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Village Coordinator. Includes history, photos, genealogical research aids for Deutschbentschek (Deutsch Bentschek, Bencecu de Sus, Bencsek, Felsöbencsek, Németbencsek).
Oct 3, 2020 · Deutschbentschek is located in the 11,000-square-mile area called the Banat. When Deutschbentschek was founded, the Banat was part of the Habsburg Empire. The area has changed hands two times since. More recently, in 1920, the two-thirds of the Banat that includes Deutschbentschek became part of Romania. before 1860
Mar 8, 2019 · A history of the Deutschbentschek church and school, including some teacher biographies, a few class photos (1918-1973), building photos and diagrams, school attendance records, and a census of the 1940 village residents. Available at 3 libraries in Germany; occasionally, used copies surface for purchase.
Donauschwaben are the descendants of German-speaking settlers who settled in what was then the Kingdom of Hungary in the 18th century. They were settled there by the Habsburg emperors and private landlords after the wars against the Ottoman Empire.
A German-speaking Banat Swabian, Zita Johann was born Elisabeth Johann in the village of Deutschbentschek (near Timișoara), Austria-Hungary. The village is now part of Romania. Her father, a hussar officer named Stefan Johann, emigrated with his family to the United States in 1911.
During the eighteenth century, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, which ruled Hungary at that time, had enticed Germans to emigrate to the unsettled lands of Southern Hungary, which had been devastated by over 150 years of Turkish occupation.
Dec 10, 2020 · This genealogy book consists of the church birth, marriage and death records for the village of Deutschbentschek, formerly in Hungary and since 1919 in Romania. It begins with entries from the village's early years two centuries ago and continues through the early 20th century.
