This article was first printed, with Dr Wilson’s permission and consent, for the Krause family history book, Shipwreck to Settlement, published in 1990 by Weldon Mersiovsky. The following descriptions of various aspects of the 1853 emigration were written at the time of the events or shortly thereafter. The source and original language, Wendish or German, […]
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This article was first printed, with Dr Wilson’s permission and consent, for the Krause family History, Shipwreck to Settlement, in 1990. The Wends or Sorbs of Germany are an originally Slavic group in what is now southern East Germany, in the area called Lusatia (Lausitz), around the cities of Bautzen and Cottbus. They were surrounded
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Originally published in Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, Vol LII, Number 1, 1987. In the area around Giddings (between Austin and Houston), Texas live the descendants of the Wendish settlers who immigrated to Texas in 1854 from what was the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and who founded the community of Serbin west of Giddings.(1) The Wendish
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Originally published in Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, Vol LV, Number 2, 1991. An interesting motif in Sorbian (Wendish) and German folklore is that of the Seventh Book of Moses, This is supposedly a magic book which Moses used for purposes of witchcraft. Interestingly, there was also the Sixth Book of Moses, but the motif is
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Copies of A Rock Against Alien Waves can be purchased at the Texas Wendish Heritage Society Museum, 1011 CR 212, Giddings, TX 78942 through its Executive Director, wendish@bluebon.net. This preface was written by Dr David Zersen. Preface In teaching students about heritage, I have often made the comment that there is no such thing as
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This book of Jan Kilian’s poetry and music was prepared for the 200th anniversary of his birth on March 22, 2011. Copies can be purchased at the Texas Wendish Heritage Society, 1011 CR 212, Giddings, TX 78942 through its Executive Director, wendish@bluebon.net. This is the Preface that was written by Dr David Zersen for this book. There
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Dr David Zersen wrote this Foreward to Trudla Malinkowa’s masterpiece. We hope that it will inspire you to read her blog and get a copy of her book for your bookshelves and your family’s edification. Copies can be gotten through the Texas Wendish heritage Society, 1011 CR 212, Giddings, TX 78942 by contacting the Executive Director,
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Copies of Shores of Hope can be purchased from the Texas Wendish Heritage Society, 1011 CR 212, Giddings, TX 78942 or through the Executive Director, wendish@bluebon.net or online at www.texaswendish.org. Preface to the English Edition “Božo, daj, zo docpimy ze wšěch strachow wumóženi k brjoham našej’ nadźije!” (“God grant that we protected from all dangers reach
The Poetry and Music of Jan Kilian, edited by David Zersen, translated by Viera Buzgova and Milan Pohontsch, with English lyrics by Martin Doering and tune harmonics by Harold Rutz, is a product of the Concordia University Press, Austin, Texas. We have reproduced for you here the introduction by Trudla Malinkowa, of Bautzen, Germany. Copies of
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On the occasion of Jan Kilian’s 200th birthday, we created a CD that presents his chorals to the broad public for the first time. We have selected 22 of his songs, with 17 being his own creations among them and nine containing Kilian’s original melody (Numbers 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 17, 19, 20, and
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