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	history
		They settled on the potentially fertile land along the Danube River as well as some of its tributaries and, hence, were later named the Danube Swabians.
		The Danube Swabians were extremely proud of their German language and cultural heritage and lived in closely-knit settlements, maintaining same.
		The largest part of the surviving Danube Swabians were forced to flee or were expelled from their homeland as a result of the ever advancing communism.
	www.kitchenerschwabenclub.com /history.htm (585 words)

	Danube Swabians - The Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Danube Swabian men's tracht, from the historic house of the parents of Stefan JÃ¤ger, Hatzfeld (Jimbolia), Romanian Banat.
		Danube Swabian women's tracht, from the historic house of the parents of Stefan JÃ¤ger, Hatzfeld (Jimbolia), Romanian Banat.
		Danube Swabian villages tend to have relatively few family names as the villagers stem from only a few families, but usually the same family name does not appear in more than a couple of villages, meaning that there are many Danube Swabian family names.
	www.the-encyclopedia.com /description/Danube_Swabians (1575 words)

	History-Chapter 1
		The colonization was done by explicit invitation of the Hungarian Landlords, during the reign of the Habsburgs as Kings of Hungary and Emperors of the “Holy Roman Empire of German Nation”; to repopulate the land after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire by a contingency of German-Austrian allied forces (1683-1718).
		“Danube Swabians” was coined in 1920 Robert Sieger (Geographer from Graz) and by Dr. Hermann Rüdiger (Scientist from Stuttgart) and defined by the German Foreign Department in 1930, during the Weimar Republic, acknowledging the German origin of the Danube Swabians.
		Banat is the regions to the north of the Danube (lower bend) between the Danube, Tisza, Maros (Mieresch) and the Transylvanian Alps with Timisoara (Temeschburg or Temeswar) as the center.
	donauschwaben-usa.org /history-chapter_1.htm (12243 words)

	Swabians
		Swabians (German: Schwaben or Schwabenland) is both a historically grown and linguistic (see Swabian German) group in Germany.
		Swabians live in most of present-day state of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg (specifically, historical WÃ¼rttemberg and the Hohenzollerische Lande), as well as the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia.
		Swabians have in former times been the target of many jokes and stories where they are depicted as excessively frugal, overly serious, prudish, or as simpletons, for instance in "The Seven Swabians" (Die sieben Schwaben) published in Kinder- und HausmÃ¤rchen by the Brothers Grimm.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http://articles.gourt.com/%22http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DSwabian (772 words)

	Danube Swabian Coat of Arms
		The coat of arms of the Danube Swabians was created by Hans Diplich in 1950.
		The crescent moon is the symbol of Islam, representing the Turkish occupation of Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
		Its six towers represent the six main settlement regions for the Danube Swabians: Central Hungarian Highlands, Swabian Turkey, Slavonia-Syrmia, Batschka, Banat and Sathmar.
	www.shawgenealogy.com /HinterhauserWeb/danube_swabian_coat_of_arms.htm (356 words)

	Swabia . Enpsychlopedia
		Outside of Germany, many Swabians settled in Hungary and Romania (the Danube Swabians and Swabian Turkey), as well as in Russia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan.
		Swabians have in former times been the target of many jokes and stories where they are depicted as excessively stingy, overly serious, prudish, or as simpletons, for instance in "The Seven Swabians" (Die sieben Schwaben) published in Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm.
		In Switzerland, "Sauschwab" is a derogatory term for Germans, derived from the Swabian War of 1499.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Swabian (1166 words)

	Banaters Around the World
		The Swabians were the largest minority group in Hungary, and some, particularly in the cities, became assimilated to the point of changing their family names to Magyarized versions.
		At this time, most Swabians were not politically aware or nationality-conscious, and they were proud of their children who had moved to urban areas and found success via Magyarization.
		The eventual result of the emigration of the Danube Swabians from Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia is the disappearance of their cultural influence in the region.
	www.banaters.com /banat/clarkson.asp?category=history (3828 words)

	Home Page
		Today's generations of Danube Swabians can learn to maintain their cultural heritage and ethnic identity, while adopting the customs of their new homeland.
		The Danube Swabian heritage is a heritage to be proud of!
		Since the formation of the Dual Monarchy of Austria©Hungary in 1867 under the Habsburg ruler, Franz Joseph, the Swabian peasants of the Banat had enjoyed a period of economic prosperity due to the thriving agricultural economy of the region.
	www.donau.org /heritage.htm (6336 words)

