Banat Swabians

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German diaspora community ethnic group

Banat Swabians are an ethnic German community historically settled in the Banat region of Central and Eastern Europe, primarily in present-day Romania and Serbia.

Aliases (1)
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf German diaspora community →
ethnic group →
alsoLocatedIn Argentina →
Austria →
Brazil →
Canada →
Germany →
Hungary →
United States →
culturalHeritageIncludes Catholic parish life →
German folk costumes →
German-language schools →
Swabian folk dances →
ethnicallyIdentifiedAs Germans →
experiencedEvent World War II expulsions →
collectivization under communist regimes →
forced labor in the Soviet Union →
post-World War II deportations →
historicallySettledIn Banat →
Central Europe →
Eastern Europe →
historicalRegionIncludes Banat of Temeswar →
Timișoara →
historicalRegionNowInCountry Hungary →
Romania →
Serbia →
languageTraditionallySpoken Banat Swabian dialect →
German →
Hungarian →
Romanian →
Serbian →
maintainOrganizationIn Germany →
Romania →
Serbia →
partOf Danube Swabians →
populationDeclineCausedBy assimilation →
emigration to Germany →
primarilyLocatedIn Romania →
Serbia →
relatedEthnicGroup Danube Swabians in Vojvodina →
Satu Mare Swabians →
Transylvanian Saxons →
religionTraditionallyPracticed Lutheranism →
Roman Catholicism →
settledAfter Ottoman–Habsburg wars →
settlementBeganInCentury 18th century →
settlementEncouragedBy Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED →
settlementWavesOccurredUnder Emperor Charles VI →
Emperor Joseph II →
Empress Maria Theresa NERFINISHED →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Germans →
diaspora
Banat Swabians ("Danube Swabians") →
partOf
Sudeten Germans ("Danube Swabians") →
relatedEthnicGroup
Black Sea Germans ("Danube Swabians") →
relatedGroup
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