October is a busy month filled with a lot of festivities! For the German Hungarians, the fall season holds one more special event. KIRCHWEIHFEST!!
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Report from the Verband der Donauschwaben Annual Meeting – 2024
On Saturday, April 27, the Landesverband held their annual meeting at the Donauschwaben's German-American Cultural Center in Olmsted Falls, Ohio.
Donauschwaben’s German-American Cultural Center in Olmsted Falls, OH, by Michael Fricker
Michael Fricker outlines some background and information about our fellow club in Cleveland!
Joseph Reiter, born November 4, 1932, in Kleinbetschkerek, Romania
Joseph S. Reiter shares the story of his Father from Kleinbetschkerek in Romania to the United States, & the United German Hungarians.
Tradition & the 2023 Kirchweihfest, by Michael Fricker
On Sunday, November 26, we gathered at the Phoenix Sport Club, members, friends, the Cultural Group, four generations of German-Hungarians. And the Kirchweihfest is our most visible and real example of tradition in action. The fact that it is the most beautiful makes it what I like to all the most beautiful important day of our club calendar.
“BUWE WAS HA’MER HEIT?” by Emily Fricker in 2015
Read Emily Fricker's 2015 writing on the Sport Club Kirchweih of the 1950s!
About “Mei Rosmarein,” by Emily Fricker in 2014
Read Emily Fricker's 2014 writing on the Rosmarein & the Kirchweih!
The Philadelphia “Kerweihs,” by Emily Fricker in 2012
Read Emily Fricker's 2012 history of the Philadelphia "Kerweihs."