	FEEFHS: content / history of german settlements
		The Swabians were the largest minority group in Hungary, and some, particularly in the cities, became assimilated to the point of changing their family names to Magyarized versions.
		At this time, most Swabians were not politically aware or nationality-conscious, and they were proud of their children who had moved to urban areas and found success via Magyarization.
		The eventual result of the emigration of the Danube Swabians from Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia is the disappearance of their cultural influence in the region.
	www.feefhs.org /new/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.161 (3791 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Banat is a part of the Pannonian plain bordered by the River Danube to the south, the River Tisza (Theiss, Tissa, Tisa) to the west, the River MureÅ to the north, and the Southern Carpathian mountains to the east.
		The region was a county of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes between 1918 and 1922, and in 1929 it was incorporated into the Danube Banovina (Danubian Banat), a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
		The marshes near the Danube and Tisza rivers were cleared, roads and canals were built at great expense of labour, German artisans and other settlers were attracted to colonize the district, and agriculture and trade encouraged.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Banat (1779 words)

	History-Chapter 4
		It solely establishes nativity by place of birth, which for Danube Swabians at the time was either Austro-Hungary or Hungary and the spoken language which most declared to be English at the time of the Census.
		In addition, the Danube Swabians as a minority in their newly assigned fatherlands had to contend with the antagonistic sentiments of their new masters and their restrictive legislation infringing on their traditional German cultural heritage.
		It is estimated that 40,000 Danube Swabians came, definitely came to stay, to start life anew with nothing but their willingness to work hard, to secure a living for themselves and their families, to learn the language and become proud citizens of this country.
	www.donauschwaben-usa.org /history-chapter_4.htm (4208 words)

	Territorial Association of the Danube Swabians (Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: )
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		He explained that the Landsmannschaften of the Sathmar Swabians, the Banat Swabians and the Danube Swabians share the same coat-of-arms, which shows the German imperial eagle, a blue wavy fess representing the river Danube and the fortress of Temeschburg (Temesvar / Timisoara) with six towers representing the six main Danube-Swabian districts:
		The fortress stands on the fertile farmland made arable and productive by the Danube Swabians and is flanked by the Islamic crescent and by the sun, a symbol for Christian faith and at the same time for Prince Eugene of Savoy (Prinz Eugen).
	www.atlasgeo.net /FOTW/flags/de}lm_ds.html (214 words)

	A History of Danube Swabians ( Donauschwaben ) - Barefoot In The Rubble - Pannonia Press
		The German-speaking settlers became known as Danube - Swabians.
		The "Schwowe", as the Danube - Swabians called themselves, lived in harmony with their Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian and Croatian and other ethnic neighbors.
		Danube - Swabians lost all their rights and property.
	www.pannoniapress.com /History.html (376 words)

	D.S.V. Danubia - Historical Background
		The Danube-Swabian emblem showing the German eagle, the Danube River, and the city of Timisoara, Rumania.
		From the Danube River they spread out over the countryside, often on foot, to settle their new homeland.
		Now on the bank of the Danube River in Ulm, where their ancestors set out over 200 years before, there stand memorials to those Danube-Swabians killed in the second World War and commemorating the expulsion from eastern Europe.
	home.earthlink.net /~rwweiss/backgrou.htm (573 words)

	Danube Swabians - Everything on Danube Swabians (information, latest news, articles,...) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Danube Swabians (German: Donauschwaben; sometimes Donau Schwabians in English) is a collective term for Germans who lived in the former Kingdom of Hungary, especially in the Danube (Donau) river valley.
		The heaviest colonization of Germans during this time was in the Swabian Turkey (Schwäbische Türkei), a triangular region between the Danube, Lake Balaton, and the Drava (Drau).
		The land steadily rejuvenated- marshes near the Danube and the Tisza were drained, farms were rebuilt, roads and canals were constructed.
	www.spiritus-temporis.com /danube-swabians (950 words)

	Mahnmal - English
		The Danube Swabians are descendants of German farmers and craftsmen who, after the expulsion of the Turks from Hungary, settled in the area known as the Pannonien Basin, between the years of 1630 and 1794.
		After World War II, the Danube Swabian people were deprived of their rights and dispossessed of their properties by the communist dictators in their countries.
		In Yugoslavia alone, over 100,000 Danube Swabians, mainly women and children, were killed or starved to death between the 1944 and 1948.
	www.germanstl.org /newsletter/selections/mahnmalex.html (298 words)

