You’ll be my
motherly
embrace!
O country, you
most beautiful!
My homeland!
Land of the
Banat!
No place on
earth can equal
you,
Heavenly kingdom
on this earth! |
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Mein Heimatland
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My Homeland |
by
Jung, Peter
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translated by Rose Vetter
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Leb wohl du
schönes Ungarland
Du bist jetzt unser Untergang
Unsern Ahnen hast gegeben
ein verwüstet Land zu pflegen.
Und für ihre Müh' und Plag'
Gibst Du uns den Bettelstab. |
Farewell, fair land of
Hungary,
you've now become our ruin.
You gave our ancestors
a devastated land to tend,
and for their toil and pain
you reward us with the
beggar's staff. |
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Nacht
auf der Heide |
Night on the Heath |
von Peter Jung
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translated by Nick Tullius
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Die Heide schlief. Ein
Blauer Traum
War auf sie ausgegossen.
Der Mond stand hoch im
Himmelsraum,
Und weit bis an der Erde
Saum
Ist weich sein Glanz
geflossen.
Ein Vogel rief. Es war ein
Schrei
Voll Sehnen und Verlangen;
Er klang an Busch und Baum
vorbei,
Riss jäh der Stille Flor
entzwei,
Der sanft mich hielt
umfangen.
Die Nacht war tief. Es roch
die Luft
Nach reifendem Getreide;
Sie Trug der Blüten süßen
Duft
Nach fernen Bergen, Tal und
Kluft
Von der Banater Heide.
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The heath’s asleep. A deep
blue dream
Was softly spread across it.
The moon high in the sky
stood still
And far away to the world’s
seam
Sent his soft lustre
flowing.
A bird just called. It was a
cry
Of yearning and of longing;
Its sound went around shrub
and tree,
Abruptly split the silent
glee,
That sofltly had embraced
me.
The night was deep. Fragrant
the air,
Of ripening golden
wheatfields;
It carried the sweet
flowers’ scent
To far mountains, valleys,
canyons,
From the Heath of the Banat.
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KAISER, Georg
Slave Labor Survivor & Writer
Georg Kaiser was born
30.01.1928 in Semlak and died
14.05.2011 in Semlak. Survived by
wife Katharina, daughter Renate and
son-in-law Alexander.
Georg Kaiser was deported to Russia to
work as slave labor in the coal mines.
50 years later he wrote an article for
the Semlak HOG Heimatbrief. You
can read the English translation on the
Semlak site:
[Submitted by
Rose Mary Keller
Hughes 29 Mar
2012. Published
by Jody McKim
Pharr.]
Sources: The
Banater Post
(graciously
provided by Nick
Tullius).
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| KIRCHNER, Rudy
Banat Historian, Village Website
Pioneer in English
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KIRCHNER, Rudy, May 26, 1933 - Nov 7, 2008. Rudy was dedicated to the Donauschwaben Village of Rudolfsgnad in Banat, web mastering one of the first DS village web sites in English. Rudy was among the first DVHH village Coordinators and we all miss him very much. Since his death, his brother Manfred Kirchner, maintains the web site. |
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Writer for the Neue Banater Zeitung Johnny Weissmüller
"Tarzan" Article from the 1983
Volkskalender
Neue Banater Zeitung by Ludwig Klein
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KOMANSCHEK, Josef
Banat
Economist, Agricultural Historian & Author 
Josef
Komanschek
with the President and the
Federal Heinemann Chairman of
the Transylvanian Saxons, Erhard
Plesch. Josef Komanschek (for orientation) is sitting in front of the bookcase and wears
glasses (12 May 1971). [Photo
from the Bundesarchiv (Federal
Archives), contributed by
Nikolaus Messmer n.messmer@mxx.de
Author of:
| Die Landwirtschaftliches
Leistungen der Banater Schwaben in Rumänien 1919-1944, published
1961 (Translation: The agricultural achievements
of the Banater Swabian in Rumania 1919-1944) Komanschek, Josef:
Die Landwirtschaftliches Leistungen der Banater Schwaben in
Rumänien 1919-1944.
Veröffentlichungen des Kulturreferats der Landsmannschaft der
Banater Schwaben, Arbeitsheft 3 Publications of the
culture report of the country team the Banater Swabian, work
notebooks 3. Published by Josef
Komanschek, 1961, Government Agriculture Advice. Reutlingen, Selbstverlag 1961, 120 pages, a few photos |
Sackelhausen -
Heimatbuch.
Mitarbeiter: Josef
Komanschek, Jakob
Schuch, Johann
Katzenmayer,
Limburger Druckerei,,
224 S., Abb.,
Beilage: eine
Flurkarte, geb.,
Schutzumschlag
Die heitere Seite
eines ernsten Lebens
(Autobiographisches).
(E:
The Lighter Side of
a serious life
(autobiographical));
Illustr. Viktor
Stürmer.
Publisher: Wannweil,
Wegweiser ca. 1980 |
Photo by Hans-Werner Schuster
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| KONSCHITZKY, Walter
Banat Author,
Historian &
Photographer
| Deportation
Der
Sudostdeutschen
in Die
Sowjetunion,
1945-1949
by Walter
Konschitzky;
Hans-Werner
Schuster;
Haus des
Deutschen
Ostens
(Munich,
Germany);
ISBN:
9783927977129;
Publisher: Haus des
Deutschen
Ostens 1999;
100 pages
with 54
figures
(including
color). Dokumentation
der
Gedenkveranstaltung
"50 Jahre
Deportation
der
Südostdeutschen
in die
Sowjetunion"
am 14.
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Deportation
of the
South
East
Germans
in the
Soviet
Union,
1945-1949.
Documentation
of the
commemorative
event
"50
years of
South
East
Germans
deported
to the
Soviet
Union on
14
January
1995 in
Munich
and
brochure
on the
eponymous
traveling
exhibition. |
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Banater Bilder by
Konschitzky, Walter,
1982
Reportagen und Berichte aus
dem Dorfleben / Reports on
Village Life |
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Banater
Kalender
2009
–
Herausgegeben
von
Walther
Konschitzky,
312
pages,
18
euro
plus
postage,
order
address:
Banat
Publisher
-
Aneta
Konschitzky
Zugspitzstraße
64,
85435
Erding,
Phone:
08122/2293422,
fax
08122/2294556,
email:
banatverlag@gmx.de |
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Deportiert
in
Den
Baragan
1951-1956:
Banater
Schwaben
Gedenken
Der
Verschleppung
Vor
Funfzig
Jahren by Walther
Konschitzky;
Walter
Wolf;
Peter-Dietmar
Leber;
ISBN:
9783927977198;
Publisher:
Haus
des
Deutschen
Ostens
2001 |
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Banat Poet [his father was the
well-known lawyer, Dr. Ludwig Kremling]
Bruno Kremling was born
1889 in Weisskirchen, Banat and
died 1962
Heidelberg.
His father
was the
well-known lawyer, Dr. Ludwig Kremling Author of: Kremling, Bruno: Mit rosen Rosen. Ein Sonettenkranz. ca. 1912. 28
S. mit Zeichn. (15:22) Kart. — N. g. t.; Banater Dichter |
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KREMPER-FACKNER, Hildegard
Banat Artist, Painter &
Author
Hildegard Kremper-Fackner (born 8. Juli 1933 in
Temeswar, Rumänien; died 5. März 2004 in Berlin,
Deutschland) A painter and graphic artist and was
born of German-speaking minority of the Banat
Swabians. Hildegard
Kremper received schooling at
the Timisoara Notre Dame convent
school. She then attended the
Art School of Timisoara, where
she was taught by distinguished
teachers such as Franz Ferch,
Julius Podlipny, Andreas A.
Lillin. The study at the School
of Visual Arts, she completed in
Bucharest, where she earned her
diploma in 1958 in Exhibit
graphics and book illustration.
Your professors for graphics
were Vasile Cazar and Fred Mikos. In 1960 she
married the Diplom-Ingenieur
Simon Fackner of Petersdorf,
Transylvania, and since then
took on the double-name Kremper
Fackner. From 1962-1974
Hildegard was Kremper-Fackner as
a teacher at the Faculty of Fine
Arts at the University of the
West Timiaoara. Artistically,
she devoted herself exclusively
in this time of the prints. Her
breakthrough came in 1968 with a
cycle of legends Banat, with
fantastic stories about the
ruins of Schoimosch, Lippa and
Schiria. Studies 1963 nach Ungarn
1964 in die Sowjetunion
1970 Stipendium für die
Druckerei in Wolfsburg,
Deutschland
1978 erneut Studienreise
nach Deutschland
1980 und 1983 Studienreisen
nach Wien, Österreich
1984 Stipendium des
Pleinairs in Magdeburg, DDR
Awards 1980 zweiter Landespreis
für Druckgraphik in
Bukarest, Rumänien
1982 erster Landespreis
für Graphik in Bukarest,
Rumänien
1984 erster Preis für
Druckgraphik in Bukarest,
Rumänien
1995 Medaille der
Triennale in Majdanek,
Polen
Literature about
Hildegard
Kremper-Fackner |
Hildegard Kremper-Fackner by Anne Marie
Podlipny-Hehn. Eine Künstlerin aus dem
Banat. Munich 1991, 88 pages, 61 illustrations,
paperback. Haunting portrayal of life of the artist born in
1933 in Timisoara, which among other things,
history, tradition and folk culture of the Banat
Swabians chose the topic of their works. |
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LANG, Lorenz
Banat Teacher
Principal teacher retired Munchen, August 28th (day of Lazarfeld church consecration festival) 1972
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Author LORENZ LANG: 150 Jahre Lazarfeld 1800-1950 the story of a German community in Banat,
München, 1972.
Lazarfelder Chronik pdf |
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LEEB, Alex
Banat Genealogical
Researcher, Writer &
Translator
Born 19th of February 1936 in Knees to parents Anselm Leeb and wife Teresia Lay.
Alex Leeb has been a part of the DVHH since it's beginning and he is considered our "resident father of genealogical information" because he can can make a connection for just about anyone. Alex has written several articles regarding Donauschwaben history, culture and lifestyle. German being his mother tongue and being fluent in English, he has translated numerous items for the DVHH. Due to his contributions to the DVHH archives and the Donauschwaben community at large Alex will remain forever with us.
You can see, Alex has numerous contributions to the DVHH and associated villages. Although his expertise is Banat, he provides the DVHH with much more.
In 2005, Alex initiated and continues to coordinate our Letters From the Homeland - Translation Assistance Program. Besides being a Resource Contributor and a Mentor, Alex is an member of the DVHH Administration Team, one of the Banat Regional Coordinators and was the DVHH Mail List Administrator from Feb 2006 to Jan 2009. Our mail list subscribers were fortunate to have had him looking after us!
Alex has been very generous with his time and contributions to the DVHH project, which generations to come will enjoy and appreciate. Thank you Alex for keeping the Danube Swabian legacy alive!
Remember Where You Came From by Alex Leeb
Movers & Shakers Interview
Life of a Schwob
Interview with Eva-Maria Capdebo, "The Capdebo de Baraczhaza family of Banat" 2008)
The Collected Works of Alex Leeb
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LENAU, Nikolaus
(actually: Nikolaus Franz Niembsch
Von Strehlenau)
Banat Poet Nikolaus
Franz Niembsch Von Strehlenau, the *pseudonym of
Lenau, Nikolaus
(1802-1850)
Austrian poet, born at Csátád / Lenauheim near
Temesvar in Hungary, on the 25th of
August 1802 and
died 22nd of August 1850 in
Oberdöbling.
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Nicolaus Lenau Art Poem Romantic
Laube 1880
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Nikolaus Lenau Memorial House
(Lenauheim, Timis County)
The museum is located in the house
where the German Romantic poet
Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850) was
born. The exhibits include
photocopies, prints, paintings,
illustrating the life of the poet
and his family, first editions of
his works, translations into the
Romanian language of Lenau's poems.
2004 Photos
See inside
the Memorial House Nikolaus Lenau
(1802 – 1850) Nikolaus Lenau,
actually Nikolaus Franz Niembsch,
Lord of Strehlenau since 1820, born
1802, died 1850, is rightly regarded
as Austria's most important lyricist
of the 19th century. Born in the
Biedermeier period, he reflects the
inner conflict of his age through
his life and work as no other could.
(Read
full article). |
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LESSL, Erwin
Banat Philosopher,
Journalist, Translator & Author
Born 25 Oct 1929 in Saravale, lives in Temeswar;
Diploma in philology, journalist,
translator of: Adam
Müller‑Guttenbrunn: Micul Svab [The
little Swabian], 1978 (with
Valentina Dima). Author of:
He
immortalized his Banat in
pictures. The death of the painter
&
commercial artist, Franz Bittenbinder by Erwin
Lessl, published in the Banater Post Nr.8 20.
April 2006; Translation by Nick Tullius
Co-author of:
Verklungenes Temeswar
[Faded-away Temeswar], with
Josef Brandeisz, 1979
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
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LIPPET, Johann
Banat Author,
Playwright, Poet & Translator Lippet, Johann, *12 Jan 1952
Wels/Austria, lived in Temeswar;
diploma in German language &
literature, playwright, lyric
poet, translator; member of the
literary circle Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of the
Writers’ Association of
Temeswar.
Mircea Iacoban: Der Mann
im Badezimmer [The man
in the bathroom] (with
Ildiko Jaresek-Zamfirescu),
1979
Was a member of the
Aktionsgruppe Banat, a literary society that
fought for freedom of speech.
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A bio-bibliographic list by Eduard Schneider. Bio information translated by Alex Leeb; contributed and published by Jody McKim 23 Nov 2009. |
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MARSCHANG, Franz
Veterinarian, Writer,
Journalist, Author Franz Marschang was born in
1932 in Johannisfeld, not far
from the Romanian-Yugoslavian
border. He has been living in
Heidelberg since 1977. After
completing his studies of
veterinary medicine in 1956 he
worked as a veterinarian in the
Banat and in the
Dobrudscha
(near the Black Sea coast),
later also as university
professor. During a three-year
term as an editor of the »Neue
Banater Zeitung« [“New Banat Newspaper”] the
author started to write short
stories, worked at different
newspapers, and wrote five stage
plays, which were published in
the monthly
»Volk und Kultur« [»people
and culture«] produced in
Bucharest). From 1991 Franz
Marschang
worked with the weekly newspaper
"Der Donauschwabe" for more
than a decade. In addition,
several of his stories were
published in anthologies, and he
published three volumes of short
stories. (Nick Tullius)
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Geschichte. Eine
zeitgeschichtliche Erzählung,
Band I Morgenrot der
Kolchose: BD I |
Am Wegrand der Geschichte.
Eine zeitgeschichtliche
Erzählung / Im Netz der
Staatsgüter: BD II |
Am Wegrand der
Geschichte.
Zeitgeschichtliche Erzählung
/ Dreieinigkeit: Lehre,
Forschung, Produktion: BD
III |
Am Wegrand der
Geschichte: BD IV |
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MAYER, Kornel Mayer
Banat Musician
& Kapellmeister Born 30 Sep 1917 in Kubin, but grew up in Karlsdorf -
died 28 Feb 1964. Folk music was played in his family
for generations, so from a very early age music was a part
of his life. In the below newspaper article, there are numerous band members names listed in
this article and their home
villages. Photo & Article
contributed by Robert Rohr: Kornel Mayer with
the original DONAUSCHWABEN and the DONAU DUO Click
images to enlarge
 
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MERCY, Florimund Claudius Graf
Count Mercy -
Colonizer and Governor
Born in 1666 in
Lothringen, died in 1734.
by Wilhelm Reiter
Contributed Jody McKim Pharr. Translated by N. Tullius
Published at DVHH.org 08 Oct 2008 by Jody McKim Pharr
The Austrian field
marshal, who became the
military governor of the Banat of Temesvár, one
of the ablest commanders
during the War of the
Spanish Succession
(1701-14)
& the Turkish wars
(1716-18).
