Photos

Here is a collection of Ernsthausen pictures. Additional pictures will be accepted. Presently about fifty displayed on two pages

A Ten Minute Perspective

Here you can read about Kathe Prungel-Morin's visit to Ernsthausen in 1989. You can see her Photos posted on the second photo page.

1828 Ernsthausen Census

This is a scan of the names listed in the 1828 Torontal County Land Census for Ernsthausen. These names were extracted by Martha Connor.

Area Map

The map, taken from the inside flap of the Heimatbuch Ernsthausen book shows Ernsthausen (Erneszthaza) and the surrounding villages. This is a large file and will take some time to download if using a 28kp modem.

Ernsthausen Town Map

This Ernsthausen Road Map also shows the Ernsthausen homeowners around 1945 with street addresses. WARNING this is a larger file than the Area Map above..but has much more detail. This map is also from the Heimatbuch Ernsthausen Book

Ernsthausen
The History

Ernsthausen settled about 1800 by the invited German Settlers...Find the History of Ernsthausen here as expressed by David Alan-Peter Witte!

More History
Part One

This account is more than just names and facts it also bring to light customs, food, activities, structure, and a lifestyles and saga of a people who had an identity problem, not having a country to call home.

Tale of the
Families

Following is an account of what happened immediately after the War as we know of it from our history books as has been taught to our children and grandchildren and for American and Canadians to have been shielded from out eyes from our own governments. The following quotes and stories are from a compilation of family members and from others who went through the horrors that we all must know while reading the good times and bad in our history.

Banat History

Should you be interested in the history of the Austria-Hungary Empire and the German settlers who re-settled the area and today are spread around the world this is the link for you.

Banaters.com

This site covers the larger area called the 'Banat' which Ernsthausen was a part of. All of the Banat Area laid within the Austria-Hungary Empire today divided between Hungary, Yugoslavia and Romania.