Compiled by Rosina T. Schmidt
A massive immigration of German peasant farmers did take place after the Turks have been expelled from Hungary in the wars of 1683-1699 and 1716-1718. Most of settlers headed by invitation of the Emperor Charles IV for Banat, but some of them decided to shorten their travel and settled on the manorial estates of the Tolna County.
See: Swabian Turkey History for more information.
Kalazno was one of the first all manorial estates to be opened for settlement. As next-door Varsad had already a Lutheran community, most of the newcomers were Lutheran also, as the non Roman Catholics were not desired in the Banat. Just when exactly the first settlers arrived is difficult to establish. In the archives of Tolna there is a Conscription list for Kalazno, which covers the names of the settlers starting with the year of 1722. Some of them moved on a year or two later, some died and others stayed.
Conscription List of 1723 – 1729
Name Arrival Date Notes Aul, Michael 1722 Baecker, Lorenz, Jun. 1723 Died in 1727 Baecker, Lorenz, Sen. 1722 Baumeister, Joh. Justus 1722 Becht, Johann Konrad 1722 Birger, Johann 1724 Blaeser, Johann 1724 Damm, Martin 1724 Daum, Georg 1723 Died in 1727 Decker, Bartholomaeus 1724 Decker, Johann 1724 Decker, Johann Konrad 1722 Diesberger, Johann 1723 Ernst, Heinrich 1722 Left town after 1724 Ferbach, Veit 1724 Fink, Konrad/Joh. Heinr. 1723 Died in 1724 Frei, Joh. Heinrich 1724 Left town after 1726 Friedmueller, Anddreas 1723 Habicht, Jakob 1723 Hackmaier, Michael 1727 Hann, Johann Adam 1723 Heppenheimer, Leonhard 1724 Herzog, Adam 1723 Hofmann, Ewald 1723 Jakobi, Philipp 1723 Jost, Konrad 1724 Kaiser, Konrad Walrot 1723 Died in 1727 Kaufmann, Balthasar 1723 Left town after 1725 Kermann, Wilhelm 1723 Kessler, Johann 1724 Left town after 1726 Knetteler, Johann 1722 Left town after 1722 Krauss, Johann 1723 Died in 1727 Krauss, Johann Jakob 1723 Krauss, Peter 1723 Lang, Johann 1722 Died in 1722 Linthamb, Johann 1727 Lotz, Johann Georg 1723 Left town after 1726 Lotz, Johann Peter 1723 Lotz, Konrad 1724 Left town after 1726 Luchs, Joh. Heinr. 1723 Lukas, Georg Heinrich 1722 Lukas, Johann Heinrich 1724 Mark, Johann Georg 1724 Died in 1727 Merkel, Johann 1722 Died in 1724 Muelbert, Christoph 1727 Muelbert, Martin 1723 Muellbert, Christian 1724 Left town after 1726 Mueller, Christoph 1723 Died in 1727 Mueller, Jakob 1724 Left town after 1726 Mueller, Joh. Chr. 1724 Mueller, Johann Georg 1724 Left town after 1726 Mueller, Johann Heinrich 1727 Muk, Johann 1722 Narkang, Nikolaus 1722 Ochs, Johann Heinrich 1722 Ochs, Michael 1722 Left town after 1722 Ochs, Sebastian 1722 Left town after 1722 Pecht/Becht, Peter 1723 Pfeil, Heinrich 1724 Rausch, Johann Georg 1723 Rausch, Nikolaus 1722 Died in 1722 Reifenstein, Johann Georg 1722 Left town after 1726 Riess, Nikolaus 1724 Left town after 1726 Ross, Jakob’s, Widdow 1724 Roth, Nikolaus 1724 Ruppert, Konrad 1722 Schaefer, Friedrich 1722 Schauering, Johann 1723 Schirmer, Johann 1722 Died in 1722 Schlitt, Johann 1724 Schlitt, Johann Heinrich 1723 Left town after 1727 Sebesten, Andreas 1725 Left town after 1726 Seiber, Johann Heinrich 1723 Died in 1727 Seifert, Johann 1725 Left town after 1726 Siebel/Sippl 1722 Silberstamm, Andreas 1727 Simon, Johann’s Widow 1723 Left town after 1726 Stark, Ciriak 1724 Stock, Johann Heinrich 1724 Stolzenbach, Johann 1724 Strieder, Johann 1723 Left town after 1727 Thomas, Johann 1725 Left town after 1726 Tilger, Hermann 1724 Usiger, Johann 1723 Died in 1723 Walter, Batholomeus 1723 Weiger, Konrad 1723 Died in 1725 Wickert, Dietrich 1723 Died in 1726 Wolf, Johann 1724 Left town after 1726