Hutterite Place Names
in Eastern Europe
by Language and Country
by John A. Hostetler

Revised and Extended by John Movius

Revisions, extentions and HTML coding © copyright 1997 by John Movius of FEEFHS based on text copyrighted 1974 by Johns Hopkins University Press; all rights reserved
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Latest Update: 21 January 1997

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© Copyright Republishing Approval: The place names and country locations given below are from "Hutterite Place Names in Eastern Europe by Language and Country" (Appendix Three, pages 317-319) of the book "Hutterite Society" (first edition, 403 pages) by John A. Hostetler, published © copyright 1974 by Johns Hopkins University Press of Baltimore, Maryland; ISBN 0-8018-1584-3.

FEEFHS thanks Johns Hopkins University Press for its prompt written permission (eMail of 14 January 1997) to republish this place name list and thus make it more widely available to genealogy record searchers thru the FEEFHS Web Site.

FEEFHS also gives thanks to retired sociology and anthropology professor John A. Hostetler (formerly of Temple University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) for his encouragement and help of our efforts to publicize Hutterite sources and information of value to genealogy record searchers worldwide.

The "Hutterite Society" (third Edition) by John A. Hostetler copyright 1997 by Johns Hopkins University Press of Baltimore, Maryland wil be released for sale in April 1997.



Background The Hutterites are a small pacifist Anabaptist religious group that suffered persecution from both Catholic and Protestant religious and civil authorities in Europe for almost four centuries before migrating to South Dakota and Canada. Their namesake - Jacob Hutter, chief pastor of the Tyrolese Anabaptists - was captured in Moravia and publicly burned at the stake in Innsbruck Austria (on orders of the Holy Roman Emperor, Hapsburg King Ferdinand I of Austria) on February 25, 1536. This was part of the concerted effort to exterminate Anabaptist and other heresy "by fire and sword" by the Hapsburg Empire in conjunction with the Catholic Church.

Hutterite Migrations Acording to professor Hostetler, Hans Hut was re-baptised in 1526. The first death penalty for Anabaptists dates to 1 March 1526 (Zurich). By 1520 is is estimated that over 1,000 Anabaptists (including Hutterites, Mennonites and Swiss Bretheren) had been exectuted by the Hapsburg fire and/or sword.

Hutterites were known to be in the following locations during the indicated time periods:

1526-1528 ... South Tyrol (then Austria, now Italy)
1528 ............ Migration of Hutterite refugees to Moravia
1528-1621 ... Settlement of Hutterite colonies in Moravia and Slovakia
1621 ............ Migration of Hutterites to Transylvania (then Hungary, now Romania)
1621-1767 ... Settlement in colonies in Transylvania
1755 ............ Mirgration of Hutterite refugees from Carinthia to Transylvania
1767 ............ Migration of Hutteries to Wallachia (southern Romania)
1767-1770 ... Colonies of Hutterites in Wallachia
1770 ............ Migration of Hutterites to province of Tchernigov, Russia (Ukraine)
1770-1802 ... Hutterite Bruderhof colony on private estate at Vishenka 1802-1842 ... Moved to Russian crownland in nearby Radichev, Russia.
1842 ............ Migration to Huttertal in the Molotschna Mennonite region northwest of the Sea of Azov in Taurida province of south Russia (now the Ukraine).
1842-1874 ... Hutterite Buderhof colonies near the Molotschna region
1874 ............ First Hutterite Migration to the U.S.A. (to Bon Homme County, South Dakota). Most later moved to Canada (Alberta, Manatoba and Saskatchewan provinces).

(Webmaster's Note: a separate "List of Hutterite Colonies in North America" is under construction)



Hutterite Place Names in Eastern Europe

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This is the typical Database Formatting Scheme used below:

German Language ..... Place Name
Hungarian Language .......... Place Name
Slavic Language ............... Place Name
Romanian Language .................... Place Name
Location ......................... Country

Webmaster Note: Diacritical Marks in Place Names: Every effort has been made (within the limits of the "ISO Latin 1 character set" used in HTML) to present diacritical marks on the first listing of a place name. However several slavic diacritical characters are not available in ISO Latin 1 - i.e. they are not available to be posted and read by all browsers on the WWW.

