The Danube Swabians (German: Donauschwaben [ˈdoːnaʊʃvaːbm̩] ⓘ) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in the Kingdom of Hungary in east-central Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in greater numbers in the 17th and 18th centuries.

2019年7月6日 · Beginning in the 17th century, a migration of German peasants to Hungary along the Danube River saw the development of a unique identity. The Danube Swabians, as they later became known, possessed an ethnocultural rather than a national belonging, with historian John Swanson describing it as neither German nor Hungarian but possessing hybridity.

The Germans among the colonists settled along the middle course of the Danube in the 18th and 19th centuries were generally called Swabians (Schwaben in German, svabok in Hungarian, şvabi in Romanian; Švaba in Serbo-Croatian) by their neighbours, even though the majority of them did not come from the region of Swabia in Germany.

A Short History of The Danube Swabians. Le Comte de Mercy: Godfather of the Danube Swabians. The Role of the Imperial and Royal Military Frontier in the Danube Swabian Settlement History [Die Rolle der k. k. Militärgrenze in der donauschwäbischen Ansiedlungsgeschichte, Donauschwäbischen Kalender Project]

The Danube Swabians turned what was once useless farmland into the “bread basket” of Europe. Their traditional farming practices, such as crop rotation, helped their new home-

The Danube Swabians are German settlers of the former Austria-Hungary Empire. They founded villages, and worked as farmers.

The Danube Swabian Foundation fosters, supports and encourages the preservation of the customs, traditions, literature, culture and history of the Danube-Swaben people (Germanic people of Southeastern Europe). The foundation was founded in 1982 and is active from coast to coast in providing moral and financial support.

The earliest major Danube Swabian settlements were Swabian Turkey (counties Tolna, Baranya and Somogy south of Lake Balaton), Banat (east of the Tisa River), Batschka (between the Rivers Danube and Tisa) and Syrmien (the eastern-most corner between Danube and Sava Rivers). The renowned thriftiness and working habits of the ethnic Germans ...

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. "The country of Hungary is the richest country, there grows a lot of wine and corn.

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