(This article on the the settlement of the village of Majos in Tolna County in the 18th century is a translation by Henry A. Fischer from portions of the Heimatbuch written by Heinrich Marz.) The expulsion of the Turks from Hungary under the leadership of Charles of Lorraine and the Bavarian Prince Max…
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The Settlement and Colonization of Kalaznó
(From: Franken und Schwaben in UngarnBy: Heinrich Kéri) Translated by:Odis A. Schlösser In the County Archives of Tolna, included with the tax collector’s documents, there are two pages with the names of the first settlers in Kalaznó. They were probably written by a villager who knew the people involved because his handwriting is rather…
The Resettlement of Gyönk
(This article about the resettlement of Gyönk after the Turkish Occupation is taken from “Franken und Schwaben in Ungarn” by Heinrich Kéri and has been translated by Odis A. Schlösser.) Witnesses who appeared before a County Commission in the year 1699 stated that the open prairies of Gyönk, Szabaton, Göszle, Kéty, Tabód and Gerenás had…
The Inhabitants of Gyönk Settle in Mekenyes 1735
Mekenyes was an uninhabited wasteland after the explusion of the Turks and was designated as such in the Conscription Lists in the 1730s as part of the Eszterhazy Ozora Domains. But there is evidence that it was inhabited by a population of wandering Serbs and Croats. Among the many Serbian names in the County,…
The History of Early Lutheranism in Swabian Turkey
This article deals with the early history and development of the Lutheran congregations and Church District of Swabian Turkey in the 18th century taken from: Beiträge zur Geschichte Des evangelischen Seniorats in der Schwäbischen Türkei by Gustav Schmidt-Tomka, published in München 1976, summarized and translated by Henry A. Fischer. (The Seniorat (Church District) of Tolna,…
The Destruction of German Lutheranism in Swabian Turkey
This article is based on “The Destruction of German Lutheranism In Swabian Turkey (Tolna, Baranya and Somogy Counties) by Heinrich Keri and translated byHenry Fischer. During the deportation to East Germany,on the night of May 28th, 1948 my sisterElisabeth gave birth to her son Konrad asthe rolling, packed, sealed cattle cars movedacross Czechoslovakia into an…
Izmény (Part Five)
The Expulsion Protocol XIII of the Potsdam Declaration of August 2, 1945 subtitled: “Orderly Transfer of German Populations” states: “The three governments (USA, Great Britain and the Soviet Union) having considered the question in all its aspects, recognize that the transfer to Germany of German populations or elements thereof remaining in Poland, Czechoslovakia and…
Izmény (Part Four)
Izmény and the War of Liberation (1848/49) On March 15, 1848 the Revolutionaries were victorious in Budapest without any bloodshed that resulted in the declaration of the Twelve Points and a poem by Petöfi. Among other things they wanted independence from Vienna and the Habsburgs. On April 7, 1848 King Ferdinand V (who was also…
Izmeny (Part three)
The Economic Situation in Izmény in the 18th Century In order to describe the economic situation and conditions I would like to cite a very worthwhile overview provided in a Conscription from 1728: “In terms of today’s circumstances the village described above possesses 1 l/2 meadowlands (that is, it is classified as uncultivated but is…
Izmeny (Part 2)
The Mercy Policy and the Religious Question On May 7, 1722 the new landlord provided a document in which he guaranteed his tenant subjects in Kismányok the freedom to practice and exercise their religion. Izmény had not yet been settled at this time, but Kismányok later became the Mother Church of Izmény. This document provides…