The Österreichischer
Field Marshall died 29
June 1734 at the Battle of Parma in Italy.
He was the foster father
of Florimund Count de
Mercy d'Argenteau,
and his great-uncle was
Franz Freiherr von
Mercy.
When we Danube Swabians remember this important man, we do it because we are honoring his work and the work of our ancestors, the German settlers of the Banat. Both achievements indeed belong together.
Klaudius Florimund Count Mercy,
as the first governor of the new
province, carried on his shoulders
from the beginning, the heavy
responsibility of its development.
In this work, together with the
German settlers, he succeeded to the
extent that the Banat became, within
a few decades, the granary of the
Empire. His foresight and planning,
coupled with the diligence of our
ancestors, ensured that they finally
triumphed over all the difficulties.
Count Mercy was certainly an
excellent soldier, whose life was
ended by a fatal bullet, while he
was fighting against the enemy. In
the hearts of the Banat colonists he
created his own memorial, through
the fatherly love with which he
accompanied their creative efforts.
When the settlers arrived in
the Banat, 230 years earlier, it was
a country covered by swamps,
shrubbery and forests. Even the few
protruding islands of arable land
had not seen a plow in many years.
From the swamps crept death; in the
woods lurked robbers. Count Mercy,
who knew the country like no other,
and on many trips discovered it
anew, promoted everything that could
serve work and life. Everything he
did and planned showed his love for
the Banat, and his closeness to the
fate of its new inhabitants. He
promoted the mining industry,
settled Serbs and Romanians in
permanent locations, and thus
improved security in the country;
and he brought in new colonists.
Under his government, both the
cultivation of rice crops and the
breeding of silkworms were
initiated. The many mulberry trees
in the villages still testify to the
latter. Between 1723 and 1725 the
first land survey of the Banat was
conducted on his initiative. His
greatest accomplishment, however,
was the drainage of the country
through a system of canals. Only
when the Bega was canalized, could
new arable land be created, and the
diseases that emanated from the
stinking water, started to decline.
In his travels through the
country, he often resolved emerging
problems on the spot. Therefore, the
colonists felt that his actions
coincided with their own, and they
felt his love, as only a child can
feel the love of his parents. And
this feeling was transmitted from
one generation to the next. Today,
when a cruel fate scattered us
across the world, and like our
ancestors 230 years ago, we are
striving for a new homeland. Whether
in the ancestral homelands in
southwest Germany, or in Austria, in
whose service Mercy labored, or God
knows, somewhere in America, or even
in the steppes of the Baragan, we
are able today to utilize a proper
relationship to the colonizing work
of Count Mercy. The work
accomplished by him and our
ancestors in the Banat may have been
destroyed, but their spirits may
give us a new will to live. Source:
Translated article from
"Donauschwäbischer Heimat Kalender
1954"
Bearbeitet von Franz Schuttack (Lovin-Bukarest)
Mit über 275 Bildern aus der Heimat
Verlag L. Rohrbacher, Karlsruhe,
Alderstrasse 31
Village named after
Count Mercy:
Mercydorf
More
on Count Mercy:
Colonization of the Banat Following
its Turkish Occupation,
- With
particular emphasis on emigration
from Lorraine and Luxemburg
(Southern Belgian province of
Luxemburg),
Author Unknown. Translated by Gabi Bugaisky, Lucia Stemper & Nick Tullius. Explanatory notes provided by Gabi Bugaisky
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METZ, Francis Dr.
Music Historian, Oragnist, Musicologist, Conductor & Writer Born 1955 in Darova,
Romania. Franz Metz received his first piano lessons in Lugoj from his father, the church musician Martin Metz and his teachers Dr. Josef Willer and Prof. Clara Peia. From 1974 to 1978 he studied organ at
the University of Music in Bucharest. https://peoplepill.com/people/franz-metz/ Music Research and Southeastern
Europe Google Translation Die Wiederentdeckung deutscher
Musikkultur in Südosteuropa
durch die Zeitschrift Deutsche
Musik (gegründet 1933). The
rediscovery of German musical
culture in Southeastern Europe
through the German music
magazine (1933) established.
The Church Organ of Alexanderhausen by Dr. Franz Metz |
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MILLEKER,
Felix
Teacher, Historian,
Author, Archaeologist, Museum curator,
Genealogist
*1858 Werschetz/Vršac + 1942
Teacher by
profession,
Milleker first
worked in Bela
Crkva. When
School Council
of Vršac called
him in 1883,
Milleker came
back to his
hometown to work
as a teacher,
and two years
later, he was
offered to be
the manager of
the Vršac
library. The
municipal
government
wanted a Museum
to be a part of
the City
library,
Milleker becomes
a first curator
of the Museum in
1894. He was a
great man and he
worked alone in
Vršac museum
from 1894-1942.
He is
meritorious for
the enrichment
of the museum
collections,
doing the field
excavations,
purchasing the
objects from the
collectors, and
a considerable
number of
antiquities have
found their
place in the
Museum, being
gifts from the
numerous donors.
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Millenkovich was mainly active as a poet and novelist.
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Stephan; pseudonym Stephan Milow
Poet, Narrator, Officer and Cartographer
Born March 9, 1836 in Orschowa/Orsowa (Banat)
and died March 12, 1915 in Mödling, Lower
Austria. Father of Max von Millenkovich (pseudonym
Max Morold) and Benno von Millenkovich.
Stephan von Millenkovich, son of the notable k.u.k. Colonel Stephan von Millenkovich (raised to nobility in 1835) and his wife Maria (née Pausz) came from a family of
officers, like other Austrian poets and writers. He and his five brothers were destined for a military career, so he came to the military training at the Cadet School in Olomouc and was already a lieutenant in an infantry regiment in Vienna at the age of sixteen. He served in the Military Geographical Institute as early as 1854, where he remained throughout its military service. There he made it to the captain. Stephan von Millenkovich expanded the area map of Vienna. In 1865
he married Elisabeth Maria Josepha Carolina (known as Elsa - née Reichsfreiin von Reichlin-Meldegg), daughter of the Imperial and Royal Commander Joseph Ludwig Christoph Baron Reichlin-Meldegg and his wife Baroness Mathilde Henriette Genofeva (née Countess von Wimpffen). In 1869 he retired as a captain due
to a nervous disorder, which was probably caused by a severe cold while mapping in the mountains of Lower Austria, and from then on devoted himself entirely to poetry.
In 1870 Millenkovich sold his property in Gonobitz (now Slovenske Konjice ) and bought a small farm with an agricultural business (today Georgi Castle ) in Ehrenhausen and settled in Styria with his family, where Ferdinand von Saar often visited him and "the stone knockers Wrote.
In 1873 he went to Italy with Ferdinand von Saar to alleviate his illness. In 1880 Stephan Millenkovich moved to Gorizia because of his ailing condition. At the end of 1899, he and his wife Elisabeth suffered a severe retreat to Mödling near Vienna, where he remained until his death in 1915. |
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MOKKA, Hans
Banat Writer, Printer,
Actor, Singer, Poet & Author
Born
12 May 1912 Temeswar, lives in
Temeswar. (Pseudonyms: Peter Andres,
Christian Schwärmer) printer, actor,
singer, lyric poet and writer of
prose, translator; member of the
Writers’ Association of the RSS;
Prize of the newspaper Neuer Weg
1953.1
Hans Mokka grew up in Rosengasse in the Iosefin district of
Timișoara. By 1926, he attended the Piaristengymnasium. Then he began a printer apprenticeship and during this time he founded a literary circle for young book authors. In
the late 1930s he became a publisher until 1944. Mocha took violin lessons at the Béla Tomm in Timisoara and then baritone training in
Munich. His first performances of operas and operettas found an inclined audience to a theater front during World War II. Mokka fell into Soviet captivity for 6 months
and then returned to Timișoara in 1947 and married the pianist and poet Irene Mokka in 1948. In Timisoara he was an actor in 1956 and an opera singer from 1957 to 1968 at the German State Theater in Timisoara. Between 1956 and 1968 he worked in the Sibiu Bach Choir as a soloist. After the death of his wife Irene in 1973 Hans worked with musical events in churches in Timisoara and popular culture events.
As a poet, Hans Mokka expressed himself first in Hungarian, then in German verse. He published his first poems in a school newspaper in 1928. In 1938 and 1939 his first volumes of poems appeared as private print. After 1948 he wrote not only his publications in
the "Temesvarer Zeitung" but also in many German-language periodicals in Romania as well as in the Hungarian newspapers Utunk, Igaz
Szó, A
Hét, and Előre. During
the period of Stalinism, he published numerous "proletkultistische
texts" and later some "didaktizistische youth books". Mokka was a co-author of the anthologies
"Peace and Development" (1950), "German poet of the RVR (Romanian People's Republic)" (1953), "German narrator of the RVR" (1955). His "Experiences in the Soviet Union" appeared in the latter volume. This also includes the prose piece "The Broken Hammer
Handle." In 1971, Mokka's patriotic texts appeared in the Romanian propaganda anthology "Înfrăţiţi slăvim partidul" (German brothers we
praise the party). In the 1960s, he published among others in Germany and Austria. In 1991, Mokka emigrated to Germany and settled in Darmstadt.
Author of:
Stille Jugendtage [Quiet days of
youth], poems, 1938
Improvisationen
[Improvisations], poems, 1941
Die Hahnenfeder [The rooster’s
feather], book for youth, 1967
Das Traumboot [The dreamboat],
book for youth, 1971
Erlebtes Temeswar
Alttemeswarer Mosaik; Published in 1992, Elwert
(Marburg) Series: Schriftenreihe
der Kommission für Ostdeutsche
Volkskunde in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde
e.V.; Bd. 60; 144 p.;
ISBN 10:3770809947;
LCCN:93169484
Das unerwartete Geschenk.
Anekdoten. Bukarest: 1987. 720
S. (12:21) Kart. — *1912 in
Temeschburg
Innere Landschaft. Gedichte.
Bukarest: 1985. 110 S. (13:19)
Kart. — *1912 in Temeschburg.
Traumhansl und Traumlieschen.
Märchen und Volkserzählungen aus
Temeswar. 1985. 183 S. (10:20)
Kart
Co-author of:
Friede and Aufbau, Anthology,
1950
Deutsche Dichter der RVR [German
poets of the RPR], anthology,
1953
Deutsche Erzähler der RVR, 1955
Das Lied der Unterdrückten [The
song of the oppressed], 1963 Lirica
Timisoreana, 1970
Monumentul iubirii [The monument
of love], 1971
Infratiti slavim partidul [As
brothers we praise the party],
1971
Jahrbuch deutscher Dichtung
[Yearbook of German poetry],
1978
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009. |
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MOLLER, Karl Leopold von
Former Mayor of Temeswar
B orn October 11, 1876, Vienna -
February 21, 1943, Jimbolia, Banat.
Post World War I, Möller decided to stay back in Timișoara, where he joined the German Popular Movement of Banat (Bewegung des Banater Deutschtums), bolstering its struggle for self-affirmation. He forayed into the cultural field as a journalist, and later became active in politics. He held the position of editor-in-chief at Schwäbische Volkspresse (established 1921; from 1925 the Banat Deutsche Zeitung) for several years, strengthening the voice of the Swabian-German community. In September 1923 Karl von Möller actively participated in a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the migration of the Swabians organized by the Banat German Movement.
In autumn 1919 he was briefly Deputy Mayor of Timișoara, after which he was elected four times to the Romanian Parliament, in which he served between 1919 and 1927 as a representative of the Swabians in Banat. In the parliamentary debate on the 1923 Constitution of Romania on March 12, 1923, he said he was speaking on behalf of the "Banat Swabian People", declaring the Germans' loyalty to their new homeland, but demanded that the new constitution should not jeopardize the existence of minorities from a national point of view; he said the new constitution did not include the promises made to the minorities by the Romanians in Alba Iulia.
In May 1920 the "moderate" Swabians, led by Kaspar Muth [de] formed the Swabian Party of Autonomy, joined by Karl von Möller, Dr Joseph Gabriel, and Peter Schiff of the National Swabian-German party.
In 1927, Möller withdrew from public life and settled in Jimbolia, where he married Margaret Jung, the daughter of a wealthy farmer from the Banat. Together they had two children, Karlheinz and Erich |
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MÜLLER-GUTTENBRUNN, Adam
Banat Poet, Prose Writer
& Theatrical Director
Born 1852,
died
1923 in Guttenbrunn. Worked for many
years as a theater director and
writer in Vienna. He was in the
forefront of the struggle
against the assimilation of the
Danube Swabians into the
Hungarian ethnic culture, and
for the preservation of the
German cultural life in the
Banat, becoming the speaker and
poet of the Danube Swabians. In
the poem, ‘motherland’ refers to
Germany; ‘fatherland’ refers to
Hungary. Many proponents of an
ethnic Hungarian identity
referred to German-speaking
Banaters as ‘foreigners’. As
used in the poem, both ‘German’
and ‘Swabian’ refer to Banat
Swabians or Danube Swabians in
general. Well-known
prose-writer of the Swabian ethnic
community in the Banat. Died
in Guttenbrunn (Zabrani) in the
Banat, 1923 in Vienna.
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Banater
Schwabenlied |
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Song of Banat Swabians
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von Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn
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translated by Nick Tullius
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Es brennt ein Weh, wie
Kindertränen brennen,
wenn Elternherzen hart und stiefgesinnt.
O, daß vom Mutterland uns Welten trennen
und wir dem Vaterland nur Fremde sind.
Von deutscher Erde sind wir
abgeglitten
auf diese Insel weit im Weltenmeer.
Doch wo des Schwaben Pflug das Land
durchschnitten,
wird deutsch die Erde, und er weicht nicht
mehr.
O Heimat, deutschen Schweißes
stolze Blüte,
du Zeugin mancher herben Väternot,
wir segnen dich, auf daß dich Gott behüte,
wir stehn getreu zu dir in Not und Tod!
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There burns a hurt, like
tears of children crying,
When parents’ hearts are like they’re made
of stone.
That from our motherland the worlds do part
us
And we’re called strangers in our
fatherland.
From German soil our
ancestors departed
To this small island in the global sea.
But where a Swabian’s plough the land made
fertile,
The soil is German, and he will not leave.
O homeland, proudest bloom of
German effort,
You witness of our fathers’ hardy deeds,
We bless you so that God may keep you,
We stand in faith with you in life and
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Adam Müller Guttenbrunn House
email
banater_forum@rdslink.ro
Address: 10-12 Gheorghe Lazar
Street, Timisoara
Photos taken by Jody McKim, May 2004
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Exhibition to the Memory of
Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn
(well-known prose-writer of the
Swabian ethnic community in the
Banat)
Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn,
poet and
theatrical director,
born 1852 died in Guttenbrunn (Zabrani)
in the Banat, 1923 in
Vienna.
We were
greeted by a friendly staff.
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Banater Homes
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Remembering the Baragan Steppe
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Sources:
Nick
Tullius
Photos by Jody McKim Pharr
Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939) der
Beitrag der Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwäbischen Geistesleben. Author:
Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos
Verlag, Heidelberg, 1982. ISBN-10:
387276280X / ISBN-13: 978-3872762801
[Published by Jody McKim Pharr, DVHH.org 10
Nov 2009]
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MÜLLER,
Herta
Banat Teacher,
Translator, & Author
(2009 Nobel Prize
in Literature
Recipient).