	DVHH \| DS Faiths \| Lutheranism and the Danube Swabians by Henry Fischer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lutheranism and the Danube Swabians by Henry Fischer
		It invariably comes as a surprise to most people to discover that there were Lutherans among the original Danube Swabians who were part of the first Great Swabian Migration of the 18th century into Hungary, known as the Schwabenzug.
		It was this model of church life that was brought to Hrastovac and Slavonia by the Lutheran colonists who came from the area known as Swabian Turkey that covered the geographical area of the counties of Tolna, Baranya and Somogy.
	www.dvhh.org /society/literary/fischer-files/lutheranism-swabians.htm (555 words)

	History-Epilog
		The majority of the Danube Swabians returned to the land of their ancestors, in Germany and Austria.
		From these liberal estimates one can make the assumption that the population of the Danube Swabians has reached closely the population it had in 1941, after the loss of close to 200,000 lives, as victims of the post WW II genocide, mostly in Yugoslavia.
		The last generation of Danube Swabians has admirably made valiant efforts to build and maintain cultural centers for their children, where their children can learn, understand, maintain and carry on the traditions of their forefathers with pride.
	www.donauschwaben-usa.org /history-epilog.htm (656 words)

	Information \| Chicago Danube Swabians (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Nachrichten is a monthly publication about the activities of the members of the Society as well as Danube Swabians in other parts of the world.
		It has kept its members informed for over 50 years and is a valuable link between all Danube Swabians worldwide.
		The Society of Danube Swabians is proud of its achievements over the past four decades.
	www.donauchicago.com /node/12 (130 words)

	History
		The coat of arms of the Danube Swabians was originated by Hans Diplich in 1950.
		The crescent moon is the symbol of Islam, representing the Turkish occupation of Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
		The inscription reads, 'The Danube Swabians - Forever Free and Undivided.' (This motto probably refers to the fact that the Donauschwaben were free persons and no longer peasants bound to a lord.
	www.liederkranz.org /history.htm (593 words)

	danube swabians
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	hometown.aol.com /AchebeRuby1743/danube-swabians.html (301 words)

	The Immigration of Ethnic Germans
		The biggest group of those belongs to a wave of immigrants that was enabled after 1953, when 300,000 refugees and deportees were allowed to enter the US according to the Displaced Persons Act” of 1953.
		Most of those belonged to the so-called Danube Swabians, who a long time ago settled in areas of Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Hungary.
		After World War II most of the Danube Swabians fled the then Communist controlled territories to many Western countries, among them Germany and Austria, that were hardly able to accommodate their large numbers.
	www.spurensuchemidwest.org /a_danube.htm (272 words)

	Brandts' Index to Germanic Ancestors in East Europe
		Danube Swabians (Romania, Yugoslavia, southern Hungary, areas traditionally known as the Banat and the Batschka)
		The Mecklenburg data begin in the early thirteenth century and extend into the mid-twentieth century, but most entries are for the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
		Nearly all of the Germans migrated to Galicia in 1782-85, while the recorded Danube Swabians came mostly in 1749-85.
	pages.prodigy.net /brandtfam/geneal/east-eur.htm (1603 words)

	Los Angeles Donauschwaben Dancegroup Web Page - Donauschwäbische Tanzgruppe Web Page - Who Are They?
		Rettig, remains literally and emotionally the central gathering place of Danube Swabians in Southern California.
		In Austria, there now exists the Danube Swabian museum, the Danube Swabian archives, and the "Has der Donauschwaben" at Salzburg.
		Banat is bounded by the Danube river on the South, the Marosch River on the North, the Thiesse river on the West and by the Carpathian foothills on the East.
	www.donau.org /people.html (6368 words)

	Territorial Association of the Danube Swabians (Germany)
		He explained that the Landsmannschaften of the Sathmar Swabians, the Banat Swabians and the Danube Swabians share the same coat-of-arms, which shows the German imperial eagle, a blue wavy fess representing the river Danube and the fortress of Temeschburg (Temesvar / Timisoara) with six towers representing the six main Danube-Swabian districts:
		The fortress stands on the fertile farmland made arable and productive by the Danube Swabians and is flanked by the Islamic crescent and by the sun, a symbol for Christian faith and at the same time for Prince Eugene of Savoy (Prinz Eugen).
		The Danube Swabians place it on a plain white hanging flag.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/de}lm_ds.html (241 words)

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