List of German names for Serbian and Montenegrin places
In this list , the (former) German-speaking toponyms of places in Serbia and Montenegro (names of cities, rivers, islands, etc.) are compared with their current official names .
These names were official and usually in use at the time when the areas belonged to Austria-Hungary . Even afterwards in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , towns with a German-speaking majority population officially bore German names as part of the bilingual place-name signs from 1919 to 1941. The names have been increasingly forgotten since the Danube Swabian civilian population was driven out of the Voivodina (1944 to 1947).
Some places had two German names at the time: a German spelling of the Serbian or Hungarian place name and a purely German name. These purely German names were increasingly artificially created during the period of the Third Reich , when the inhabitants of German descent, the so-called Danube Swabians , became more aware of their Germanness. Whereby the purely German names were often not in general use at all, as evidenced by various homeland books and homepages of local displaced communities.
A.
- Apatin: apatin
- Alexanderkirchen: Ivanovo
- Alisbrunn: Alibunar
- Alt Keer (also: Altker ): Zmajevo
- Alt Letz: Stari Lec
- Altbetsche: Bečej
- Old Etschka: Stajićevo
- Altfutok: Futog
- Old Morawitza: Moravica
- Old Palanka: Banatska Palanka
- Alt-Schowe: Ravno Selo
- Alt-Siwatz: Sivac
- Blackbird field (landscape): Kosovo
- Amselfeld (place): Fushë Kosova / Kosovo Polje
B.
- Banat Topola: Banatska Topola
- Banater Neudorf: Banatsko Novo Selo
- Batsch: Bač
- Batsch Monoštor: Bački Monoštor
- Batschka Topola: Bačka Topola
- Bawanishte: Bavanište
- Bekovinenstadt: Bikovo
- Berauersheim: Srpski Miletić
- Bereg: Backi Breg
- Berglobna: Hajdukovo
- Besdan: Bezdan
- Beudra: Novo Miloševo
- Bogjani: Bođani
- Boka: Boka
- Botosh: Botoš
- Embassy : Bočar
- Brestowatz: Bački Brestovac
- Bukin: Mladenovo
- Bulkes: Maglić
- Batschka (landscape): Bačka
- Belgrade : Beograd
- Bay of Kotor : Boka kotorska / Italian: Bocche di Cattaro
C.
D.
- Debeljatscha: Debeljača
- Deliblate: Deliblate
- Despot-Sankt-Ivan: Despotovo
- German Elemer: Elemir
- German Etschka: Ečka
- German Sartscha: Sutjeska (Sarča)
- German Zerne: Srpska Crnja
- Dobritza: Dobrica
- Dolowa: Dolovo
- Donauwachenheim: Stanišić
- Dornau: Deronje
- Doroslo: Doroslovo
- Dubowatz: Dubovac
- Duplay: Dupljaja
- Danube : Dunav
E.
- Eimannsruh (see → Neu-Siwatz)
- Elisenheim: Belo Blato
- Ernsthausen: Banatski Despotovac
F.
- Feketitsch: Feketić
- Ferdinandsdorf: Novi Kozjak
- Filipsdorf: Bački Gračac
- Franconian Mountains : Fruška Gora (low mountain range in Sirmia)
- Franzfeld: Kačarevo
G
- Galja: Gaj
- Georgshausen: Velika Greda
- Gjargstedt: Đurđin
- Glogau: Glogonj
- Gray market: Gakovo
- Grebenatz: Grebenac
- Greek Weißenburg: Belgrade
- Great Gaj: Veliki Gaj
- Big Betschkerek: Zrenjanin
- Groß-Sredischte: Veliko Središte
- Great Torak: Torak (formerly: Begejci)
H
- Hanfhausen: Odžaci
- Heath protection: Hajdučica
- Hay field: Novi Kozarci
- Hochbergshausen: Bački Vinogradi
- Hodschag: Odžaci
- Homolitz: Omoljica
I.
J
- Jabuka: Jabuka (Vojvodina)
- Jarek (also: Jarmosch): Bački Jarak
- Jarkowatz: Jarkovac
- Jasenau: Jasenovo
- Jollenberg: Čantavir
- Josefsdorf: Žabalj
- Juliusdorf: Telečka
K
- Kaptalan: Busenje
- Karlowitz: Sremski Karlovci
- Karlsdorf: Banatski Karlovac
- Kathreinfeld: Ravni Topolovac
- Katsch: Kać
- Kernei: Kljajićevo
- Kikinda: Kikinda
- Klari: Radojevo
- Klein Keer (Kleinker): Bačko Dobro Polje
- Little Kikinda: Bašaid
- Klein Margit: Banatska Dubica
- Petty shame : Mali Žam
- Little Sredischte: Malo Središte
- Small Torak : Torak (formerly: Begejci)
- Klek: Klek
- Königsdorf: Opovo
- Kowatschitza: Kovačica
- Krotzka: Grocka
- Kruschtschitz: Kruščica
- Kubin: Kovin
- Kudritz: Gudurica
- Kulpin: Kulpin
- Kuschitz: Kusić
- Kuschtilj: Kuštilj
- Kutzura: Kucura
L.
