German Geneology

By about 1900, the archdiocese was about the same -- including distinct dioceses with bishops at Timisoara (diocese of Csanad/Cenad which was relocated to Szeged, Hungary in 1920), Oradea and Alba Julia -- except that some of its southern territories had been incorporated into the diocese of Dakovo which roughly corresponded to the Syrmia region and which itself was subservient to the archdiocese of Zagreb.

Major changes occurred in 1920 following the First World War and the transfer of Austro-Hungarian territories to the new nation of Yugoslavia where the new Archdiocese of Subotica was set up. A new diocese of Timisoara was set up in 1923.

By 1900, the eastern half of the archdiocese had been transferred to a new archdiocesan see at Eger and dioceses within the archdiocese had been set up with bishops at Pécs, Veszprém, Székesfehérvár, Szombathely, Györ, Vác, Nitra and Banská Bystrica.

The Heimattag is a meeting of Banater Schwaben in Ulm. This meeting occurs on Pentecost weekend in even-numbered years in Ulm. An estimated 4,000-5,000 Banaters attended the meeting in 1996 at the Donauhalle. It is no accident that Ulm was chosen as the site of this meeting since it was on the shores of the Donau at Ulm that their forefathers built the rafts and barges used to float down the river on their way to the Banat.

The Heimattag meeting includes displays of Banater folk dancing concerts featuring works by Banater composers, a torchlight parade church service, a "business meeting" with speakers and meetings of various Banat village groups.

If you are interested in attending, please write or e-mail the Banater Post care of the Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben aus Rumänien in Deutschland e.V. [Society of Banat Swabians from Romania] for more information.