The Deutsch-Ungarischer Familien-Kalender
was a cultural publication for Donau Schwabs in
The original subscription lists were organized alphabetically by name under the
major Donau Schwabisch
localities in the
After an on-line search of American Library holdings it was apparent that no
single library held a complete collection of the kalender.
Eventually the following collections holding copies of the Kalender
were identified:
At this point the 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1952 and 1954 issues of
the Deutsch-Ungarischer Familien
Kalender subscription lists have been available
for inspection..
By the 1950's the subscription lists consisted of about 100 pages of closely
spaced type representing circa 6,500 entries per year. The turnover from year
to year was probably a little less than 10%. Over the course of 22 years the
lists were published they contained the names of 10,000 to 15,000 Donau Schwabs.
It is now clear that the proportion of
The conclusion must be that the number of subscribers in a given locality is
largely a function of the presence of a sales representative and sales effort
in a given area. Johann Hermann, Chicago / Mercydorf,
in an article in the 1934 issue entitled, "Die Deutsch-Ungarn und ihre neue heimat" lists the
important Donau Schwaben
settlements in
Those who have looked closely at the abstracts of the
subscription lists have undoubtedly noted that Banat immigrants from different
Banat localities were not uniformly distributed among the major Banat
settlements in
Tipre, in the 1934 issue (Deutsch-Ungarn im fernen
westen), discusses the Donau
Schwaben community in
By inspection of the original kalenders
one quickly sees that Batschkaers tended to settle in
some localities while Banaters tended to concentrate
in other localities. The following tables lists these
American localities in the subscription lists which have a preponderate Donau Schwab from a given province. The Banat list is
further broken down according to place of origin for a substantial group of Banaters in that locality:
BATSCHKA: Sharon, Pennsylvania (PA), Cleveland, Ohio (OH): Youngstown,
OH, Trenton, New Jersey (NJ), Reading,, Pennsylvania (PA), Lebanon, PA, Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin (WI),
BURGENLAND:
Los Angeles, California (CA) Glogau
Mansfield, OH Mramorak, Franzfeld
St Louis, MO Sackelhausen
New Brunswick, NJ Billed
Cincinnati, OH Gertianosch, Perjamosch
Philadelphia, PA Alexanderhausen, Bogarosch
Cleveland, OH Grabatz
Detroit, Michigan (MI) Heufeld, Stefansfeld, Mollydorf
Harrisburg, PA Liebling
Chicago, Illinois (IL) Neupanat, Liebling, St. Hubert, Neubeschenowa, Seultour
Some American localities tended not to favor any particular group, for example,
New York with Brooklyn and the Bronx, had both Batschkaers
and Banaters. Moreover, the Banaters
in
The data in the following tables was abstracted from the 1933, 1937, 1942 and
1952 issues of the Kalender. The last column
indicated the years by the last two digits if the year in which the entry was
found. Since the subscription lists did not change much from
year to year abstracting issues, 8-10 years apart was sufficient to
compile most subscribers.