- Camp village: Straža
- Lazarfeld: Lazarevo
- Liebfrauendorf: Gospođinci
- Ludwiga: Lyutovo
- Ludwigsdorf: Padina
- Lukasdorf: Lukino Selo
M.
- Maria Theresiopel: Subotica
- Markovichevo: Markovićevo
- Mast location : Novi Kozarci
- Melenze: Melenci
- Mesitsch: Mesić
- Michajlowo: Mihajlovo
- Milititsch: Srpski Miletić
- Modosch: Jaša Tomić
- Mocrine: Mocrine
- Mramorak: Mramorak
- Montenegro : Crna Gora
- Muschla: Mužlja
N
- Nagelsdorf: Bajmok
- Nakodorf: Nakovo
- New Itebe: Novi Itebej
- New Betsche: Novi Bečej
- Neudorf an der Donau: Bačko Novo Selo
- Neufutok: Futog
- New Kanisha: Novi Kneževac
- New Palanka: Banatska Palanka
- New Pasua : Nova Pazova
- New Sartscha: Sutjeska
- New Schowe: Ravno Selo
- Neusin: Neuzina
- Neu-Siwatz: Sivac
- New center: Nova Crnja
- Nikolinci: Nikolinci
- Neusatz ad Donau: Novi Sad
P
- Passarowitz: Požarevac
- Paulisch: Pavliš
- Peterwardein: Petrovaradin
- Pantschowa: Pančevo
- Parabutsch: Ratkovo
- Pardan: Međa
- Perlas: Perlez
- Petersdorf: Vladimirovac
- Petersheim: Sečanj
- Plankenburg: Bačka Palanka
- Plawingen: Plavna
- Ploschitz: Pločica
O
R.
- Vineyard: Kaluđerovo
- Riedau: Riđica
- Ringdorf : Kolut
- Ritischevo: Ritiševo
- Rogendorf: Banatski Dvo
- Rothkirchen: Crvena Crkva
- Rotweil: Crvenka
- Rudolfsgnad: Knićanin
- Rusko Village: Rusko Selo
- Rustendorf: Banatski Brestovac
S.
- Samosh : Samoš
- Sand village: Šušara
- Sankt Georgen an der Bega: Žitište
- Saint Hubert: Banatsko Veliko Selo
- Sankt Johann an der Schanze: Prigrevica
- Saint Nicholas on the Tisza: Ostojićevo
- Saint John: Barice
- Schajkasch-Sentiwan: Šajkaš
- Schönau: Gajdobra
- Schowe (see → Alt-Schowe, Neu-Schowe)
- Schumarak: Šumarak
- Shurjan: Šurjan
- Sekitsch: Lovćenac
- Selleusch: Seleuš
- Semendria: Smederevo
- Semlin: Zemun
- Serbian Itebe: Srpski Itebej
- Setschanfeld: Dužine
- Sigmundsfeld: Lukićevo
- Siwatz (see → Alt-Siwatz, Neu-Siwatz)
- Skorenowatz: Skorenovac
- Sombor: Sombor
- Sochitza: Sočica
- St. Thomas: Srbobran
- Startschowa: Starčevo
- Stephansfeld: Krajišnik
- Save (older also sow ): Sava
- Serbia : Srbija
- Syrmia (landscape): Srem
T
- Temeri: Temerin
- Tomaschewatz: Tomaševac
- Tomsdorf: Hetin
- Goal show: Savino Selo
- Cheb: Čelarevo
- Tschenta: Čenta
- Chernabara: Crna Bara
- Tschesterek / Tschestereg: Čestereg
- Chonopel: Čonoplja
- Tisza : Tisa (river)
U
- Ulma: Uljma
- Ulmenau: Backi Brestovac
- Ürmenhausen: Jermenovci
V
- Vojlowitz: Vojlovica
W.
- Wajska: Vajska
- Waldau: Sonta
- Waldneudorf: Budisava
- Wattin: Dad
- Weißkirchen: Bela Crkva
- Wekerledorf: Nova Gajdobra
- Weprowatz: Kruščić
- Werbass: Vrbas
- Wlajkowatz: Vlajkovac
- Vojvodintz: Vojvodinci
- Wolfingen: Karavukovo
- Wolfsburg: Kula
- Werschetz: Vršac
Z
See also
- List of lists of German-language names for non-German-speaking places
- List of German and Hungarian names of Romanian places
- List of places in Vojvodina
literature
- Isabella Regényi et al. Anton Scherer: Donauschwäbisches Ortnamesbuch , published by the Working Group Danube Swabian Family Researchers (AKdFF), Darmstadt, 1980
Footnotes
- ^ Batschka hometown communities. Retrieved March 20, 2016 . Here is z. B. stated: not Hanfhausen , but Hodschag ; not Plankenburg , but Palanka ; not Schönau , but Gajdobra ; not Ulmenau , but Batsch-Brestowatz (the prefixed "Batsch-" to differentiate it from Banat Brestowatz ), popularly just Brestowatz (see home book of this former German community).
- ↑ a b At the beginning of the 1940s, it was planned to rename Neu-Siwatz in Eimannsruh after Johann Eimann . It is unclear whether the renaming actually came about. The name has been forgotten in German-speaking countries, but according to the DNB it is included in the Danube Swabian place-name book and still appears in some English-language map and weather services.