Was a member of the Aktionsgruppe
Banat.
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2009 Nobel Prize
in Literature
Recipient |
Herta Müller was born on August 17,
1953 in the town of
Nitzkydorf, Banat, of
Danube-Swabian parents.
During World War II, her
father served in the
German armed forces. In
1945, Müller's mother
was deported to the
Soviet Union, where she
spent five years in a
forced-labor camp. [More] |
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MUTTER, Ferdinand
Banat Poet
*Mercydorf
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October Snow
by
Ferdinand Muttar
of Mercydorf
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The trees
and bushes appear restrained.
Thickly
fall the snowflakes;
Autumn
already with winter’s breath
Shrouds
the Earth’s colorful face.
All Life
in surprised Nature,
Hearts,
still buried in autumn,
Feel
prematurely in the whiteness of forest and field
Winter’s
cares.
Strife
has not yet faded away,
Protected
is capricious happiness.
Fate
wrung out of struggle
Breaks
free behind the mist.
But Time
flies, sinks into the Past.
With it,
longings and deadlines vanish;
Colorful
variety becomes monotony,
Fewer
seconds tick in the minute.
And so in
the bustle of the world
It
appears to you, my loved ones and many brothers,
That I
become smaller in the greater Being,
The
current of Life draws over.
And
amongst the hustle and bustle, amongst loved ones who be,
The tired
heart beats lonely, abandoned - alone?
Cast your
wandering eye upwards towards Heaven,
To the
Guide of all Fate.
“Forgive,
All Gracious One!
In Your
hands lie Love and Hope,
For Your
child lies security;
Closed
doors are opened to him,
The
uneasy heart is freed in You.”
Poem is taken from the
book Mercydorf
by Klugesherz, Lorenz, Erich Lammert,
Anton Peter Petri, J. Zirenner, 1987.
(Translated
by Diana Lambing)
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Source:
Mercydorf
Heimatbuch 1987 by Klugesherz, Lammert, Petri, & Zirenner
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NISCHBACH, Josef
Banat Professor of Theology, Priest &
Servant to Banat Swabians
Joseph Nischbach was
born 17 Mar 1889
Neubeschenowa,
Banat, Romania;
the ninth child of
Josef Nischbach and
Margaret nee Feth.
Died
20 Jun 20, 1970 in
Freiburg, Germany).
Professor of
Theology, Priest and
Domherr und
Päpstlicher Prälat.
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NUßBAUM, Michael
Banat Musician
& Kapellmeister
Well known Bandleader, born 30 Jan 1866 in Billed, Hungary.
Robert Rohr questions the year 1889. He doesn't
know of this tour & a diary maintained by one of the
boys indicates Schilzonyi & Nussbaum were in the USA
between 1893-1896 with a boys band. Were both band
leaders already on tour by 1889? Could the photo been
taken between 1893-1896?
[Nussbaum /
Nuszbaum / Nußzbaum]
Photo contributed by
Robert Rohr
< Photo taken in 1893, San Francisco
Michael
Nußbaum & the Boy's Chapel of Billed on tour in
America, 1889
click image to
enlarge - Photo
©
Billed Heimatblatt
2004
Click
image to enlarge.
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OBERKERSCH, Valentin
Banat Researcher and Author
Valentin Oberkersch was
born 1920 in
India, Syrmia. He visited the high
schools in Semlin and Karlowitz and
later graduated from the University of
Belgrade. After the war he continued his
study on the University of Graz in
Austria. From here he moved to Stuttgart
where he became active in many the
research of several Donauschwaben
Heimatbücher (Towns books). |
Portrait:
Oesterr.
Illustrirte
Newspaper,
1852
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Countess OLDOFREDI-HAGER, Julie
Banat Aristocrat, Author & Poet
Countess Julie
von Oldofredi-Hager
was born Feb 8,
1813 at Derbreczin
and died Mar 4,
1879 at age
sixty-six.
Julie Oldofredi-Hager
was the only
daughter of the
Imperial General
John Baron Hager
born to and from
Altensteig
(1761-1822) and
Maria Magdalena
of Illéssy
(1793-1858) in
the Hungarian
Debrecen, since
her father was
stationed there
at that time.
Shortly
afterwards he
was transferred
to Timisoara,
where he died,
when Julie was
nine years old.
1831 she married
at the age of 17
years, the Count
and Lieutenant
Jerome Oldofredi
in Vienna. By
fall her
husband
was bedridden for more
than two years
and while she
nursed him she
spent the
time
to study
history and
literature.
After his recovery Jerome Oldofredi was stationed
in the Banat and later Transylvania, where she followed him.
Occasionally she traveled with her mother.
There, in 1839 she wrote her first book of poetry Blüthen des Gefühls.
In 1842 the family moved to Galicia. One year
later, Gustav Heckenast was Oldofredi’s second collection of
poems. The work was called "New Poems" and included a foreword by the
novelist Caroline Pichler .
In 1847 the family lived for four years in Lviv,
then the capital of Galicia. During this time, Julie published two new
books of poetry, one of them to charity. During the subsequent military
career of her husband, the first Major, later General, the family moved
to Tarnopol, Siebenbürgen, Banat, Graz, Horn, Wien und Pest.
In 1852 Julie Oldofredi Hager was awarded the Order
of Star Cross Award. A year later she published her last book of poems
Moss, the proceeds were donated to the construction of the
Votive Church.
After the death of her husband, in her last years
Julie was alone in Vienna, where she died in 1879. The couple had a son, who followed after his father
and grandfather, a military career.
Published
Work:
Bluten des
Gefuhls
(1839)
Gelbe Blätter: Neueste Vermischte
Gedichte, Published 1851, 215 pages
Moos: Vermischte Gedichte, Publisher: K. K. Hof- u. Staatsdr.,
1853, 159 pages
Source:
Translated from
de.wikipedia.org
Published at
DVHH.org
6 Apr 2012 by
Jody McKim Pharr |
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ORENDI-HOMMENAU,
Viktor
Banat Journalist, Writer, Editor,
Translator and Cultural Politician
Born June 13, 1870 in Elisabethstadt, Dumbraveni,
Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania) and died February 24, 1954 in Bucharest, Romania.
His father Wilhelm Orendi was a pianist and his mother was Jeanette Farkas, Noble von Hommenau. From 1876 he grew up in Neumarkt am Mieresch with his uncle. Orendi-Hommenau was a teacher. From 1894 to 1895 he published the newspaper "Das kleine Universum" in Neumarkt. From 1895 to 1896 he edited
the "Szász-Reener-Wochenblatt." As a freelance journalist, he also worked for the "Weißkirchner Volksblatt".
At the request of Edmund Steinacker and Ludwig Kremling, he moved to Timisoara in 1901, where he published the "German Tagblatt für Ungarn." The sheet was discontinued in March 1903. From 1903 to 1907 he published the political weekly "German-Hungarian People's Friend". Viktor Orendi-Hommenau was a co-founder of the Hungarian
German People's Party, founded in December 1906. In 1906 he was a candidate for a deputy in the Lowrine electoral district and in 1910 in the Lippaer. From 1909 to 1937 he published the magazine "Von der Heide. Illustrated monthly for Culture and Life" in Timisoara and Bucharest.
In 1912 he was invited to Germany by the German School Association , where he spoke about the needs of the Germans in Hungary in Munich, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Wiesbaden, Koblenz, Frankfurt am Main and Tübingen. In 1915 he was threatened with treason because he had taught Field Marshal Mackensen about the persecution
of the Germans in Hungary in an hour-long audience . At that time he made contacts with important Romanian political figures.
After the division of the Banat into three parts, whereby the eastern part fell to Romania with Timisoara, he campaigned for the interests of the German minority in Romania. Orendi-Hommenau was a
founding member of the German-Swabian Cultural Association in 1919 . In
1923 he became examination commissioner of the Romanian Ministry of Education at the German elementary schools in Banat, in 1930 press attaché in the Ministry of Directorate Timisoara. In 1934 he moved to Bucharest.
Viktor Orendi-Hommenau was buried in the Evangelical cemetery in Bucharest.
Source: Anton Peter Petri : Biographical
encyclopedia of the Banat German, Marquartstein, 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
Photo: Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur in Ungarn 1867-1918
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ORTINAU, Gerhard
Banat Writer, Poet & Author
Ortinau, Gerhard, Born 18 Mar
1953 in Borcea/Baragan, lived
in Sackelhausen, prose
writer, poet, member of the
literary circle Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of the
Writers’ Association of
Temeswar.
Author of:
Verteidigung des
Kugelblitzes
[Defense of ball-lightning],short
stories, 1976
Co-Author of: Wortmeldungen [Requests to speak],
anthology of lyrics,
1972
im brennpunkt stehn
[standing in the focal
point], anthology, 1979
Source:
Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Alex Leeb; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009. |
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PALFI, Anton
(Pseudonym: P. Anton, Jürfen Jäger)
Banat Author, Journalist, Translator
& Poet
Palfi, Anton born 8 Dec
1946 in Triebswetter (Tomnatic),
Timiș County, Romania
and
lived in
Temeswar; diploma in German
language & literature,
journalist, translator,
lyric poet. Member of the
literary circle Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of the
Writers’ Association of
Temeswar.
He attended general school while being deported to Bărăgan with his family. He was a member of the Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn literary circle in Timișoara. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine Neue Banater Zeitung. He currently lives in Bamberg, Germany, where he works as a political editor for the Fränkischer Tag.
Co-Author of: Wortmeldungen
[Requests to speak],
anthology of lyrics,
1972
Translations:
Nikolaus Berwanger, (singur cu mine) Alone with Me, Facla Publishing House, 1978 (poems in Romanian)
Nikolaus Berwanger, (din partru inimi) From four hearts, Eminescu Publishing House, 1978
Nikolaus Berwanger, Daily Confessions, Eminescu Publishing House, 1980
Publisher of: im brennpunkt stehn
[standing in the focal
point], anthology, 1979 Textbook: Palfi, Anton: im brennpunkt stehn. Lesebuch mit Beiträgen der
jungen und jüngsten Mitglieder des Temesvarer Literaturkreises "Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn".
Landesfestival "Cintarea Romanlei" 2. A. Auswahl und Einleitung v. A. P. 1979. 110 S. mit Zeichn.
(14:21) Kart. = Kreiskomitee Temesch für Kultur und sozialistische Erziehung.
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009. |
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PETRI, Anton Peter
Banat Historian, Folklorist, Author & Educator
Born on May 24, 1923 in Lowrin, Banat and died on Aug 2, 1995 in
Mühldorf, Germany.
Co-Author of: Mercydorf
Heimatbuch by
Klugesherz, Lammert, Petri
& Zirenner, 1987, 620 pp.
Author of: Neue Banater
Bücherei [New Banater Library] 1982-1992 Series Index
And . . .
Petri, Anton Peter: Mercydorf, Die
Siedlerfamilien und ihre
Herkunft (Mercydorf, the
settler families and their
origin), Homburg 1980
(Donauschwäbisches
Kulturwerk Saarland)
(Mercydorf, the settler
families and its origin,
Homburg 1980 (Danube-Swabian
culture work Saarland)
Petri, Anton: Die katholische Normalschule in Temeschvar/Banat
(1775-1844) Eine wichtige deutsche Kulturinstitution. 1980. 240 S. (16:23) = Donauschwäbisches
Archiv
Petri, Anton Peter: Deutsche Mundartautoren aus dem Banat. 1984. 78
S. (14:21) Kart. — Kurzbiographien und Textproben. = Veröffentlichung der Landsmannschaft der
Banater Schwaben
Petri, Anton Peter: Donauschwäbische Ortsneckereien. Versuch e.
Sammlung und Sichtung. 1969. 176 S. (14:21) Kart.
Petri, Anton Peter: Kulturgeschichtliches Wortgut in den Mundarten
der Donauschwaben. 1965. 90 S. (15:21) Kart. = Donauschwäbisches Schrifttum
Petri, Anton Peter: Kurzbiographien deutschbewu\ßter Männer im
ungeteilten Banat. 1979. 40 S. (14:21) Kart. = Veröffentlichunmg der Landsmannschaft der Banater
Schwaben
Petri, Anton Peter: Pflanzen- und Tiernamen in der Mundart der
Donauschwaben. Versuch e. Sammlung und Sichtung. 1971. 204 S.+Falttabelle. (14:21) Kart. =
Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerkes
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PODLIPNY-HEHN, Anne Marie
Banat
Art Historian & Writer
Born February 20 1938
in Lovrin, Timis County, Romania. A woman who earned
her way to the top as an art historian and writer.
Following her receiving the Special Prize of
the Romanian
Writers' Union, she
received Honorary Degrees and was awarded a Medal of
Honor.
Book Publications
Stefan Jäger, Bukarest, 1972
Franz Ferch, Bukarest, 1975
Banater Malerei vom 18.
bis zum 20. Jahrhundert,
Bukarest, 1984
Julius Podlipny,
Bukarest, 1986
Nikolaus Lenau in
Rumänien, Bukarest, 1988, 2.
Auflage 1991
Hildegard Kremper-Fackner.
Eine Künstlerin aus dem
Banat, München, 1991
Wir waren Zeugen,
München, 1991
Oskar Szuhanek, Bukarest,
1996
Adolf Humborg,
Düsseldorf, 1997
Werte aller Zeiten,
Bukarest, 1998
Oskar Walter Cisek. Ein
Essay, Bukarest, 1999
Carmen Sylva, Temeswar,
2002
Ferdinand Gallas,
Temeswar, 2002
Die Deutschen im Banat,
Temeswar, 2004
Künstlerkataloge und
Ausstellungskataloge
Studien und Abhandlungen
zu Themen der
Kunstgeschichte, Literatur
und Volkskunde
Herausgeberin der 11 "Stafette"
-Sammelbände u.a.
Anthologien und Bücher
Awards
1996 Sonderpreis des
Rumänischen
Schriftstellerverbandes
Temeswar
1999 Ehrenpreis des
Rumänischen
Schriftstellerverbandes
Temeswar
1993
Forschungsstipendium des
Deutschen Akademischen
Austauschdienstes in
Deutschland
1993 Ehrendiplom der
Temeswarer Filiale des
rumänischen
Schriftstellerverbandes
und der Zeitschrift
Orizont
1997 Sonderpreis des
Temeswarer
Schriftstellerverbandes
1998 Stefan-Jäger-Ehrenmedaille
der AMG-Stiftung
1998 Ehrenmedaille des
Banater Museums
1998 Ehrendiplom des
Demokratischen Forums
der Deutschen im Banat
2002 Ehrendiplom der
Universität Banatul aus
Temeswar
2002 Nationaler
Ritterorden für treue
Dienste
2004 Exzellenz-Preis des
Rumänischen
Schriftstellerverbandes
Temeswar
2004 Ehrenmedaille in
Silber der Stadt
Temeswar
Rumänischen
Schriftstellerverbandes: Romanian
Writers' Union
Ehrendiplom:
Honorary Degree
Ehrenmedaille: Medal
of Honor
Literature:
Anton Peter Petri:
Biographisches
Lexikon des Banater
Deutschtums,
Marquartstein, 1992,
ISBN 3-922046-76-2
Aquilina Birăescu,
Diana Zărie,
Scriitori şi
lingvişti timişoreni,
Timişoara, Editura
Marineasa, 2000, in
rumänischer Sprache
Lexiconul
scriitorilor germani,
2000, in rumänischer
Sprache
Who's who, Bucureşti,
2001
Dicţionar al
Scriitorilor din
Banat, coordonator
Alexandru Ruja,
Timişoara, Editura
Universităţii de
Vest, 2005, in
rumänischer Sprache
TIMIŞOARA LITERARĂ -
Dicţionar
biobibliografic -
Paul Eugen Banciu,
Aquilina Birăescu,
Editura Marineasa,
Timişoara, 2007, in
rumänischer Sprache
Annemarie Podlipny-Hehn receives the Prize of the Writers' Association
from the hands of Mayor Gheorghe Ciuhandu. Photo: Zoltán Pázmány, 2011 
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PREYER,
Johann Nepomuk
Mayor of Temeschwar,
1844
*1805 Lugosch
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PROBST,
Johann Eugen
Writer, Librarian and Museum Specialist
Born November 24, 1858 Vienna and died August 4, 1937 Mödling (Lower Austria).