A second place name listing is always presented to assure that our internal web site search engine (which does not recognize diacritical marks) will locate this place name's page when the name is spelled without diacritical marks.

Where a Germanic umlaut is used, the place name is listed here three ways: With the umlaut, with the "ae, "oe" version and a third listing (without the e or the umlaut) to accomodate those persons who are unaware of the correct European spelling.


German ..... Alwitz, Alwintz
Hungarian .......... Alvinc
Romanian ............... Vintul de Jos
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... Altenmarkt
Slavic ............... Breclav
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Auspitz
Hungarian .......... Pusztapecs / Pusztapecs (add an acute diacritical mark over the "e"
Slavic ............... Hustopec
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Austerlitz
Slavic ............... Slavkov
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Begen
Slavic ............... Perná / Perna
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Bernstein
Hungarian .......... Borostyánkö / Brostyankoe
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Bibersburg
Hungarian .......... Vöröskö / Voeroeskoe
Slavic ............... Cerveny Kamen
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Bödilan / Boedilan
Hungarian .......... Bodola
Location ......................... Transylania


German .......... Bodock, Bodok
Hungarian .......... Sárospatak / Sarospatak
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Brünn / Bruenn
Slavic ............... Brno
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Budapest
Hungarian .......... Buda
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Burgenland
Location ......................... Austria


German ..... Dämborschitz / Daemborschitz
Slavic ............... Damborice
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Deutschkreuz
Hungarian .......... Sopronkeresztur
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Eisenstadt
Location ......................... Austria


German ..... Falkstein
Location ......................... Austria


German ..... Forchenstein
Hungarian .......... Franko (Esterhazy estate)
Location ......................... Austria


German ..... Göding / Goeding
Slavic ............... Hodonin
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Gran
Hungarian .......... Estergom
Location .......... Hungary


German ..... Gostolän / Gostolaen
Hungarian .......... Kosztolány / Kosztolany
Slavic ............... Kostelna
Location ......................... Slovakia


Hungarian .......... Gyöngyös / Gyoengyoes / Gyongyos
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Grosschützen / Grosschuetzen
Hungarian .......... Lévárd / Levard; Nagy-Lévárd / Nagy-Levard
Slavic ............... Velké Leváry / Velke Levary
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Hermannstadt
Hungarian .......... Szeben
Romanian .................... Sibiu
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... Hutterdorf / Kutcheva
Romanian ....................
Location ......................... Russia (Ukraine)


German ..... Hutteral
Location ......................... Russia (Ukraine)


German ..... Johannesruh
Location ......................... Russia (Ukraine)


German ..... Kärnten / Kaernten / Karnten
Location ......................... Austria


German ..... Karlsberg / Weissenburg
Hungarian .......... Gyulafehérvár / Gyulafehervar
Romanian .................... Alba Iulia
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... Kirschlag
Location ......................... Humgary


German ..... Klagenfurt
Location ......................... Austria


German ..... Klausen
Italian ............... Chiusa
Location ......................... Tyrol, Italy


German ..... Klausenburg
Hungarian .......... Kolozsvár / Kolozsvar
Romanian .................... Cluj
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... Kleinsasserhof
Location ......................... Austria


German ..... Kräbach / Kraebach / Krabach (near Bucharest)
Romanian .................... Ciorogirle, Tschoregirle
Location ......................... Romania


German ..... Kronstadt
Hungarian .......... Brassó / Brasso
Romanian .................... Brasov
Location ......................... Transylvania


Hungarian .......... Léka / Leka
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Moos
Location ......................... Tyrol, Italy


