Observations on Some Banat Cemeteries

Old (usually

German) Name

Current Name

Cemetery

Location

Observations

Bethausen

Bethausen

NE edge of town.

Very good condition.

Blumenthal

Masloc

SE edge of town.

45° 59.66’N

21° 27.30’E

Entire cemetery well tended

Boglar

Boglar

See Vertesboglar

Bogarosch

Bulgarus

SE side of town.

Pretty good condition.

Csákvár

Csakvar

SW edge of town.

47° 23.578’N

18° 26.842’E

The old part is quite overgrown by bush and difficult to access.

Deutsch Stamora

Stamora Germana

W edge of town.

45° 16.87’N

21° 14.72’E

Entire cemetery well tended

Deutsch Zerne

Srpska Crnja

Found on west side of town in 2014. Not bad condition.

Dolatz

Dolat

S of town

Good condition. Tall grass.

Elisenheim

Belo Blato

Good condition.

Ernsthausen

Banatski Despotovac

SE edge of town by lakeshore.

45° 21.78’N

20° 40.09’E

German tombstones have been bulldozed to lakeshore. Almost all are toppled and many are broken and buried.

Etschka

Ecka

About 1-2 km S of church.

45° 18.64’N

20° 27.02’E

Not bad condition, but few old graves remain.

Gánt

Gant

SW edge of town.

47° 23.355’N

18° 23.102’E

Very good condition, but few old graves remain.

Georghausen

Velika Greda

N edge of town. Walk in between two houses.

45° 14.75’N

21° 02.17’E

Old cemetery was moved and a school built in its place. New cemetery has mass grave where remains from old cemetery were buried under large crucifix. In 2014 we were told that the remains were actually buried in the grave marked for Elisabetha Birg. Who knows for sure?

Grabatz

Grabat

NW edge of town.

45° 52.68’N

20° 45.31’E

Newer parts well tended, but older parts somewhat overgrown

Gross Gaj

Veliki Gaj

SE edge of town.

45° 17.03’N

21° 10.38E

Completely overgrown by bush and virtually inaccessible.

Gross St. Peter

Sinpetru Mare

S of town.

46° 02.34’N

20° 49.69’E

Somewhat overgrown with bush, but still quite accessible.

Hatzfeld

Jimbolia

Good condition in 2014.

Heideschitz

Hajducica

Did not visit.

Heufeld-Mastort

Novi Kozarci

Not found. We were told that the German cemetery no longer exists.

Josefsdorf

Iosifalau

NW of town.

Good condition.

Karlsdorf

Banatski Karlovac

W edge of town.

45° 03.70’N

20° 59.90’E

Church town centre

45° 27.59’N

20° 34.14’E

Entire cemetery well tended

Kathreinfeld

Ravni Topolovac

E end of town on main road. Small chapel steeple poking above heavily overgrown bush.

45° 27.409’N

20° 34.289’E

Completely overgrown by bush and very difficult to access. In 2010, some of the bush adjacent to the road had been cleared, revealing badly desecrated tombs. In 2014 we found that it was somewhat accessible from the south side of the newer Serbian cemetery.

Klek

Klek

W side of town adjacent to main road and new cemetery.

45° 25.06’N

20° 28.51’E

Badly overgrown and only accessible with difficulty. Walk to nearly the back of the new cemetery. Follow the sidewalk across a small drainage channel and turn left into the trees. Some effort at clearing had been made on our 2014 visit.

Kornye

Kornye

Kozma

Kozma

S edge of town.

47° 27.152’N

18° 26.261’E

Quite good condition.

Kudritz

Guderica

S edge of town.

45° 09.90’N

21° 26.36’E

Church town centre

45° 10.06’N

21° 26.57’E

Fairly good condition. Many older headstones that had been toppled have been partially rehabilitated. They are at least leaning on their bases so they are accessible and readable.

Lazarfeld

Lazarevo

SE edge of town.

45° 22.99’N

20° 32.40’E

Newer parts well tended, but older parts somewhat overgrown by tall grass.

Lenauheim

Lenauheim

SE edge of town.

45° 52.03’N

20° 47.99’E

Very good condition.

Molidorf

W side of village ruins

45° 38.63’N

20° 31.35’E

The village no longer exists. There is a new memorial on the west side of the ruins, near the old cemetery, where some old markers remain.

Morawitza

Morawita

N of town across wide depression.

45° 15.96’N

21° 15.94’E

Part near chapel is in pretty good shape, but old part to the east is quite overgrown by bush and accessible only with difficulty.

Ofsenitza

Ofsenita

N of town.

In tall grass in a clearing surrounded by low bushes.

Ostern

Comlosu Mic

W side of town.

45° 50.81’N

20° 39.99’E

Very good condition.

Pilisvorosvar

Pilisvorosvar

N edge of town.

47° 37.55’N

18° 54.88’E

Church town centre

47° 37.15’N

18° 54.54’E

Very good condition.

Rudolfsgnad

Knicanin

E edge of town.

45° 11.172’N

20° 19.622’E

German portion is quite overgrown by bush and difficult to access.

Rudolfsgnad

Memorial (Teletschka)

Knicanin

A few miles S of town.

45° 27.409’N

20° 34.289’E

 Very good condition.

Ruskodorf

Rusko Selo

Did not visit.

Saar

Szar

W edge of town, 2 blocks west of church.

47° 28.545’N

18° 30 975’E

Very good condition.

Sackelhausen

Sacalaz

NW edge of town.

45° 45.54’N

21° 06.07’E

Very good condition.

St. Hubert-Charleville-Seultour

Banatsko Veliko Selo

Not found.

Sartscha

Sutjeska

SW corner of town

45° 23.27’N

20° 41.29’E

All that remains of the old German part of the cemetery are some concrete sidewalks. In 2014 the spaces between the sidewalks were mostly filled in with new Serbian graves.

Setschan

Secanj

W end of town.

45° 21.99’N

20° 45.93E

Newer parts well tended, but older parts somewhat overgrown. In 2010 we found an overgrown area west of the main cemetery that we had not noticed before.

Setschanfeld

Duzine

E edge of town.

45° 17.25’N

21° 00.20E

Totally overgrown and inaccessible.

Sigmundsfeld

Lukicevo

NE edge of town.

45° 20.44’N

20° 30.11E

Newer parts well tended, but older parts somewhat overgrown by tall grass. Old stones are neing removed and recycled.

Stefansfeld 1

Krajisnik

S edge of town.

45° 26.83’N

20° 43.62E

Quite good condition.

Stefansfeld 2

Krajisnik

NW edge of town.

45° 27.53’N

20° 43.22E

New part well tended, but old part quite overgrown and difficult to access with toppled stones and some caved in crypts. In 2014 the old part was completely overgrown with bush about 12 feet tall.

Triebswetter

Tomnatic

W edge of town.

Very good condition.

Urmenyhaza

Jermenovci

Did not visit.

Vertesboglar

Vertesboglar

Near S end of town, S of church, west of main road.

47° 25.65’N

18° 31.29’E

Pretty good condition, but some of the older stones are somewhat overgrown by tall grass. In 2014 many of the older stones had been removed and placed around the edges, making them quite accessible. The grass was cut like a lawn.

Zichydorf

Plandiste

NE edge of town.

45° 14.130’N

21° 07.230’E

Church?

45° 13.79’N

21° 07.39’E

Quite good condition, but many old stones are gradually being replaced by new burials.