Son of a merchant; grew up in Arad (Banat) and then attended high school in Dresden. P. was supposed to learn the trade profession in Vienna, however, he also developed self-taught, continue and stud 1881-83. Students at the Univ. Vienna Phil., History and German Studies. From 1886 in the service of the city of Vienna, P. - from 1889 scriptor, from 1898 custodian and 1904–22 as successor to Glossys (sd) Dir. Der municipal. Smlg. - a diverse and extremely meritorious cultural policy. Work
both in the biblical sector (creation of important catalogs, increasing the holdings of the Hss. Smlg. By significant estates, maintenance of the Musiksmlg. Esp. Towards folk music, creation of a Volksbibl. In the Villa Wertheimstein, Vienna XIX., Etc .) as well - especially as an initiator - in museums and exhibitions. Area (participation in important exhibitions, establishment of the mus. Vindobonense etc.).
As a writer, P. is one of the most important representatives of the Donauschwaben. Prose literature around the turn of the century. Mostly published in Meschendörfer's "Karpathen". Ore and novellas are rather limited in topic and course of action and often come from the milieu of the Banat German middle class; with his "schoolmaster of Arbesdorf" he created a development and artist novel, which, however, does not match the role models of cellars and donors, but remains epigonal.
W .: Elisabeth Tarrakanow (drama), 1882; The schoolmaster of Arbesdorf (Roman), 1932. Erz .: The Lord of Mezökut, in: Ueber Land und Meer, 1901, self-employed (= German Banater Volksbuch 28), approx. 1920; Verena, in: Calendar of the German Schulver. to the year 1903, also in: Die Karpathen 7, 1913/14, H. 2; Deadly love, in: Die Karpathen 5, 1911/12, H. 2 ff .; Sonntagskinder, ibid., 5, 1911/12, H. 20 ff., Self-employed (= German Banater Volksbuch 27), ca.1920; Happiness, in: Die Karpathen 7, 1913/14, H. 14; The Treasure, ibid., 7, 1913/14, H. 20; etc. Contribution for: A Wr. Beethoven book, ed. by A. Orel, 1921; Jb. Der Grillparzer-Ges .; etc. estate, Wr. City and State
Archives, Vienna.
L .: N. Wr. Tagbl. on June 18, 1922 and August 25, 1937; RP of the 20th, N. Fr. Pr. And Wr. Latest news from August 25, 1937; A. Scherer, Meschendörfer's relationship to JEP, in: Südostdt. Quarterly 13, 1964, p. 23 ff .; ders., G. Keller and JEP, ibid., 19, 1970, p. 34 ff .; Giebisch – Gugitz; Kosch; W. Schneider, Die auslandsdt. Poetry of our time, 1936, p. Reg .; KK Klein, History of German Literature Abroad, 1939, p. Reg .; M. Petri, The literature of the Southeast Swabia in its development from the beginning to the present, phil. Diss. Berlin, 1940, pp. 48 f .; A. Scherer, JEP (with bibliography) (= published by the Südostdt. Kulturwerk, RB, 2), 1954; Wr. City and State Archives, Vienna; Mitt. W.
Deutschmann, Vienna.
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RASIMUS,
Hans
Born 1914
in Kathreinsfeld, Banat. He went
to school in Werschetz and later studied
in Berlin. He became an administrator of
the Schwäbische-Deutschen Kulturbund
(Swabian-German Cultural Society) in
1939 in Neusatz (Novi Sad). Was active
in the school system in the Banat in
1941. After the war he made his home in
Stallwang, Germany. He became involved
in our culture and heritage and became a
contributor in Trachten (costumes)
research, as well as, is originality.
Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939) der
Beitrag der Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwäbischen Geistesleben. Author:
Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos
Verlag, Heidelberg, 1982. ISBN-10:
387276280X / ISBN-13: 978-3872762801
[Published by Jody McKim, DVHH.org 10
Nov 2009]
[Published
at www.dvhh.org,
25 Jan 2007] |
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REGENYI,
Isabella
Banat Historian & Author
Donauschwäbisches
Ortsnamenbuch
für die ehemals und
teilweise noch deutsch
besiedelten Orte in Ungarn,
Jugoslawien (ohne Slowenien)
sowie West-Rumänien (Banat
und Sathmar).
Authors:
Isabella Regenyi and Anton
Scherer. [More]
Title Translation:
Danube-Swabian Place Name
Book
for those formerly and
partly still German places
in Hungary, Yugoslavia
(without Slovenia) and West
Romania (Banat and Sathmar).
Language: German.
Publication Date: 1980.
188 S.+12 Karten. (15:21)
Kstf. = SchrR zur
donauschwäbischen
Herkunftsforschung
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REITER, Robert (pseudonyms: Franz Liebhard, Johann Wanderer, Georg Hartmann)
Banat Journalist,
Author, Playwright, Poet, Culture/Literature Historian, & Translator
Born 6
Jun 1899 in Temeswar.
Appeared in the article "Robert
Reiter - Übersetzer und Essayist, Frühe Beiträge in der Banater deutschen
Tagespresse der 1920er Jahre" by Eduard Schneider, published in the book
"Österreich und die Banater Schwaben", editor: Hans Dama. Translated by Nick Tullius:
Robert Reiter (1899-1989) was born in Temeswar as the son of a shoemaker and a
laundress. After attending a Hungarian high school, he studied language,
literature, and philosophy in Budapest and Vienna. He was on the staff of the
avant-garde newspaper "Ma" ("Today") in Budapest and Vienna, with interruptions,
until 1924. As a student with social-democratic inclinations, he published
articles and translations in both the German and Hungarian newspapers of
Temeswar. In the summer of 1925 he became editor of the "Banater Deutsche
Zeitung", and then editor-in-chief (1929 - 1941). After the conformity imposed
by the national socialists, and the renaming of the newspaper to "Südostdeutsche
Tageszeitung, Ausgabe Banat", he remained there until August 1944, in charge of
cultural policy, under a newly-appointed chief editor. In January 1945 Reiter
was deported to forced labour in the Soviet Union. Upon his return in 1948 he
took part once again in the cultural life of the Banat Germans, which was being
reoriented by Communist Romania along Marxist-Leninist guidelines. Using the
alias Franz Liebhard, the commentator now also publishes original poems in
German. ~NTullius
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From
the establishment of the German
Theatre (Deutsches Staatstheater
Temeswar) in 1953, until 1968, he was its dramatic advisor. Liebhard published
several collections of poems, such as "Glück auf " (1959) and "Miniaturen"
(1972), as well as books on regional culture and history ("Menschen und Zeiten"
in 1970; "Banater Mosaik" in 1976; "Temeswarer Abendgespräch" in 1977). With
poems mostly translated from the Hungarian by Erika Scharf, there is a
rediscovery, before the end of his life, of the avant-garde poet ("Abends ankern
die Augen", 1989). He won multiple prizes for his works. Robert Reiter/Franz
Liebhard died in Temeswar at the age of 90.
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[Published at DVHH.org 19 Oct
2007]
Also see:
Shift of Languages in the Works of Robert Reiter
by Imre J. Balázs (Cluj, RO)
Author of:
Schwäbische Chronik [Swabian
chronicles], poems, 1951
Der Türkenschatz
[The Turkish treasure],
novella, 1958
Glück auf [Good
luck], poems, 1959
Die schönsten
Gedichte [The most beautiful
poems], poems 1964
Menschen und
Zeiten [People and times],
Essays, 1970
Miniaturen
[Miniatures], poems, 1972
Banater Mosaik
[Banat Mosaic], studies, 1976
Temeswarer
Abendgespräch [Evening
conversation in Temeswar],
prose, 1977 by Liebhard, Franz. Historien, Bilder und
andere Prosa. Timisoara: 1977. 240 S. (10:19) Kart.]
Aurul inaltimilor, [poems in
Romanian translation], 1974
Translator of: Miorita [Romanian
popular epic poem], 1925
Méliusz Jozsef:
30 Gedichte [30 poems], poems,
1965
Al. Voltin: Der Prozess des
Horia [The trial of Horia], 1969 Sources: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of
the Present - A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
Listed
in book: Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939): der
Beitrag der
Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwa"bischen Geistesleben. Author:
Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos
Verlag, Heidelberg, 1982.
[Published by Jody McKim, DVHH.org 10
Nov 2009]
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ROHR, Robert Nikolaus
Banat Music
Historian, Composer and Author
Born 04 Aug 1922 Werschetz,
Banat; died 10 Jan 2008 Munich.
Renown Danube Swabian Music Historian,
Composer and Author of numerous books
dedicated to Donauschwaben music and bandleaders.
Died on January 10, 2008.
[More] & See
Tribute to Robert Rohr
Robert & Grete Rohr
München, Germany,
(Grete was born in Weisskirchen)
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ROOS, Martin
Banater & Catholic
Bishop of Temeswar
by Alex Leeb
(Martin's cousin)
Born 17 Oct 1942, in
the village of Knees
(Satchinez), the only child born to Martin
and Maria Roos. In 1942, Martin Sr. was
forced to join the German Army, after the
war, he was a Prisoner of War in the British
Zone, in Germany, he never returned to his
home village Satchinez, in Banat.
In 1945,
Maria Roos, was one of the
Donauschwaben being sent to the
labour camps in Russia. She
worked in the coalmines of
Russia until the end of 1949.
While Maria was in Russia,
working in the coalmines, Martin
Jr. was staying with his
grandparents in Satchinez. After
1945, only Romanian and Russian
was taught in the schools.
Martin Jr. took his elementary
education in Satchinez. Between
1957 and 1961, he went to
Alba-Julia, in Transylvania,
where he took his High School.
He studied Theology and
Philosophy.
When Martin
Sr. was released from prison in
Germany, he worked on the farm
in Germany, until 1954. The
situation in Romanian did not
improve for the German people
living in Romania. Instead of
returning home to his family in
Romania, he decided to make a
move the opposite way; he
decided to join his
sister-in-law and his
brother-in-law, who both lived
in Canada.
Martin Sr.
worked in various places in
Canada; he saved money to bring
his family to Canada. In 1961,
Martin Sr. was united with his
wife Maria and his son Martin
Jr. in Kitimat, British
Columbia, Canada. At the age of
19, Martin Jr. he met his father
for the first time in his life.
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Even when Martin Jr.
was still in
Romania, his goal
was to enter the
seminary and become
a priest. He found
it difficult
learning a new
language in Canada,
after he already had
taken Philosophy and
Theology in
Romanian. Time was
valuable to him and
he wanted to move
forward quickly.
He decided to finish his seminar in Germany. Late in 1961, he entered the seminar in Königstein, Germany. On July 3rd, 1971, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Carl-Joseph-Leiprecht, in the Dioceses Rottenburg- he went to Temeswar, and in 1992, he was appointed as Monsignor to the dioceses of Temeswar. |
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Bishop
Sebastian Kräuter’s
health poor. When Pope John-II,
visited Bucharest, on May 5,
1999, Bishop Kräuter,
requested for his retirement. At
the same time, Pope John-II,
appointed Martin Roos, Jr. as
his successor. On August 28th,
1999, Msgr. Martin Roos Jr. Was
ordained as the 7th Bishop, in
the Temeswar dioceses.
Msgr.
Martin Roos
B:17.10.1942 Satchinez
Baptismal: 25.10.1942 Satchinez
Confirmation: 16.09.1956
Satchinez. Konrad Kernweisz.
Ordained into the Priesthood
03.07.1971 Rottenburg, Neckar by
Carl Joseph Leiprecht.
Bishop Ordination: 28.08.1999
Timisoara by
Dr. Jean-Claude Perisset -
Nuntius Apostol, in Romania
Dr. Johannes Kreidler, eppus
titul.-Administrator dioceses
Rottonburg, Stuttgart.
For more photos of Martin Roos &
family, see Alex Leeb's
Village of Knees
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SAMSON,
Franz
Banat Musician & Singer
Played
Electravox and
singer
"Srem
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SAMSON, Horst (Pseudonym: Harry Simon)
Banat Teacher,
Journalist, Poet & Author
Samson, Horst was born 9 Jun 1954, Salcami (Salcâmi
in
Baragan, during the
deportation of his parents,
who were from
Albrechtsfor,
Banat), lived in
Temeswar;
Teacher, journalist, lyric
poet. Samson
lives in Neuberg (Hessen) and works as an editor of
a newspaper group in Frankfurt / Bad Vilbel.
A former member of the
literary circle
Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of the
Writers’ Association of
Temeswar. Prize for Poetry
at the State Festival "Cintarea
Romaniei" 1977.
Samson writes primarily poetry, published since 1976
in anthologies and literary magazines and as a
long-playing records. From 1977 to 1984 he was
editor of the Neue Zeitung Banat. [More]
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SCHARF, Erika (Pseudonym: Karoline Urban)
Banat Translator, Prose
Writer, Poet & Author
Scharf,
Erika (Pseudonym: Karoline Urban), born 12 Jun 1929 in Temeswar, lived
in Temeswar; Translator, prose writer, poet; member of the Writers’
Association of the RSS.
Co-Author of:
17 Ich – Wir [I –
We], 1965
Worte and Wege
[Words and Ways], 1970
Worte unterm
Regenbogen [Words
under the rainbow], 1973
Translator of: a) Plays:
George Ciprian: Die
Schindmähre [The
nag], 1964
Virgil Stoenescu: Mamas Liebling
[Mama’s darling], 1966
Victor Eftimiu: Der
Vagabund [The
tramp], 1967
Nelu Ionescu: Verwischte Spuren
[Blurred tracks], 1967
Leopold Lahola: Gogo
und die Heiligen [Gogo
and the saints], 1968
(with Hans Pomarius)
Eugene O'Neill: Ela
Mond für die Beladenen [Ela Mond for the
charged ones], 1969
Pierre Barrillet/Jean
Pierre Gredy: Die
Kaktusblüte [The
cactus flower], 1969
N. W. Gogol: Das
Tagebuch eines Narren [The diary of a
fool], 1969
Tudor Musatescu: Ein
Winternachstraum [A
dream of a winter
night], 1969
Robert Thomas: Acht
Frauen suchen einen
Mörder [Eight women
searching for a
murderer], 1976
Laszoloffy Csaba: Storch, Storch guter
[Stork, stork good one],
1970
Dan Tarchila: Der
Kuss [The kiss],
1976
b) Prose:
Der weisse Kranich [The white crane],
fairytale, 1967
Der Recke von der
Linde [The warrior
of the linden tree],
fairytale, 1968
Mihai Sadoveanu: Der
letzte Magier [The
last wizzard], novel,
1973
Marin Preda: Der
Ausgewiesene [The
expelee], novel, 1974
Mihai Sadoveanu: Erzählungen aus dem
Krieg [Stories from
the war], 1977
Soltesz Jozsef:
Hannibal der
Schreckliche [Hannibal the terrible],
childrens’ book, 1978
Source:
Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Alex Leeb & Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
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SCHERER, Anton
Banat Historian & Author
Donauschwäbisches
Ortsnamenbuch
für die ehemals und
teilweise noch deutsch
besiedelten Orte in Ungarn,
Jugoslawien (ohne Slowenien)
sowie West-Rumänien (Banat
und Sathmar).