German ..... Mures (river)
Hungarian .......... Maros
Romanian .................... Muresul
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... Neu Huttertal (Dobritchna)
Location ......................... Russia (Ukraine)


German ..... Neumühl an der Thaya / Neumuehl an der Thaya / Neumuhl an der Thaya
Slavic ............... Nové Mlýny / Nove Mlyny
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Neusider
Hungarian .......... Nezsider
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Nikolsburg
Slavic ............... Mikulov
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Neutra
Hungarian .......... Nyitra
Slavic ............... Neutra
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Odenburg
Hungarian .......... Sopron
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Ofen
Hungarian .......... Buda (Budapest)
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Olbendorf
Hungarian .......... Szentlörinc / Szentloerinc / Szentlorinc
Location ......................... Hungary


Hungarian .......... Parád / Parad
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Peterwardein
Hungarian .......... Pétervárad / Petervarad
Slavic ............... Petrovaradinov
Location ......................... Yugoslavia


German ..... Prag
Hungarian .......... Prága / Praga
Slavic ............... Praha
Location ......................... Bohemia (now the Czech Republic)


German ..... Pressburg
Hungarian .......... Pozsony
Slavic ............... Bratislava
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Pribitz
Slavic ............... Pribice (add slavic "hacek" diacritical mark over the r)
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Protzka
Hungarian .......... Brockó / Brocko
Slavic ............... Brocké / Brocke
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Pustertal
Location ......................... Tyrol, Italy


German ..... Radichev, Radititschewa
Location ......................... Russia (Ukraine)


German ..... Radnoten
Hungarian .......... Radnóth / Radnoth
Romanian .................... Iernut
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... Rossitz
Slavic ............... Rosice
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Sabatisch, Sobotischt
Hungarian .......... Szobotist
Slavic ............... Sobotiste / (add slavic "hacek" diacritical mark over the second "s")
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Sárvár / Sarvar
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Schattmannsdorf
Hungarian .......... Cseszte
Slavic ............... Casta / Casta (add slavic "hacek" diacritical mark over the "C")
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Scheromet
Location ......................... Russia (Ukraine)


German ..... Gross Seelowitz
Hungarian ..........
Slavic ............... Zidlochovice (add slavic "hacek" diacritical mark over the "Z")
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Siebenburgen
Hungarian .......... Erdély / Erdely
Slavic ............... Ardeal
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... St. Johann
Hungarian .......... Szent-János / Szent-Janos
Slavic ............... Sv. Ján / Sv. Jan
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Strassnitz
Slavic ............... Stráznice / Straznice (add slavic "hacek" diacritical mark over the "z")
Location ......................... Moravia


Hungarian .......... Szombathely
Slavic ............... Sabaria
Location ......................... Hungary


German ..... Temeschwar
Hungarian .......... Temesvár / Temesvar
Romanian .................... Timisoara / Timisoara (add "cedilla" diacritical mark under the "s")
Location ......................... Romania


German ..... Tövis / Toevis
Hungarian .......... Tövis / Toevis
Romanian .................... Teius / Teius (add "cedilla" diacritical mark under the "s")
Location ......................... Transylvania


German ..... Tschachtitz
Hungarian .......... Csejthe
Slavic ............... Cechtice (add slavic "hacek"diacritical mark over the "C")
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Tura
Hungarian .......... Ó Tura / O Tura
Slavic ............... Stará Turá / Stara Tura
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Tyrnau
Hungarian .......... Nagyszombat
Slavic ............... Trnava
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Vishenka, Wishenka
Location ......................... Russia (Ukraine)


German ..... Vishenau
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Wadowitz
Hungarian .......... Vagyóc / Vagyoc
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Wessele
Hungarian ..........
Slavic ............... Veselé / Vesele (on the Vah)
Location ......................... Slovakia


German ..... Wessely an der March
Location ......................... Moravia


German ..... Wien
English .......... Vienna
Location ......................... Austria

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