Documentation exists from as early as 1015 that the area where the village now stands was given as a gift by King Stephen to the Abbey of Pécs/Pécsvarad. In the twelfth century the lands were in the possession of the abbey of Báta as part of the endowment of Ladislaus the king at…
Category: Tolna County
Mucsfa in the Tolna
All previous attempts at settlement at the site of the future Mucsfa since the dawn of Hungarian history were wiped out during and after the Turkish occupation. The area around the future Mucsfa was part of the Domain of the Counts Zinzendorf after 1687. In 1722, the “Little King” of Tolna County, Count…
Zavod and Mucsi in the Tolna
(These are excerpts from “Heimatbuch Závod in der Tolnau” by Anton Mayer, translated by Henry A. Fischer.) The period of time allotted to the settlers, in which they were free from paying taxes to the County was extended and a new agreement was negotiated and new settlers were included in the terms. The…
The Republic of Mucsi
(This is my translation of an article that appeared in a publication entitled, Three Hundred Years of German Life in Hungary) By Henry Fischer Of the four hundred German Hungarian villages that came into being, Mucsi was located in the southern part of Tolna County and unlike many of them, Mucsi was one…
The Earliest German Settlements in Swabian Turkey
The following are the earliest German settlements in the Counties of Tolna, Baranya and Somogy an area collectively known as Swabian Turkey. Tolna County: Alsonana 1750 Baatapati 1730 Bikacs 1736 Bonyhad 1722 Felso Nana 1723 Gyonk 1722 Gyorkony 1722 Izmeny 1722 Kalazno 1721 Keszohidegkut 1723 Kety 1732 Kismanyok 1720 Kistormas 1724 Majos 1720 Moragy …
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…
Gross Sackel v.s. Limburg Stirum
Nagyszekeley (Gross Säckel) was a village situated on the Domains of Simontornya owned by the Counts Limburg Stirum since 1700. The first settlers who established it were Reformed/Calvinist Hungarians. In the Tax Conscription Lists of 1728 they were still identified as hereditary serfs. The first German settlers to arrive were Lutherans. In 1728…
Book Resources for Swabian Turkey
Bátaszék, Heimatbuch der Grossgemeinde Bátaszék im Komitat Tolnau (Ungarn) by Johannes Göbelt, Pécs (Two volumes) Bikács, Unsere Heimat 1736-1986 by Mathias Schmausser, 1986, Ostelsheim. Bonyhádvarasd/Warasch, Heimatbuch by Andreas M. Patton, 1995 Budapest. Branau/Baranya, Unvergessene Heimat by Mathias Volk, 1985, Karlsruhe. Cikó, Ein Heimatbuch über die Ortsgeschichte unsere Dorfes in Ungarn, by Andreas Reder published…
Hessian Emigrants to Hungary
(From the book by Stefan Stader: Auswanderer im 18. Jh. Nach Südosteuropa.) Bitz Michael from St. Leon; 1748 to HungaryFischer Josef from Deidesheim; 1723 to HungaryFischer Jacob from Bous; 1724 to HungaryFischer Johann from Wustweiler, 1750 to Pest, Hungary (From the book by Anton Reimann: Auswanderungen aus Hessischen Territorien nach Südosteuropa) Bitz Peter, farmer from Altenmittlau/District…
Helpful Hints in Researching Tolna County
Alsonana, Tolna County This community was settled by German Lutherans from Hesse most of whom had settled previously in other communities in Tolna County. The earliest records associated with the families of this community can be found in the Roman Catholic Church Records in Batászék, Tolna County as early as 1762. There were also…