Authors:
Isabella Regenyi and Anton
Scherer. [Title Translation:
Danube-Swabian Place Name
Book
for those formerly and
partly still German places
in Hungary, Yugoslavia
(without Slovenia) and West
Romania (Banat and Sathmar).]
Language: German.
Publication Date: 1980.
188 S.+12 Karten. (15:21)
Kstf. = SchrR zur
donauschwäbischen
Herkunftsforschung
Euro 22,00
Donauschwabische
Bibliographie 1965-1975: Das
Schrifttum uber Die
Donauschwaben in Ungarn,
Rumanien, Jugoslawien Und
Bulgarien Sowie--Nach
1945--in Deutschland,
Osterreich, Frankreich, USA,
Canada, Brasilien,
Argentinien, Venezuela Und
Australien; ISBN:
9783901486166; Publisher:
Donauschwabisches
Bibliographisches Archive;
Publication Date: 2001
Deutschfreiburg Im
Aufbruch: Festschrift Zum
40. Jahrestag Der Grundung
Der Deutschfreiburgischen
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Am 15.
Januar 1999, Ihrem Grunder
Und Ehrenobmann Peter
Boschung in Dankbarkeit
Gewidmet;
Deutschfreiburgische
Arbeitsgemeinschaft; Peter
Boschung; Jean Pierre
Anderegg; Josef Vaucher.
ISBN: 9783722804675;
Publisher:
Deutschfreiburgische
Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DFAG)
Publication Date: 1999
Donauschwabische
Bibliographie 1965-1975:
Schongeistiges Schrifttum. ISBN:
9783901486128; Publisher:
Donauschwabisches
Bibliographisches Archiv;
Publication Date: 1998
Deutsche Literatur Im
Banat (Rumanien) Nach Dem
23. August 1944:
Kunstlerische Normen,
Politische Tendenzen,
Typische Vertreter.
ISBN: 9783901486098;
Publisher: Donauschwabisches
Bibliographisches Archiv;
Publication Date: 1997
Kirche Und Kirchliches
Leben Der Donauschwaben,
1965-1975: Religiose
Volkskunde, Bildende Kunst,
Musik, Kirchliche Presse Und
Religiose Bucher Eine
Bibliographie. ISBN:
9783901486036; Publisher:
Donauschwabisches
Bibliographisches Archiv;
Publication Date: 1995
Katholische Presse, Was
Nun: Hugo Baeriswyl Zum 65.
Geburtstag Anton Scherer;
Hugo Baeriswyl; Louis
Bosshart; Jose Ribeaud
ISBN: 9783727809149;
Publisher:
Universitatsverlag;
Publication Date: 1993
Felix Milleker,
1858-1942: Personlichkeit
Und Werk Des Archaologen,
Polyhistors Und Schopfers
Des Stadtischen Museums Zu
Werschetz (Banat); ISBN:
9783883560281; Publisher:
Verlag des Sudostdeutschen
Kulturwerkes; Publication
Date: 1983
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SCHIFF, Peter
Banat Author & Poet
Dr. Peter Schiff
was born
in
Mercydorf.
In May 1920 the "moderate" Swabians, led by Kaspar Muth [de] formed the Swabian Party of Autonomy, joined by Karl von Möller, Dr Joseph Gabriel, and Peter Schiff of the National Swabian-German party.
Author of:
Mercydorf 1734-1934,
Beiträge zur Geschichte der Gemeinde
Mercydorf.
Publisher: Sonntagsblatt, Timisoara 1934. 80 S. [Rare story of a Danube Swabian village in Banat by Peter SCHIFF: Contributions to the history of the municipality of MERCYDORF 1734-1934. With 9, of which 25 full-page photographic images Timișoara (Temeswar, Temesvár): Printing press "Sunday newspaper" 1934.]
Peter Schiff
Poetry Collection 1934
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I.
Thoughts
by
Peter Schiff
translated by Brad Schwebler
A hot summer day
The harvest time!
Hard work
The Banat – beautiful and fruitful
And suddenly: two hundred years
Great time!
II.
Ponder
by
Peter Schiff
translated by Brad Schwebler
Voice!
– Two hundred years
As they came
Our ancestors
Alsace-Lorraine, Rhine Valley
From the region of the Danube
They migrated
III.
Luxemburg
by
Peter Schiff
translated by Brad Schwebler
Friaul and Barcelona
Complete confidence
Fear not
Unknown section – deserted land
Their work – the right farming community
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IV.
Thankfulness
by
Peter Schiff
translated by Brad Schwebler
While searching incredibly at the view
Impenetrable
Unconquerable
The blue infinity
Godly – without space and time
High! High! – to God
V.
Gentleman, driver
by
Peter Schiff
translated by Brad Schwebler
His invisibleness
Great, sublime!
- was a Swabian
Always devout - for him farming
Complete hope, him trusting
So it remains also!
I.
Thoughts
by
Peter Schiff
translated by Brad Schwebler
The light evening wind
So delicate and soft
Drifts the same
There! – Mercydorf has this year
The two hundred year celebration!
My brave Swabian village! |
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SCHILZONYI,
Nicholas
Banat Musician, Kapellmeister & Inventor
*1872 Billed, Banat
The Schilzonyi web pages are being reorganized. Will be back online soon in its entirety. Until then, some items will be listed here.
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SCHLAUCH, Lörinc
Banat Priest, Educator and Cultural Work Organizer
(Mercydorf Priest)
Lörinc Schlauch was born March 27, 1824, Uj-Arad, diocese of Csanad, Hungary. Received the
sacrament of confirmation, May 8, 1835, and died on 10 Jul 1902 in Oradea.
Education. Received the insignias of the
clerical character and the minor orders, December 15, 1846; subdiaconate,
December 21, 1846; diaconate, January 2, 1847. University of Budapest,
Hungary (doctorate in theology, January 30, 1867).
Priesthood. Ordained, April 3, 1847. In the diocese of Csanad,
cooperator in several parishes for five years; professor of theology in
its seminary; pastor in Merczyfalva, and Gyarnatha, for thirteen years;
canon of the cathedral chapter, 1872.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Szatmár (now Satu Mare, Romania), July 25,
1873. Consecrated, September 21, 1873, Esztergom, by János Simor,
archbishop of Esztergom. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, July 30,
1886. Transferred to the see of Nagyvárad of the Latins (now Orea Mare
or Gran Varadino, Romania), May 26, 1887.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of June 12, 1893;
received red hat and title of S. Giorlamo degli Schiavoni, May 21, 1894.
Decorated with the grand cross of the Austrian Order of Sankt Stefan,
1897.
Death. July 10, 1902, Nagyvárad. Exposed
and buried in the cathedral of Nagyvárad. Source: Mercydorf
Heimatbuch 1987 by Klugesherz, Lammert, Petri, & Zirenner
Schlauch Lőrincz, bishop of Biboros, vbtt, M. Tud. Board member of the Academy, born in Újarad, March 1824. 27. After graduating from high school, he studied theological sciences at the University of Pest. Dedicated to a priest in 1847, he became a chaplain in Nagyszentmiklós, where he continued his education with great diligence, especially in church history and ecclesiastical law, which he later became a teacher of in the episcopal licence at Timisoara (1851). However, due to his shaky health, he had to leave his teaching position 220and
in 1859 he became a parish priest and district bishop in Mercydorf and then in Gyarmatán. It was in time that he began to delve deeper into the history of culture, philosophy, and art history. In 1867 he obtained a doctorate in ecclesiastical law. His public appearance first excelled in the Catholic Autonomous Movements of 1868 and 1870, when he attracted attention with his mighty speech at the General Assembly and his "Response" to a pamphlet published at the time. In 1872 he was appointed canon, and in 1873 bishop of Satu Mare. During his fourteen years in the bishopric of Satu Mare, he donated more than half a million francs to charitable, church and educational purposes. It acquired 24,000 francs for the Turkish Library, of which the Laurentiana
Library became. He erected several churches, 16 folk high schools and organized the teacher training institute with great financial sacrifices. This time he took an active part in all the notable ecclesiastical, cultural and political movements of the country and in particular, with his speeches and proposals in the negotiation of ecclesiastical laws, the civil marriage bill, took a leading role in these struggles. In 1880 he became a Vbtt, in 1884 he became the 1st class knight of the Iron Crown order, in 1885 he became an honorary doctor of theology at the University of Budapest, in 1886 he was a count and high priest of the papal throne and in 1887 a bishop of Oradea. In 1891, he founded a kindergarten training
institute in Oradea, founded a nuns' convent in Debreczen for 30,000 forints, established a 200,000-fort foundation to cover the needs of the diocese of Oradea, and so on. May 1897, he sat on the 2nd of the fiftieth anniversary of his sacrificial priesthood, when the king awarded him with the great cross of the Order of St. Stephen, and in his own right he had a Romanesque church built in the Bishop of Bihor to commemorate his golden mass. In addition, he did an extraordinary amount of cultural work. It has timeless merits in the founding of all our more notable institutions for public education and in the development of our existing cultural institutions. He died on 10 Jul 1902 in Oradea.
As a church writer and orator, he is one of the most outstanding. In his opening speeches at the general meetings of the St. Ladislaus Society (of which he was chairman), he always discussed an important, modern issue that occupied the minds. His speeches were published by Vincze Bunyitai in four volumes. Volume I. Church Sermons (1890), II. Vol. Church Political Speeches (1890), III. and IV. Vol. Church Political Speeches and Dissertations (1898). A second edition was published in 1899 entitled "Speeches and Papers of the Bishop-Bishop Schlauch Lőrincz". [Source: mek.oszk.hu/] |
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SCHLEICH, Franz Thomas
Banat Author, Journalist
& Poet
Schleich, Franz Thomas, *1
Jan 1948 in Triebswetter,
lived in Temeswar; diploma
in German language &
literature, Journalist,
lyric poet, member of the
literary circle Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of the
Writers’ Association of
Temeswar and of the European
Association of Authors "Die
Kogge".
Author of:
spät im jahr [late in the year],
poems, 1978
Co-Author of:
Wortmeldungen
[Requests to speak],
anthology of lyrics,
1972
Prisma [Prism],
1978
Erschti Fechsung
[First Harvest],
anthology of dialect
lyric, 1979
im brennpunkt stehn
[standing in the focal
point], anthology, 1979
Sources:
Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
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SCHMALZ, Josef
Banat Musician
& Kapellmeister
B orn 26 Aug 1932 in
Glogowatz
Die Original
Donauschwaben und das Donau-Duo
Photo contributed by the late Robert
Rohr
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SCHMIDT, Ludwig *1870 Mramorak
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SCHMIDT, Joseph
Teacher & Public
Spokesperson *1913
Orzydorf
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SCHMIDT, Nikolaus
*1874 Sigmundhausen (by Arad) +1930
Budapest
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SCHNEIDER, EDUARD (Pseudonym: Edgar Schnitzler, Johann
Eperschild)
Banat Journalist, Author
& Literary Historian & Critic
Schneider, Eduard
(Pseudonym: Edgar Schnitsler,
Johann Esperschidt), born 10 May
1944 in Temeswar, lived in
Temeswar; diploma in German
language & literature,
journalist, literary
historian and critic.
Member of the literary circle
Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn of
the Writers’ Association of
Temeswar. Former
head culture editor of the
Neue Zeitung Banat.
Editor of:
Wortmeldungen
[Requests to speak],
anthology of lyrics,
1972
Anthologie
junger Banater Lyrik
[Anthology of young
Banat poetry], 1972
Theodor Storm:
Ein Doppelgänger
[A double], foreword,
selection, bibliography,
1973
Co-Author of: Reflexe
[Reflexes], anthology of
Romania-German literary
criticism], 1977
Source:
Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
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SCHWARZ, Stefan Lugwig
Journalist, Playwright, Author
Born 22 Aug 1925 in Dolatz,
lived in Neupetsch.
Journalist, playwright, author of stories, and prize of Writers’ Association of Temeswar 1978.
Author of:
Das Schlüsselbrett
(The keyboard),
literary reports,
1958;
Mer macht sich halt
Sorche (One
just worries), stage
play, 1968;
Man bringt nicht
viel mit aus
Cherbourg (One
doesn’t bring back
much from
Cherbourg), sketches
and stories, 1969;
Die
Husarenkammer
(The chamber of
hussars), comedy in
dialect,
1969;
Buwe, was han mer
heit? (Boys, what day have
we got today?),
libretto
for a Banater folk
play with songs,
1969;
Lache
is
steierfrei
(Laughing is
tax-free), satiric
tales in dialect,
1972;
Matthias
Thill,
peasant drama, 1977;
De
Kaule-Baschtl
(~„Steve from the
pond“), novel, 1977;
Es zweiti Buch vum
Kaule-Baschtl (The
second book about
Kaule-Baschtl),
1978;
Hier ist ein Weg
(Here is a way),
short stories, 1978.
Co-author
of:
Schwowische Gsätzle
(Swabian poems),
poems in dialect,
1969;
Schwowisches Volksbuch
(Swabian
people’s book),
Stories and plays in
dialect,
1970;
Worte
und
Wege
(Words and ways),
short stories,
1970;
Pipatsch-Buch
(Poppies-book),
short stories,
1972;
Schwowische
Owed
(Swabian
evening),
stories in dialect,
1973;
Brücke über die Zeit
(Bridge across the
time),
reports,
1974;
Der Sonne nach
(Following the sun),
travelog,
1974.
Editor of:
Ich fuhr der Sonne
nach
(I followed the sun);
Erschti Fechsung
(First harvest),
Anthology of Banat dialect,
1979.
Adaptation:
Johann Szekler: Der
gescheite Franzl
(The clever Franzl),
comedy.
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 19 Jan 2009.
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SCHWICKER, Johann Heinrich
*1838
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SENETRA, Lorenz
Banat Farmer Poet
To
the few well-known farmer poets, Lorenz Senetra is among them.
Born 1882 in Mercydorf, he wrote many poems while in Russian captivity
(1914-1918). A large part of his collection was destroyed
through the invasion of the Russians in Mercydorf. (variant name:
SZENTRA)
My
Homeland
© Pg
606 of the Mercydorf book, translated by Brad
Schwebler
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Meine
Heimat
Meiner schönen Heimat
gleich
gibt es wohl kein zweites Reich
hier auf dem Weltenrad.
Und auf dieser großen Welt
nirgends mir es so gefällt
wie im schönen Banat.
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My
Homeland
There is no place in the
entire world
that equals to my beautiful homeland.
And nowhere in this large world
does it please me in such a way
as in
the beautiful Banat.
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Der
Vögleinsang im Azur,
im Blütenglanz Hain und Flur,
voll wunderschöner Saat;
auf den Höhen edler Wein,
Obst und Früchte wohl gedeihn
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The small birds sang
to fully beautiful seed in the
azure,
in the bloom gloss grove and
corridor,
on the heights noble wine,
fruit and fruits probably
thrive
in the beautiful Banat.
