Gyӧrkӧny in the Tolna The barren flatlands that would later become the site of Gyӧrkӧny were part of the land holdings of a nobleman from Western Hungary, Jónas Meszlenyi. He was heavily involved in the administration of the Counties of Raab and Veszprem and served in the capacity of vice-sheriff for over thirty years.. …
Category: Tolna County
Internment at the Lendl/Lengyel Camp
Internment at the Lendl/Lengyel Camp The source of the information in this article is from a lecture delivered by Josef Wirth at the International Historical Conference held in Budapest, March 5-6, 1987. The presenter was a seven year old participant in the events he describes. When the internment of Swabian civilians in Tolna…
The Early Settlement of Tolna and the Upper Baranya
The Early Settlement of Tolna and the Upper Baranya The source of the following information is from “Franken und Schwaben in Ungarn” by Heinrich Kéri, Budapest, 2002. The earliest documented sources with regard to the German settlers in Tolna and Upper Baranya Counties refer to them as Francones et Suevi (Franken (Franconians) und…
Bonyhádvarasd in Tolna County
Bonyhádvarasd in Tolna County This article provides a summary of some of the information provided in Heimatbuch von Bonyhád/Warasch published in Budapest in 1995. As the Habsburg rulers responded to the need to resettle, cultivate and develop the wastelands of Hungary after the defeat and withdrawal of the Turks from the scene after…
Kismányok in Tolna County
Kismányok in Tolna County The following in my translation of an article in the Unser Hauskalendar of 1993 published Unsere Post of the Ungarnländische Deutsche in Munich. This community was first identified and referred to in 1015 in the official documents of the monastery in Pécsvárad at which time it was called Manek. …
Cikó in Tolna County
Cikó in Tolna County The following article is a summary of “Cikó: Ein Heimatbuch über die Ortsgeschichte unsere Dorfes in Ungarn” compiled by Adreas Reder and published in 1999. Located in the lofty hills of southern Tolna County, Cikó lies six kilometres away from Bonyhád to which it has gravitated throughout its history. …
Bickács In the Tolna
Bickács In the Tolna The founding of Bikács by the High Sheriff of Tolna County, Baron Joseph Rudnyansky, officially began with the arrival of Heidebauern Lutherans in the early part of the 18th Century. These pioneering families undertook all of the tasks and struggles associated with settlement in an area that had become a total…
Hӧgyész (Tolna) in the 18th and 19th Century
Hӧgyész (Tolna) in the 18th and 19th Century By Josef Hoben This short research article has been translated from the original German by Henry Fischer. The Settlement of Swabian Turkey a) Slavic Settlements The Imperial-Royal Repopulation Patent of 1689 indicated that, “in the totally ruined and depopulated Kingdom of Hungary…everyone, regardless of status,…
Bátaszék in the Tolna: A History
Bátaszék in the Tolna: A History The information in this article is taken from the Heimatbuch written by Johannes Gӧbelt and is partially a translation and summary. Following the fall of Belgrade to the Turks on August 29, 1521 the borders of Hungary were vulnerable to attack. On August 16, 1526 young King…
Destination: Steelton, Pennsylvania
Baldwin was a small backward town situated in the neighbourhood of the Susquehanna River some three miles south of Harrisburg, when shortly after the Civil War the Pennsylvania Steel Company chose it as the site of the first American steel plant in 1866. It was an ideal location with both the Pennsylvania Canal and Pennsylvania…