Satu Mare Swabians

The Satu Mare Swabians or Sathmar Swabians (German: Sathmarer Schwaben) are a German ethnic group in the Satu Mare region of Romania. They are one of the few Danube Swabian subgroups that are actually Swabian, and their dialect, Sathmar Swabian, is similar to other varieties of Swabian.

Most were originally farmers in Upper Swabia who came to Partium (at the time Hungary/Austria-Hungary, now Romania) during the East Colonisation in the 1700s. Their principal settlements were Satu Mare (Sathmar), Carei (Karol), Petrești (Petrifeld), and Foieni (Fienen), and they also inhabited Urziceni, Căpleni, Tiream, Beltiug, Ciumești, and Ardud.

After the Second World War, many evacuated, migrated or were expelled to Germany. Those that remain in Romania, along with other German-speaking groups in Romania, are represented in politics by the DFDR (Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania).

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