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Zu den wenig bekannten
Bauerndichtern gehört Lorenz Senetra. Geboren 1882 in Mercydorf,
schreib Viele Gedichte in Russischer Gefangenschaft (1914-1918). Ein
großer Teil seiner Sammlung wurde durch den Einmarsch der Russen in
Mercydorf vernichtet.
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Source: Mercydorf
Heimatbuch 1987 by Klugesherz, Lammert, Petri, & Zirenner
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SONNLEITNER, Hans
Banat Teacher, Actor &
Writer
Born 1931 in
Karlsdorf, Banat. He became a victim of the Tito Partisans
and after his escape from the death camp
he came to Munich, Germany in 1947. He
assumed a position at the Siemens
Company. In Munich he became the head of
the Family Research Center and the
president of the Donauschwäbischen
Kulturstiftung in 1978. His
organizational talent led to the
completion of documentations of the
History of the Donauschwaben.
Sonnleitner, Hans: Aktion Intelligenzija in Karlsdorf. Tatsachen
und Hintergründe, Reflexionen zur Sinnfrage über Mord und Tod. Gedenkschrift 1944-1984 über die
Ermordung von 36 Karlsdorfern. (1986) 512 S. mit Abb. (15:22) Lwd. = Donauschwäbisches Archive.
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SPRINGENSCHMID,
Karl (Pseudonyme:
Christian Kreuzhakler, Beatus
Streitter)
Banat Author
Born 1897 Innsbruck, Austria, died
died in Salzburg on March 5, 1981.
Karl Springenschmid chose two Šumavans as the heroes of his "calendar" story, perhaps by chance. However, he is not just any author, although the pseudonyms Christian Kreuzhakler and Beatus Streitter, which he used, reveal something about his highly controversial starting points and peripetias of his life. Born on March 19, 1897 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, he attended the Teacher Training Institute in Salzburg ("Salzburg is the capital of Salzburg", said Jaroslav Hašek), fought in the First World War, and found himself in Italian captivity from November 1918 to June 1919. He then worked in the federal state of Salzburg as a professional teacher.
Already in 1932 he joined the NSDAP, then illegal in Austria. Four years later, he was expelled from the Austrian school services due to "Great German" attitudes, but "anschluss" came of March 1938 and with it Springenschmid's famous return to political prominence. In the same year, he became the head of the county office (Gauamtsleiter) for upbringing and education, in which he gained a terrible fame, among other things, by giving his pupils the impetus to burn "non-German" books. He named my beloved among their authors
Stefana Zweiga (then still the inhabitants of the house on Capuchin Hill with a view opposite the Salzburg Castle, from where Nazism expelled him for racial reasons to faraway Brazil, where a great humanist chose his voluntary departure from life in the face of Hitler's temporarily successful aspiration to conquer the world The Rooster Cross is also represented separately). Springenschmid had
that unfortunate date on April 30, 1938 (a commemorative plaque commemorating the site of a former Nazi event since 2007, directed primarily against "clerical and Jewish" literature, the first and only ever taken in occupied Austria, while in Germany it took place in 1933). more than 40 places!), which meant a break with the whole humanistic tradition of Central Europe, to put in one schoolboy a cry: "I throw a book of the Jew Stefan Zweig into the fire, that the flames engulf her like all Jewish scratches (Geschreibe). Stand up freely, pay attention, German spirit! "In 1939, he volunteered for the front at the beginning of the war, and when, after many
field campaigns (the 2nd Mountain Division, operating in Norway, he later published a frequently mentioned book), he was defeated. Nazism, hiding in the German mountains to escape arrest and conviction until 1951. He adopted the name Karl Bauer, made false personal documents and published under pseudonyms, and since 1956 he has lived in Salzburg-Elsbethen as a freelance writer and he also died in Salzburg on March 5, 1981. As a writer (from his school years he was a friend of the important later Austrian author Karel Heinrich Waggerl,
about whom he published a 1978 book of memoirs), Springenschmid was extremely prolific. occupying the page in the new edition of the renowned literary lexicon for three other writers, is really so extensive that it is not even possible to mention it in the selection due to lack of space. For all of them, let us mention the committee Die schönsten Erzählungen (ie The Most Beautiful Short Stories), which was compiled and presented in 1984 by Reinhard Pozorny with his preface. ~Innsbruck (A) / Český Krumlov / Želnava / Volary
SEE: www.dvhh.org/history/atrocities/Springenschmid-Lettang-pg41-53.htm
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Janitscharen? Die
Kindertragödie im Banat
By
Karl Springenschmid
Published by
Schutzverein Österr.
Landsmannschaft (Wien),
1978
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English
Translation: |
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Our Lost Children:
Janissaries?
Translated (additional
notes)
by John Adam Kohler
and Eve Eckert Koehler
Mass kidnapping by
Communists of 20,000
children of ethnic Germans
from Banat. Published
by Eckartschriften, Vienna,
Austria, was translated from
German by
John Adam Koehler and Eve
Eckert Koehler
under the title 'Our Lost
Children: Janissaries?' (87
p.). The English edition was
published in 1980 by the
Danube Swabian Association
of the U.S.A., Inc.
Copies may be
available from the
University of Wisconsin -
Milwaukee (where Ms. Koehler
worked), through antiquarian
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STAHL, Peter
Banat Musician
& Kapellmeister
*1884
Bogarosch - 1982
Philadelphia
Peter was one of the 30 young musicians in the 1900
US Census with Mr. Schilzonyi in PA. Peter went on to
become a Bandleader popular band in Philadelphia "The Stahl
Marching Band." Peter's brother Adam Stahl was a band
member. Peter Stahl's son, Jacob Stahl, went on to
play violin in the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Peter is the Great uncle of
Helen Dubas, the
brother of her grandfather, Adam Stahl. They were both from
Bogarosch. Helen's family still has several of Peter's
75rpm records. More from Helen, below.
"The Stahl
Marching Band"
Contributed
by Helen Dubas
Peter Stahl sits
with hands folded left of the drum. My grandfather, Adam
Stahl sits at his feet. Adam was an accomplished
musician, and played the saxophone, tuba, and clarinet.
Along with his brothers, he was
part of the
established Stahl Marching Band in Philadelphia, PA. When
his daughter Elizabeth died at the age of eighteen, the
marching band followed the horse-drawn hearse in a
procession along the neighborhood streets of Fishtown in
Philadelphia. He also had another music group which was
called Cappelle (Brothers Three).
Family members still have 75rpm recordings.
In my family tree notes, I have: Also noted on the
1910 US census was that Peter came into this country
originally in 1898, which puts him at about 14 years
of age. Haven’t found the 1898 manifest. That
notation further makes me believe that he is the
same Peter Stahl listed on the 1900 census.
Besides being known for the Stahl Marching Band in
Philadelphia (family members still have 75 rpm’s),
he was best known in Philadelphia for Stahl’s
Photography Studio at 2nd & Girard Ave.
My mother was the colorist for his photos.
Fortunately for me, I have lots of photos of Stahl
family members.
Adam
Stahl was also an accomplished musician, and played the
saxophone, tuba, and clarinet. Along with his brothers, he
played in the Stahl Marching Band in Philadelphia, PA. When
his daughter Elizabeth died at the age of eighteen, the
marching band followed the horse-drawn hearse in a
procession along the neighborhood streets of Fishtown in
Philadelphia. He also had another music group which was
called Cappelle (Brothers Three).
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STADER, Stefan
Sammelwerk donauschwäbischer Kolonisten: Auszüge aus der donauschwäbischen Gesamtkartei (Compilation of
Danube-Swabian colonists)
Born 20 July 1923 Satnitz, Slavonia, died 16 December 2003.
Farewell to Stefan Stader
Yesterday
afternoon (16.12.2003) the funeral service for
Stefan Stader (born 20.07.1923 in Satnitz,
Slavonia, died 10.12.2003 in Hanau) took place
at the Bischofsheimer Cemetery. He died after
a long illness and leaves a wife, two
daughters, two sons-in-law and three
grandchildren. The installation of the urn in
its final resting place will take place at a
later date.
Present at the funeral were the AKdFF
committee member Jakob Schuy, as well as Anton
Krämer and Günter Junkers. Jakob Schuy said
a few words at the end of the service, as
follows:
Dear Mrs. Stader, relatives and mourners, we
must say goodbye today to someone who, as well
as in his private life, also gave much to the
general public.. He was a family man and
already early on in his life he began to show
an interest in family research and above all
in the origins of the settlers who, 2 - 300
years earlier, followed the call of the
Habsburg Kaiser and emigrated from regions all over Germany to Hungary to build a new
life there.
In 1975 he became a member of the
newly-founded AKdFF society (a working group
for Danube Swabian family researchers) for
which he has done so much in the way of
researching the settlers of the
Austro-Hungarian region of the time, like no
other person. He wrote and published several
Family Books.
When he was transferred by his employer - the
Opel factory - to Kaiserslautern as foreman, a
new world opened up for him there for family
research, for in the hometown of Pfalz there
are thousands of family index cards recorded
of emigrants. He became actively involved in this, too, and helped with several
publications. At the same time, the idea grew
of pooling together all the varied sources of
emigration details into one source, so that
anyone who was researching would find
everything in this one book.
That was
an immense undertaking and took all the energy
and spare time left of his private life, but
he still never neglected his family, being a
family man. And so a work was written which is
unique in this world to family research. Only
in October was the sixth volume of this work
published, and when you think of how each
volume covers 7 - 800 pages, you can see how
extensive this work is.
Unfortunately, fate didn't allow him to
complete his work. Another two or three
volumes need to be given literary form before
they are ready to print and we don't know how
we can close this gap which he has left
behind. The AKdFF and all Danube Swabian
researchers are indebted to Mr. Stader and
will always honor his memory.
A full obituary will appear in the March
edition of the Researchers Pages. Thank you to
everyone who commemorates our honored member,
Stefan Stader. The priest had a few comforting
words: At Advent, the door to Heaven has been
opened to us. With this in mind, I wish
everyone a Happy Christmas. You may also write
to the Stader family at: Haingrabenstr. 49,
63477 Maintal, Germany.
With best
wishes, Günter Junkers
(Translated by Diana Lambing)
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Village Coordinator:
Banat Topola
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STEIGERWALD, Jacob
Banat Post WWII
Survivor, Teacher Ph.D., Author,
Historian, Translator & Interpreter
Born in Banat
Topola.
From an
Unwanted Group in Yugoslavia to a Professorship in America
As a member of Yugoslavia's
disenfranchised German minority, Jacob Steigerwald had not even
finished grade school when he immigrated to America at age 20.
Along with other group members, he was confined to forced labor
camps in April 1945, as the process of ethnic cleansing was
underway, involving executions, starvation, and other methods of
genocide.
Jacob survived by fleeing to Romania at age 14, where he worked
for a farmer while keeping a low profile to avoid apprehension and
deportation.
Without prospects for a future under Communism, Jacob trekked to
Austria in 1947 and worked there as a refugee until he emigrated
to Chicago.
In the land of opportunity, Jacob eventually became an educator
and a family man, thanks to staunch support from his wife Marie.
In the monograph on his birthplace Banat Topola and in his memoir
'Profile of an Americanized Danube Swabian Ethnically Cleansed
under Tito,' Jacob provides ample insights toward a better
understanding of his widely scattered ethnic group.
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STEIN, Jakob Konrad [Stein, Jacobus Conrad] (Pseudonym Franz Feld)
Banat Writer Born 27 Jul 27, 1878 Franzfeld, died May 02, 1948 Graz, Austria The son of a wealthy farmer attended the lower classes of the high school in Pantschowa, the upper classes in Preßburg. After graduating from high school, he studied
German, history and geography in Vienna, Leipzig, Jena and Budapest. Here he received teaching qualifications for teaching at higher schools. From 1904 to 1905 he tried to gain a foothold as a high school professor in Temeschburg, but had to leave the Banat capital as early as 1905 because he tried to work against the intense madjarization. He
moved to Graz in 1905, where he lived and worked as a freelance writer on the Ruckelberg. Many of his works have appeared under the pseudonym "Franz Feld"; he wrote the first Danube-Swabian literary history of a quarter of a century: "Twenty-five years of German literature in the Banate ..." [Fünfundzwanzig Jahre deutschen Schrifttums im Banate] is still significant today.
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STEINER,
Lambert
Banat Musician
& Kapellmeister
A great Bandleader, born
09 Mar 1837 - died 11 Aug 1914 in Sanktanna. For 60 years of his
life, he trained and established boys bands, and traveled with them on concert all
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TÄUBER, Radegunde
Emilie
Diploma in German
Literature, Assistant
University Professor,
Historian of Literature.
Born 14 Jun 1940
Gertjanosch, lived in
Temeswar.
Johann
Nepomuk Preyer,
Monograph in
Pictures,
1977; Temeswarer
Kulturreflexe
aus den
Jahren
1825-1828
(Cultural
reflexions
from
Temeswar 1825-1828). Untersuchung
zur Banater
Kulturgeschichte
(Investigation
of Banat
cultural
history),
in:
Seminarul de
literaturä
Nr. 10,
University
of Temeswar
1978; Johann
Nepomuk
Preyer
(1805-1888)
Some
data
from his
life and
work,
in:
Forschungen
zur
Volks-
und
Landeskunde,
vol. 18.
Nr. 2
1978.
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TENZ, Maria Horwath
Banat Death Camp Survivor & Author
*1931
Weißkirchen, Banat +
2007 USA
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TOTOK, William
(Pseudonym: Otto Willik)
Diploma in German Language and Literature, Lyric Poet, Theater Critic
Born 12 Apr 1951 in Grosskomlosch; lived in
Temeswar; He was a member
of the literary circle Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn of the Writers’ Association of Temeswar.
Was a member of the Aktionsgruppe
Banat.
Co-author of: Wortmeldungen (Requests to speak), anthology of lyrics, 1972;
im brennpunkt stehn (standing in focus), anthology, 1979.
Below image: 12 Jun 1982 Temeswarer Press Club, Adam
Müller-Guttenbrunn. Pictured above, left to right:
Horst Samson,
Eduard Schneider, Helmuth Frauendorfer,
Anghel Dumbraveanu,
Robert Reiter/Franz Liebhard,
Nikolaus
Berwanger, Bettina Gros,
William Totok and
Richard Wagner.
From Expressionism to Entertainment (Tribute to Franz
Xaver Kappus) By William Totok Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 19 Jan 2009.
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TULLIUS, Nick
Banat Author, Writer &
Translator Nick was born in Alexanderhausen, Banat, Romania; as a young adult he emigrated to Canada. Read his story: Journey
from Alexanderhausen to Ottawa 'Sketch of a memoir'. Nick was a former DVHH Admin Team member and went on to serve as one of the original Board Directors in the early years of the DVHH becoming a nonprofit, in 2007. He has bestowed upon us a wonderful collection of Danube Swabian content while serving as a long time chief editor here at DVHH. His
first hand experience of the old homeland and his desire to help researchers gain knowledge about their heritage, -is evident in everything he writes, whether it is his own personal experience or a translation of an article only available in German, before now. We have always appreciated his time and talents! Thank you Nick!
DVHH Roles:
See:
The Collected Works of Nick Tullius
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VALENTIN,
Anton
Banat
Teacher, Headmaster, Author and 1953-1966 President of the
Association of the Banat Swabians of Romania in Germany
Anton Valentine was born 1898 in Neu Arad,
Banat and died 1967 in
Sigmaringen,
Germany.
