In an article written by Susan Clark, I read the following: Last updated 01/22/97 History of German Settlements in Southern HungaryThe city of Ulm, in the Swabian region of the German states, was a common point of departure. From Ulm, settlers boarded boats called "Ulmer Schachtel" and sailed the Danube to Vienna, where they registered for their land. I do not have Susan Clark's email address, and if I did, I would ask her if there are any records of these Swabians' departure including lists of names and homelands. if anyone can connect me to Susan, I would be grateful. and I would appreciate an email from Susan if she is still connected to this group email. Bob Hain

I just came back from a Danube River Cruise. The Danube is a swift flowing river with many locks as it drops quite a bit from it's source to the end. How did these people steer/stop this Ulmer Schachtels boats ? I'm sure there were rapids, rocks trees etc. in their path. Franz On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Bob Hain via <[email protected]> wrote: > In an article written by Susan Clark, I read the following: > > Last updated 01/22/97 > > History of German Settlements in Southern HungaryThe city of Ulm, in the > Swabian region of the German states, was a common point of departure. From > Ulm, settlers boarded boats called "Ulmer Schachtel" and sailed the Danube > to Vienna, where they registered for their land. > I do not have Susan Clark's email address, and if I did, I would ask her > if there are any records of these Swabians' departure including lists of > names and homelands. if anyone can connect me to Susan, I would be > grateful. and I would appreciate an email from Susan if she is still > connected to this group email. > Bob Hain > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Franz, Here is a great page at DVHH about migration via these boats Migration Voyage, The Danube & The Ulmer Schachteln Migration Voyage, The Danube & The Ulmer Schachteln Danube Swabian History | Migration Voyage, The Danube & The Ulmer Schachteln by Hans Kopp View on www.dvhh.org Preview by Yahoo If you are willing to use chrome with the google translate plugin or you can read german then there is some good information about these boats at the following links as well: Ulmer Schachtel – Wikipedia Ulmer Schachtel – Wikipedia Die Ulmer Schachtel ist ein Einweg-Bootstyp, der seit dem Mittelalter auf der Donau der Waren- Passagier- und Truppenbeförderung diente. Er wurde lediglich für Nau... View on de.wikipedia.org Preview by Yahoo Gesellschaft der Donaufreunde Ulm e. V. Gesellschaft der Donaufreunde Ulm e. V. Die Gesellschaft der Donaufreunde Ulm e.V. heißt Sie herzlich willkommen! Wer diese Gesellschaft ist und was sie bezweckt, erfahren Sie unter dem Link “Die Gesellsc... View on www.donaufreunde-ul... Preview by Yahoo If anyone has any detailed information or resources for research of the people migrating, such as any records kept in Vienna I would be interested in this information. Thanks, Matt ________________________________ From: Frank Seitz via <[email protected]> To: Bob Hain <[email protected]> Cc: mailing list <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Migration through Vienna I just came back from a Danube River Cruise. The Danube is a swift flowing river with many locks as it drops quite a bit from it's source to the end. How did these people steer/stop this Ulmer Schachtels boats ? I'm sure there were rapids, rocks trees etc. in their path. Franz On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Bob Hain via <[email protected]> wrote: > In an article written by Susan Clark, I read the following: > > Last updated 01/22/97 > > History of German Settlements in Southern HungaryThe city of Ulm, in the > Swabian region of the German states, was a common point of departure. From > Ulm, settlers boarded boats called "Ulmer Schachtel" and sailed the Danube > to Vienna, where they registered for their land. > I do not have Susan Clark's email address, and if I did, I would ask her > if there are any records of these Swabians' departure including lists of > names and homelands. if anyone can connect me to Susan, I would be > grateful. and I would appreciate an email from Susan if she is still > connected to this group email. > Bob Hain > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message