South German Buffer State
The South German Buffer State (German: Prinz-Eugen-Gau, Reichsgau Banat, Donauprotektorat, Schwabenland, Donaudeutschland, Autonomes Siebenbürgen) was a proposed country whose creation was planned by Danube Swabians in 1941.[1] The state was supposed to include parts of Yugoslavia, Romania, and Hungary, namely the regions of Banat, Bačka, and Baranya.[2] According to data from 1910 Germans would make up only 25% of the population of this state, while the rest of the population would be made up of Hungarians, Romanians, and Serbs.
After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia the Germans achieved their plans only partially, i.e. they formed their own state administration in the Yugoslav (Serbian) part of Banat, which was not officially established as a separate state, but as an autonomous territory within the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia. The Yugoslav parts of Bačka and Baranja that the Germans intended to annex to their planned state were occupied and annexed by Hungary, while the requested parts of Romania and Hungary were not even considered for annexation to the state given that these two states were members of the Axis powers.
With the defeat of Germany in World War II and the restoration of Yugoslavia, German administration in Banat disappeared, and the Germans emigrated or were forcibly exiled from the country.
See also
[edit]- Danube Swabians
- Germans of Serbia
- Germans of Hungary
- Germans of Romania
- Germans of Croatia
- Banat (1941-1944)
- New Order (Nazism)
References
[edit]- ^ "Köztes-Európa térképtár". terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Wayback Machine". terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