He
wrote a history about the Banat
Swabians (Geschichte der Banater
Schwaben, 1959), but in his
professional life he was a
schoolman, a teacher. The last 2
years in Romania he was the
headmaster (director) of the
German
high school "Banatia" in
Temeschburg / Temesvar / Timisoara. And
between 1953
and 1966 he was president
of the
Association of
the Banat
Swabians of
Romania in
Germany
(Bundesvorsitzender der
Landmannschaft der Banater Schwaben
aus Rumänien in Deutschland e.V.).
In Romania he was also very busy in
cultural affairs beside his
profession as a teacher. He loved
his home country (Heimat) very much
and it was very hard for him that he
had to leave the country in 1944 and
could never see it again. It
would have been too dangerous.
Communists didn't like the
activities of the "Landsmannschaft".
So I went sometimes to Romania to
see his relatives and his friends. I
took a lot of pictures and had to
tell him many things. [Biography contributed
by Anton Valentine's
daughter, Heidi (Adelheid)
Haug, 14 Aug 2010.]
Achievements:
He founded the magazine Banater Monatshefte (in Romanian Banat monthly books ), a monthly literary publication in German of Banat Swabians , which occurred during 1933 to 1939, and consider the culture and history of the Danube Swabians. [Timis County Library has collection years 1933 to 1939. BJT: P III 844.]
Author of:
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Die Banater Schwaben
kurzgefasste Geschichte
einer südostdeutschen
Volksgruppe; mit einem
volkskundlichen Anhang,
München 1959. 118 pages.
Publication of the Culture
des Kulturreferates der
Landsmannschaft der Banater
Schwaben.
A condensed history of a
southeast German group of
peoples; with a
volkskundlichen appendix
Valentin, Anton Munich 1959.
118 S. Veröffentlichung/Publication
of the Kulturreferates of
the homeland association of
the Banater Swabia; Arbeitsh.3 |
Valentin, Anton:
Die Banater Schwaben. Kurzgefa\ßte Geschichte
einer südostdeutschen Volksgruppe... 2. A. 1984. 118 S. mit Abb. (14:21) Kart. = Veröffentlichung
des Kulturreferates der Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben Arbeitsheft3
Other
sources of
information
about Anton
Valentin,
Bundesvorsitzender
(1953-1966)
Anton
Valentin,
geb. 1898 in
Neuarad,
gest. 1967
in
Padagoge,
Schuldirektor,
Bundesvorsitzender
der Banater
Schwaben
Sources:
2Listed
in: Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939): der
Beitrag der
Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwa"bischen Geistesleben. Author:
Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos
Verlag, Heidelberg, 1982.
[Published by Jody McKim, DVHH.org 10
Nov 2009]
3Jody
McKim Donauschwaben Library Collection
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Dr.
Ing. Heinz Vogel
Contact in
Germany:
83301
Traunreut
Theodor-Körner-Str.
5
Tel.(0049) 086699503
Fax (0049)
0866912753
E-Mail:
h.r.vogel@t-online.de
Contact in
Romania:
307255 Tomnatic
Str. Garii 942
Tel. (0040)
0256374001
Fax (0040)
0256374186
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WAGNER, Peter Max
Founder of Hilfswerk der Donauschwaben
Contributed by Richard Wagner
Hans Supritz, the chairman of the Donauschwaben team in Baden-Württemberg recognized the works of Peter Max Wagner 53 years ago as the disappearance of his people in Yugoslavia was very near. In this time of greatest need and despair for the Donauschwaben, Wagner thought of his Pannonian origins (He came from Sekitsch in the Batschka), and he established Hilfswerk der Donauschwaben (Aid for the Donauschwaben) in Ridgewood, Brooklyn with countrymen and friends in May 1946. Thousands of help packets found their way to the hungry children, mothers, and grandparents in the concentration camps, which the Tito partisans had erected for the ethnic cleansing of the German minority in the Pannonian region. Bringing families together was organized and made
possible the immigration of tens of thousands of Donauschwaben to the USA. [More]
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WAGNER, Richard
Banat Author, Co-Founder of the Aktionsgruppe
Banat
Wagner, Richard,
born 10 Apr 1952 in Lowrin, lived in Temeswar; Diploma in German Literature,
journalist, lyric poet, author of prose.
Son of Nikolaus Wagner und Margarete, geb. Dreier. Wagner attended high school in
Großsanktnikolaus. Already at this time Richard Wagner began
publishing reports in the German-language press in Romania. He studied Germanistik at the University of
Timisoara (Temeswarer Universität); and several years of German in Hunedoara. [More]
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WALTER, Elizabeth B.
Banat Author, Speaker & Artist
Elizabeth B. Walter was born
in Karlsdorf, Yugoslavia (Banat). She spent almost three
years in Communist Yugoslavian concentration camps
AFTER World War II. Why? Because she was an ethnic
German. She and her family escaped on foot across
Hungary to Austria. The family was reunited with her
father in bombed out Munich, Germany. In 1950 the
family emigrated to America.
On September 8th 1998
Ms. Walter received the prestigious American Legion
Auxiliary 1998 Woman of the Year award for sharing
her personal story of survival in the face of
physical and emotional suffering, by writing the
book Barefoot in the Rubble, to inform the
public about the inhumanity of post-war ethnic
cleansing that continues to this day!
Author of:
Barefoot in the Rubble,
which is included in the
bibliography of the
Holocaust Memorial
Foundation of Illinois.
Photo taken
at the
DVHH Booth during the
Landesverband der Donauschwaben,
USA Tag der Donauschwaben USA &
Kanada 2007! Hosted by The
Mansfield Liederkranz.
More about
Elizabeth and book ordering
information:
www.pannoniapress.com/Author.html
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Dialect Researcher, Teacher & 1st chairman of the Association for Danube
Swabian Teachers
Born 06/03/1894,
Werschetz,
Banat;
died 12.10.1977.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N8zeROqJXdY/RRcujS7nABI/AAAAAAAAAKw/pUF9BsXVaE4/Die Deutsche Mundart Von Vrsac - Ladislaus Weifert - 1935.jpg
Attended high school and studied German, French and Hungarian in Budapest. Graduated in 1932 and habilitated in 1940 for German philology in Belgrade. Since 1943 associate professor at the university there. In addition to his duties as a university teacher, he participated in the establishment of German school autonomy in Banat, Serbia. After 1945 he became a lecturer in phonetics and dialectology at the University of Munich. In 1947 he was elected as the first chairman of the newly founded Donauschwäbischer teachers working group. His most important publications are "Weißkirchner surnames", 1918; "The
German dialect of Weißkirchen", 1939; "The German settlements and dialects in the Southwest Banat", 1941; "The dialects of the Banat communities Heufeld and Mastort", 1962; "Banater nickname", 1973.
Source : Petri, AP in Donauschwäbische Lehrerblätter 1965/65. (1974)
His main publications
are "Weißkirchner family name", 1918, "The
German dialect of Weißkirchner," 1939; "The
German settlements and dialects in Südwestbanat,"
1941; "The dialects of the Banat municipalities
Heufeld und Mastort," 1962; "Banater Spitznamen"
(Banat nickname) , 1973. In the years 1964 and
1965 published records of dialects of southern
Germany, Switzerland, Alsace and the medium-such
as Low German area.
Landsmannschaft
der
Donauschwaben
in
Baden-Württemberg,
1962
Die Deutsche
Mundart von
Vršac (Werschetz)
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1. [photo of Weissmuller as Tarzan] Broad shoulders, bare chest;
that's the way people know Johnny Weissmuller -- as the man of the
jungle.
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2. [photo of marriage record] On June 7, 1903 Peter Weiszmüller,
widower of Margit Müller, born in Warjasch, residing in Freidorf,
married the single [woman] Elisabeth Kersch, daughter of the cobbler
Konrad and Elisabeth née Bücher.
3. [photo of baptismal/birth record] In entry No. 39 for the year
1904, dated June 5, the birth of János Weiszmüller (on June 2) is
listed in the Freidorf baptismal register.
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4. [photo of Weissmuller in nursing
home] Johnny Weissmuller was victorious in several Olympic
breaststroke swimming events. He earned millions as the world's most
successful man of the jungle. On his 75th birthday he was declared
legally incompetent and admitted to a nursing home -- broke and
seriously ill.
5. [photo of godparents entry] Godparents of the first son of the
Weiszmüller family, Freidorf No. 84, were Borstner, János (cobbler)
and Zerbesz, Katalin.
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WEISSMÜLLER, Johnny
Banat immigrant to
America, Actor & Five swimming gold medals with the U.S.
Born
János Weissmüller 02 Jun 1904 in Freidorf, suburb of
Temesvar.
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Johnny Weissmüller
Article from the 1983
Volkskalender
Neue Banater Zeitung, 1983, pp. 46-48
by Ludwig Klein
English translation by
Hyde Flippo
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TARZAN COMES FROM FREIDORF
Johnny Weissmuller -- son of a brickworks employee**
Four brothers came from Warjasch
by Ludwig Klein Johnny Weissmüller, the athlete who stands 1.95 meters tall, brought
home five swimming gold medals with the U.S. Olympic team in 1924
and 1928. Over the course of his career he broke 67 world records
and won 52 U.S. championships. Beginning in 1932 the giant swung his
way to fame as the "ape man." His famous yell -- a mixture of five
different tape recordings, by the way -- went around the world.
Tarzan-Johnny swung from branch to branch in a total of 19 films. In
every film he dived headfirst into raging waters and -- with the
help of his animal friends -- saved the good guys. "I never had a
double," he used to say proudly. In 1950 he appeared in a slightly
modified TV series as "Jungle Jim." But the show was not that well
received. Johnny withdrew from show business. The money he had
earned during his glory days ran through his fingers like water. His
five divorces cost him vast sums of money. The former star was going
downhill. His last job was as a greeter at Caesar's Palace Hotel in
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It wasn't until the late 1970s that he again made headlines with the
news that he was being admitted to a Los Angeles nursing home -- an
event that corresponded with his 75th birthday. But soon came the
news that the jungle man was being kicked out of the hospital
because he often went down the halls at night in a state of mental
confusion, yelling out his distinctive jungle cry. That's when his
wife Maria moved to Mexico, to Acapulco, with her seriously ill
husband. (Physician Dr. Ricardo Figueroa: "Anyone else would have
never survived all these strokes, but his
heart is strong.") There, according to the latest reports prior to
press time, the 77-year-old former muscleman has been reduced almost
to a skeleton. But with all the reports there are also
different accounts as to the birthplace, name, and age of the
world-famous movie star.
Among other things, Windber in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is
also given as his birthplace, while it is claimed that his parents
immigrated from Austria. The accounts of his age vary by author,
while lately a minor alteration of the name has also been seen.
Johnny Weissmüller is said to have changed his name to the more
English-sounding Weissmuller. Magazines in western Europe sometimes
write Weissmueller. It is well known that the film star
himself -- for publicity purposes, of course -- gave varying
accounts about himself, including that he was a U.S.-born citizen,
the son of a high-ranking officer who had immigrated from Austria.
Nikolaus Berwanger -- in his book DER SONNE NACH ("Following the
sun" - Kriterion Publishing, Bucharest, 1974) and in two reports
broadcast in German and Romanian by our TV, based on documents and
accounts from relatives and countrymen of the Weissmuller family,
has already proven that the famous king of the jungle Johnny
Weissmüller was born on June 2, 1904 in Freidorf. To be sure, in
accordance with the requirements of the time, he is registered as
János. (See entry in the birth registry of the Freidorf Roman
Catholic parish, Vol. VII, No. 39: János Weiszmüller, boy,
legitimate child of Peter Weiszmüller, worker, [town of] Warjasch,
and Elisabeth née Kersch, Freidorf. Godparents: János Borstner,
cobbler, and Katharina Zerbesz.) Regarding the entry for the parents
of Johnny Weissmuller, the NBZ* [newspaper] has discovered the
marriage [record] in the Temeswar State Archive in the marriage
registry of the Freidorf parish for the year 1903, page 31, No. 10:
Peter Weiszmüller of Warjasch, residing at No. 192 Freidorf,
widower, 26 years of age, with Elisabeth Kersch, daughter of Konrad
Kersch and Elisabeth
Bücher, residing at No. 81 Freidorf, 23 years of age, single.
We still find the name Weissmuller in Freidorf today, where Johnny
Weissmuller's closest relatives live: Hans and Werner, the two sons
of Johnny's cousin, Jakob Weissmüller, who only recently passed
away. Cousin Jakob knew many a story, and he merely smiled
when we asked about his famous cousin: "Tarzan came from Freidorf.
My father, his name was Wilhelm, had three brothers, Michael, Peter,
and Jakob. Peter was Tarzan's father. From my father I know that the
family went to the U.S. in 1907."
Jakob himself had a photo -- unfortunately now lost -- that
showed Uncle Peter and Aunt Elisabeth "with little Hansi [Johnny]" Jakob Weissmüller still remembers the exchange of letters
between his parents and Uncle Peter very well. Tarzan's father was
said to have been the tallest and strongest of the Weissmüller
brothers, who had come to Freidorf from Warjasch as brick-factory
workers.**
"After the First World War my Uncle Michael was in the USA himself
for a few years, where his son Adam became a wrestler," cousin Jakob
told us. The two brothers spent time together there, according to
Michael Weissmüller after his return. Two other people from Freidorf
-- Karl Kersch and a locksmith named Pappert -- also were in contact
with their compatriot Peter Weissmüller during a brief stay in the
U.S. "Unfortunately, the family never came home for a visit,"
so Jakob Weissmüller never met his cousin, who had in the meantime
become famous, in person. With the outbreak of World War II the
postal correspondence was also interrupted. For over 30 years the
Weissmüllers in Freidorf have heard no news from their relatives
overseas. The fact that Johnny is still remembered is no doubt due
to his fame as the movie Tarzan; as a champion swimmer he has
probably been long forgotten.
(For the information of some authors, including some here in
Romania, who keep casting doubt on Johnny Weissmuller's birthplace,
[you will find] here facsimiles as verifiable proof.)
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*Translator's note: NBZ = Neue Banater Zeitung = "New Banat
Newspaper"
**Translator's note: The word used in the original German is "Ziegeleiarbeiter,"
which can mean either a worker in a (roof) tile-making plant or in a
brickworks.
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- English translation: Hyde Flippo, who has been researching
Weissmuller's European roots for some time now. Recently he
interviewed Johnny Weissmuller's son, Johnny Jr. View at:
www.germanhollywood.com/tarzan_myfather1.html
www.germanhollywood.com - Hyde Flippo - Webmaster: Thank you Mr.
Hyde Flippo for voluntarily translating this
article. Now our English readers can join this most
interesting story.
[Published at dvhh.org,
07 Feb 2005 by Jody McKim Pharr]
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WETTEL,
Franz (pseudonym: Beatus
Streiter)
Banat Author Historian and Politician
Born 1854 February 24,1854 in Werschetz,
(Banat) and died August 5,1938 in Timișoara, Romania.
An active Swabian historian and politician. Together with Edmund Steinacker, he
is one of the founders of the Hungarian German People's Party (UDVP), which was founded in Werschetz on December 30, 1906. He also worked as a local historian and had become wealthy as a bookseller and publisher.
He left his Banatica library in the form of a “Wettel Foundation” to Banatia in Timisoara. It had been in the school's staff room since 1936 and was administered by H. Hegel until 1942. After the royal coup in Romania in 1944, it was outsourced.
Author of:
Sechs Lyriker.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 5.
Temeswar. 1912.
Gedenkblätter.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 29.
Temeswar. 1918.
