This village originally began as a Magyar Lutheran settlement after they left Györköny with their pastor, George Barany in 1728. In the years that followed many of the Heidebauern in the area who lived in non-Lutheran communities continued to come to Szarszentlorincz for the services of the pastor, but very few of them actually lived…
Category: Tolna County
Church Records in Swabian Turkey
“Swabian Turkey: the Counties of Tolna, Baranya and Somogy.” Church Record Transcriptions Alsonána, Tolna County (Evangelical Lutheran) 1789-1866 Bataápati, Tolna County (Evangelical Lutheran) 1770-1895 (Also includes: Zsibrik) Bataszék, Tolna County (Roman Catholic) 1722-1783 (Also includes: Alsonána, Morágy) Bikács, Tolna County (Evangelical Lutheran) 1661-1867 Bikál, Tolna County (Roman Catholic) 1729-1792 (Also includes: Nagy Hajmas, Rackozár, Mekényes,…
Heidebauern in Paks-on-the-Danube Roman Catholic Church Records
Paks-on-the-Danube (Roman Catholic Church Records) Marriage Records (Heidebauern Families) (1721-1797) 02.10.1721 Friedrich Wehnhardt and Margaret Brecht 25.04.1722 Paul Mathauss and Maria Beck from Gyorkony 27.o8.1723 Wilhelm Reichert and Anna Katharina Schwarz 02.01.1724 George Hessmer and Anna Maria Krauss 26.11.1724 Johannes Weiss and Margaret Engelhardt 11.06.1725 Nikolaus Polon and Magdalena Reichert 26.05.1724 Paul Hermann and…
The Odenwald Emigration to Hungary
This information is contained in the five volumes of Ella Gieg’s study of the emigration from the Odenwald during the 18th and 19th centuries. The following are family names associated with the emigration to Hungary during the years 1722, 1723 and 1724. In addition there are a few later dates, but all of them deal…
Heidebauern in Kaltenstein (Level)
This Heidebauern community existed since the year 900, but its first 600 years are shrouded in mystery. It was only in the high Middle Ages that families took on “second” names. The first documented list of families comes from 1546 and includes: Bennusch Hausmann Georg Thanicker Anton Pinkitzer Wolf Stelzer…
Heidebauern in Bikacs
The first settlers in Bikacs arrived much earlier than officially reported in 1735-1736 and unlike other settlements in Tolna County it was the only totally Heidebauren community both from its inception and for most of its history. The origins of this group of settlers were from the Counties of Vas, Moson and the area…
Bonyhad: A Market Town in the Tolna
Bonyhad: A Market Town in the Tolna The first landlord of the area in which Bonyhád would be located following the liberation of the area from the Turks, was Baron Schilson. His landholdings at Bonyhád also included the abbey of Cikó. His first attempt to colonize his holdings was to secure Magyar settlers from…
Szarazd in the Tolna
The following information is a summary and partial translation of pertinent sections of the Chronik der ev. Luth. Gemeinde Szárazd im Komitat Tolna Ungarn by Johann Wolf. A Celtic settlement once stood on the site of the future Szárazd and Roman artefacts are also plentiful in the vicinity. In 1259 it was…
Zavod in the Tolna
(The following information is a summary and partial translation of sections of the Heimatbuch: Závod in der Tolna by Anton Mayer.) The village of Závod lies 18 kilometres north of Bonyhád, in the vicinity of Mucsfa and located in a series of deep valleys in this section of Tolna County. The name Tolna…
Tevel in the Tolna
(Summarized from the Heimatbuch by Johann Eppel) The Tolna has been inhabited by various peoples as far back as 4,000 B.C. the early Stone Age. Celtic people settled in the area of Tevel by 600 B.C. and were in contact with Macedonia in the time of Alexander the Great. It became part of Roman…