Read Emily Fricker's 2012 history of the Philadelphia "Kerweihs."
Tag: Banat
The “German-Hungarians” & the Kirchweih, by Emily Fricker in 2011
Read Emily Fricker's 2011 writing on the Kirchweih!
Original Soccer Team, Played Exhibition Matches in 1922
These men formed the original Banater Soccer team in 1922. They played exhibitions only before they entered the Allied League in the fall of 1923. L to R (bottom): C. Ott, J. Kreppel, J Schuster; (center row) H. Edward, N. Kreppel, J. Ehling, J. Quitter, P. Lenhard; (top row) J. Karlowitz, F. Kolla, A. Jarkovsky, & E. Schmidt.
Dracula’s Paprika Hendl and Slivovitz to Wash it Down, by Michael Fricker
"Ei Vant to Eat your Paprikash!" October brings the true beginning of the flavors of the fall. The popular culture heads towards Halloween with ridiculous use of pumpkin as a flavor in everything and anything. But for German-Hungarians, we crave a fall flavor more savory, warming, and spiced in a much more peppy way.
The Trenton Treffen, by Emily Fricker
Emily Fricker tells the story as she sees it of the Trenton Treffen!
Uns’r Kerweih 2022, by Joe Reiter
This speech was written in 2022 by Joseph S. Reiter for the Allgemeine Kirchweihfest held at the Trenton Treffen.
The 2022 Trenton Treffen is Finally Here!
Tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday so many of us will be descending on the Trenton, NJ area. More specifically we will be at the German American Society (215 Uncle Pete's Road, Yardville NJ 08691. see map below) in Yardville for the Landestreffen der Donauschwaben USA hosted by the Trenton Donauschwaben.
“Mutti, When Are We Ordering the Wurst?”, by Werner Fricker Jr.
Werner Fricker Jr. tells the tale of our favorite Hungarian Smoked sausage. Is this story the definitive end of that tale? Who knows, after all everything has an end but the wurst has two.