Temeschwar im
Mittelalter.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 37.
Temeswar. Um 1924.
Geschichte des Banates
im Altertum und
Mittelalter.
Publisher:
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 47.
Temeswar. 1927.
English:
History
of the Banat and in
Ancient Times
Beiträge zur Chronik der Gemeinde
Neubeschenowa.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 52.
Temeswar. 1930.
Karl von Sonklar.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 54.
Temeswar. 1931.
Alfred von
Domassewski.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 56.
Temeswar. 1931.
Biographische
Skizzen. 3.
Auflage.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 6.
Temeswar. 1932.
Wettel, Franz: Deutsch-Banater
Dichterinnen und
Künstlerinnen.
Deutschbanater
Volksbücher 58.
Temeswar. 1933.
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WOLF, Johann,
Dr.
Philosopher, Educator, University
Teacher, Language and Literature
Scientist
Johann Wolf was born 12
Jun 1905 in Bozen/Bolzano (Südtirol/Österreich-Ungarn). Died 24 Sep 1982 in
Timisoara/Temeswar (Rumänien). His parents were Johann (1874-1921) Military
Musician and Maria, geb. Koran (1879-1907). He was married to Elivra, geb. Hicke
(1906-1999), who was a Primary Teacher. Religion: Roman Catholic.
He lived in Temeswar in 1979. He was a Philosopher, Educator,
University teacher, language and literature scientist.
Author of: Das Schulwesen des Temeswarer Banats im 18 Jahrhundert (The
educational system of the Temeswarer Banat in the XVIII century),
dissertation, Vienna, 1935;
Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn, der Erzieher zur Heimat (AMG,the educator
to the homeland) in: Banater Schulbote 1931/8;
Friedrich Schiller, in: Kultureller Wegweise 1955/1;
Die Revolutionsjahre im Banat (The years of revolution in the
Banat), Neuer Weg Nr. 2221--2244, 1956;
Literature und Literaturunterricht, in: Neue Literatur, 1963/5; 6;
1964/2, 5;
Kurzformen volkstümlichen Erzählens (Short forms of popular
storytelling). Droll stories in the dialects of the Banat villages, in: NW,
12 Aug 1967;
Das Wort. Versuch einer interpretation von Paul Celans Gedicht "Sprachsplitter" (The word: a tentative interpretation of Paul Celan’s poem "Sprachsplitter")
in: NW, 20 Apr 1968;
Interpretation: Ingeborg Bachmanns Gedicht "Die gestundete Zeit" (Interpretation: Ingeborg Bachmanns poem "Die gestundete Zeit"), in:
Hermannstädter Zeitung, 13 Dec 1968;
Krise der Kritik? Zu Fragen unserer Literaturkritik (Crisis in
criticism? To the questions of our literary criticism), in NL 1968/7;
Dichtung und Musik. Gedichte von Schiller and Beethovens neunte
Symphonie (Potry and music. Poems by Schiller and Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony), in: NW, 12 Aug 1970;
Wie kamen im 18. Jahrhundert deutsche Kolonisten ins Banat? (How
did German colonists come to the Banat in the XVIII century?), in:
Forschungen zur Volks- und Landeskunde, 16, 1973/2;
Mundartliches in Goetheschen Texten (Dialectal forms in the texts
of Goethe). Einige Hinweise auf Ähnlichkeiten mit den Banater
rheinfränkischen Mundarten (A few pointers to similarities with
rhenano-franconian dialects of the Banat), in: FVLK 5.4., 19.4 1975;
Germanistische Studien in Rumänien bis zum Jahr 1944 (Studies in
German language and literature in Romania until 1944), in: FVLK 19/1976/1;
Methodik des deutschen Sprachunterrichts (Methodology of teaching
German language), 1968;
Einführung in die deutsche Philologie (mit Yvonne Lucuta)
(Introduction to the German Philology), university lecture, 1973;
Sprachgebrauch - Sprachverständnis. Ausdrucksformen und Gefüge in
unserem heutigen Deutsch (Use and understanding. Forms of expression and
structure in our contemporary German), 1973;
Kleine Banater Mundartenkunde (Pocket book on the dialects of the
Banat), 1974.
Über Goethes Faust (About the play Faust by Goethe); Foreword to: Johann
Wolfgang Goethe: Faust, parts I and II, 1974.
Editor of: Jean Paul, Flegeljahre (~Teenage years) I, II, 1976.
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980
Banat-German Authors of
the Present -
A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. Bio information
translated by Nick Tullius; contributed
and published by Jody McKim 19 Jan 2009.
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WÜST,
Josef Dr.
Austrian Journalist, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Born March 11, 1925 – Died February 19, 2003)
Josef Wüst was born in Georgshausen, the third child of the Wüst family, and spent his early life together with his siblings Franz and Elisabeth on their parents' farm. He was in secondary school in the nearby town of Vršac during World War II when the Balkan Campaign began in 1941 in the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the language of education changed from Serbian to German.
In fall 1944 Germans had to flee from the Banat; Josef's father was killed and the family were dispossessed of all their belongings. His brother joined combat units, while his mother and sister were interned in Serbian camps. Josef managed to escape with his school class by way of Budapest and Vienna to Sankt Pölten, where he graduated from the teacher training college. Continuing his journey, he became caught between the closing East and West fronts in the Czechoslovak Republic. After barely surviving, he tried to return to his hometown on foot. Being arrested and freed several times, he successfully crossed the Alps and reached Carinthia. There he was taken into the custody of the British army and was informed of the fate of his hometown. After his release he
became an elementary school teacher in Carinthia. Meanwhile, his mother and sister had arrived in Vienna and were able to make contact with him through the refugee relief program of the Austrian Caritas organization.
To reunite with them, in November 1945 Wüst moved to Vienna, where he made a living as a shoemaker.
He enrolled in the faculty of philosophy at the University of Vienna on October 6, 1948. On September 26, 1950, he changed his focus of study to journalism. During his studies he spent six months in Madrid on
a scholarship, but returning from Spain to Vienna, he only had enough money to reach Salzburg. Fortunately he found work with the US army there.
During his time in Salzburg he also joined the Catholic fraternity K.Ö.H.V. Rheno-Juvavia Salzburg. Once back in Vienna he joined the affiliated K.Ö.H.V. Saxo-Bavaria Prag, and on December 22, 1954, he graduated from the university. His doctoral dissertation is on the beginning
of letterpress in the Banat.
After graduation Wüst worked as a freelancer at a publishing house, the Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag (Austrian business press) and as a courier. In 1958 his position at the publisher became permanent; he worked there as a journalist and editor-in-chief until
1985, during which time he supervised its journals for the sporting goods, joiner, master carpenter, electronics, butcher and automobile branches. Publications:
In 1991 Wüst published Verlorene Heimat Georgshausen, describing life in a small village of Danube Swabians in Banat from 1849 to 1945. An English translation, Lost Homeland Georgshausen, was published in March 2008.
The newspaper Unser Dorftrommler (December 1991 – November 2002) focused on informing former citizens of Georgshausen and their descendants about the past village life, as well as distributing recent news.
At the end of the last century Wüst created together with the councilmen of the three villages Georgshausen, Setschanfeld and Altlez the website www.drei-doerfer-im-banat.de. In 2020 the website was revised and moved to www.georgshausen.com |
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ZOLLITSCH,
Robert
Batschka
Archbishop In
the newest issue
of the Palankaer
Heimatbrief that
Archbishop of
Freiburg, Dr.
Robert Zollitsch,
born in Filipowa
(Filipovo),
Batschka, has
been named
chairman of the
Catholic
Conference of
Bishops in
Germany. He was
always deeply
rooted in his
Donauschwaben
community and
traditions and
even after
becoming
archbishop, he
kept a close
bond with his
Landsleute. This
is a new chapter
in post-war
history for
Donauschwaben
around the
world. One of
their sons has
been bestowed
with the highest
honor of the
Catholic Church
in Germany. For
more news and
information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Zollitsch
Rose
Vetter
DVHH
Editorial
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BEDÖ-ZOLLNER, Anton
Banat Writer, Researcher, Historian and Web Publisher
Anton Bedö-Zollner
was born 13 March 1935 in Lippa, Banat, and
died 01 Jan 2009.
Anton
grew
up in Temeschburg where he was also educated. He
began his professional career as a
telecommunications technician in Kronstadt
(Transylvania) and Reschitz (Banat) and completed it
in Temeschburg. Anton married Gerlinde Hengelmann
from Rekasch in 1968 and they have two daughters,
Gerlinde and Gabriele. He ended his professional
career at the German Federal Postal Administration
in Munich.
The
DVHH will remember Anton
Bedö-Zollner
Anton, one of the
first contributors to
the DVHH website,
granted permission
to translate and
republish any of his
village reports from
"The End of the German
Banat Villages" on the
DVHH websites.
These
reports allowed
researchers to discover
more about their
ancestral villages;
providing a little
history,
general-to-specific
facts and finds,
pertinent news and
information about the
last Germans residing in
the villages. When I first
published the Mercydorf
website, there was
little to publish; I
was ecstatic to read
Brad's translation of
Anton's Mercydorf
report; which is an
example of his findings,
translated into English:
www.dvhh.org/mercydorf/history Anton's contributions to
the DVHH will always be
remembered.
(Goodbye Anton, -Jody
McKim Pharr, DVHH Founder)
Works by Anton Zollner;
translated into English,
published at DVHH.org:
For a
complete listing of Anton's works,
see
Anton Bedö-Zollner
website:
Die donauschwäbischen Heimatseiten
"Banater Aktualität" which is still maintained by
family. (published in
German)
http://www.banater-aktualitaet.de/inhalt.htm |
Sources:
 Additions
to index and biographies were made by
Nick Tullius and Jody
McKim Pharr
Banater deutsche Autoren der
Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ –Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of
the Present - A
bio-bibliographic list by Eduard
Schneider. *Books' biographies
contributed by Jody McKim; translated by
Nick Tullius and Alex Leeb, 2009.
Deutsche
Literatur im Banat (1840-1939): der
Beitrag der Kulturzeitschriften zum
banatschwa"bischen Geistesleben. Author:
Engel, Walter. Publisher: Julius Groos
Verlag, Heidelberg, 1982.
Biographisches Lexikon des
Banater Deutschtums,
published by A. P. Petri in 1992. *Books'
biographies were translated and
contributed by Nick Tullius, 2009.
Internationales
Germanistenlexikon 1800-1950, Volume 2; Edited by Christoph
König
Antiquariat
Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Einhorn
Banat
Biographies Index est. at DVHH.org,
17 Nov 2009 Jody McKim Pharr.
Last updated: Nov 22, 2020
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ALSCHER, Otto
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BARTH, Peter
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BARTÓk, Béla
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BASTIUS,
Stefan |
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BEER, Josef |
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BERWANGER, Nikolaus
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BINDER, Stefan
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BITTENBINDER, Franz
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BOCKEL, Herbert
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BOHN, Hans
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BONNAZ, Alexander
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DAMA, Dr. Hans
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DIPLICH, Hans
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DREYER, David
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DUMBRAVEANU, Anghel |
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EBENSPANGER, Johanne
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ECKERT
KOEHLER, Eve
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ELSIE, Robert
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ENGEL, Walter
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ENGELMANN, Nikolaus
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FERCH, Franz
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FILIP, Wilma
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FISCHER, Ludwig Vinzenz
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FISSL, Walter |
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FRANK, Josef
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FRAUENDORFER, Helmuth |
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FREIHOFFER, Heinrich
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GABRIEL,
Josef (Sr.)
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GABRIEL Josef
(Jr.)
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GÄRTNER
Magdalena (Leni)
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GEHL, Dr. Hans
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GEIGER, Luzian
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GOODSELL, Maria nee Stark
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GOTTFRIED, Feldinger
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GRAFF, Ludwig (Louis)
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GRAßL, Peter
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GRAZIE,
Marie Eugenie delle
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GRIMM, Johann "Hans"
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GROS, Bettina
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GRUNN, Barot |
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GRÜNN, Karl
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HÄRTLING, Peter
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HAUPT, Nikolaus
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HEHN, Ilse
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HEINZ, Franz
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HEINZ, Stefan
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HERRSCHAFT, Hans
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HIRSCHFELD,
Nikolaus |
HOCKL, Hans |
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HOLLINGER, Rudolf
(Johannes Lennert)
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HORWATH-TENZ, Maria
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HÜGEL,
Kaspar
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HUMMEL, Richard
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HUSS, Hugo Jan
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JÄGER, Stefan
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JUNG,
Peter
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KAISER, Georg
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KAPPUS,
Franz Xaver
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KIRCHNER, Rudy
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KLEIN, Ludwig
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KOMANSCHEK,
Josef
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KONSCHITZKY, Walter
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KREMLING, Bruno |
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LANG, Lorenz
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LEEB, Alex
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LENAU, Nikolaus
(Nikolaus Franz Niembsch
Von Strehlenau)
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LESSL, Erwin
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LIPPET, Johann
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MARSCHANG, Franz
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MAYER, Kornel
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MERCY, Florimund Claudius Graf
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METZ, Francis Dr.
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MILLEKER,
Felix
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MILLENKOVICH,
Stephan
(Stephan Milow)
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MOKKA, Hans
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MOLLER, Karl
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MÜLLER-Guttenbrunn, Adam
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MÜLLER,
Herta
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MUTTER, Ferdinand
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NISCHBACH, Josef
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NUßBAUM, Michael
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OBERKERSCH, Valentin
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Countess OLDOFREDI-HAGER, Julie
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ORENDI-HOMMENAU,
Viktor
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ORTINAU, Gerhard
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PALFI, Anton
(Jurgen Jager)
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PETRI, Anton Peter
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PODLIPNY-HEHN, Anne Marie
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PREYER,
Johann Nepomuk
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PROBST,
Johann Eugen |
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RASIMUS,
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REGENYI,
Isabella
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REITER, Robert
(Franz
Liebhard, Johann Wanderer, Georg
Hartmann) |
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ROHR, Robert Nikolaus |
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ROOS, Martin
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SAMSON,
Franz
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SAMSON, Horst
(Harry Simon)
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SCHARF, Erika
(Karoline Urban)
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SCHERER, Anton
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SCHIFF, Peter
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SCHILZONYI,
Nicholas
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SCHLAUCH, Lörinc
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SCHLEICH, Franz Thomas
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SCHMALZ, Josef
Schmalz
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SCHMIDT, Ludwig
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SCHMIDT, Joseph
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SCHMIDT, Nikolaus
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SCHNEIDER, EDUARD
(Edgar Schnitzler, Johann Eperschild)
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SCHWARZ, Stefan Lugwig
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SCHWICKER, Johann Heinrich
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SENETRA, Lorenz
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SONNLEITNER, Hans
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SPRINGENSCHMID,
Karl (Christian Kreuzhakler,
Beatus Streitter)
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STAHL, Peter
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STEIGERWALD, Jacob
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STEIN,
Jakob Konrad
(Franz Feld)
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STEINER,
Lambert
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TÄUBER, Radegunde
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TENZ, Maria Horwath
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TOTOK, William
(Otto Willik)
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TULLIUS, Nick
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VALENTIN,
Anton
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VOGEL, Heinz
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WAGNER, Peter Max |
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WAGNER, Richard
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WALTER, Elizabeth B.
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WEIFERT, Ladislas M. |
WEISSMULLER, Johnny
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WETTEL,
Franz
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WOLF, Johann,
Dr.
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WÜST,
Josef Dr.
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ZOLLITSCH, Robert |
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BEDÖ-ZOLLNER, Anton
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