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Sathmar Swabians

German : Sathmarer Schwaben
The coat of arms of the Sathmar Swabians
Regions with significant populations
Counties Satu Mare County S?laj County Maramure? County (i.e. north-western and northern Transylvania )
Languages
German (with the Sathmar Swabian dialect)
Religion
Primarily Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Germans ( most notably Swabians and Danube Swabians respectively )
Native to north-western and northern Transylvania

The Satu Mare Swabians or Sathmar Swabians ^{[1] [2]} (German: Sathmarer Schwaben ) are a German ethnic group in the Satu Mare ( German : Sathmar ) region of Romania . ^[1] Romanian Germans , they are one of the various Danube Swabian ( German : Donau Schwaben ) subgroups that are actually Swabian in heritage, ^[1] and their dialect, Sathmar Swabian , is similar to the other varieties of the Swabian German dialect. ^[3]

Most were originally farmers in Upper Swabia who migrated to Partium (at the time Hungary , now Romania) in the 18th century, as part of a widespread eastward movement of German workers and settlers . ^[1] Their principal settlements were Satu Mare , Carei , Petre?ti , ^[1] and Foieni ( German : Fienen ) and they also settled in Urziceni ( German : Schinal ), C?pleni ( German : Kaplau ), Tiream ( German : Terem ), Beltiug ( German : Bildegg ), Ciume?ti ( German : Schamagosch ), and Ardud ( German : Erdeed ).

After World War II , many evacuated, migrated, or were expelled to what became West Germany . ^[2] Those who remain in Romania, along with other German-speaking groups in this country, are politically represented by the FDGR/DFDR ( Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania ); in Germany, the Landsmannschaft der Sathmarer Schwaben in Deutschland (Territorial Association of Sathmar Swabians in Germany) represents and assists them. ^[4] Nowadays, many are more or less magyarized and have become Hungarians. ^[5]

History [ edit ]

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The Sathmar Swabians' ancestors stem from Upper Swabia ( German : Oberschwaben ) (situated in southern Wurttemberg area), present-day Germany when the first waves of agricultural colonists arrived in north-western and northern Transylvania during the 18th century , during the end of the Modern Age .

Further reading [ edit ]

• Pove?ti din folclorul germanilor din Romania by Roland Schenn, Corint publishing house, 2014 (in Romanian )

References [ edit ]