BATSCHKA
The Batschka, also called Batschau in original documents, belonged to Austro-Hungary until 1918 and is
today the Vojodina province in northeastern Serbia.
In the map illustrated here besides the larger villages and cities are the following 9 Protestant settlement villages under
Emperor Franz Josef II in alphabetical order with the year settled recorded:
Bulkes 1786, Jarek 1787, Kischker 1786, Neuwerbaß 1785, Schowe 1786, Sekitsch 1786, Siwatz 1786, Tscherwenka 1785, and
Torschau 1784.Source: Georg Wild "DIE DEUTSCHE EVANGELISCHE KIRCHE IN JUGOSLAWIEN 1918-1941" (The German Evangelical
Church in Yugoslavia 1918-1941).
(Heinrich Stephan, Translation: Bradley Schwebler)