Hatzfeld (German & Josephinische) – Zsombolya (Hungarian) – Zombolya (Hungarian) – Czombol (Hungarian) – Žombolj (Serbian) – Jimbolia, Romania (Official)
Timis County – Western Romania
The town was first mentioned in a written record in a papal tax record in 1333 as Chumbul. It was colonized in 1766 by Danube Swabians and renamed Hatzfeld. In 1920, it became part of Romania with the name Jimbolia.
Hatzfeld – Das Banat in: Josephinische Landesaufnahme, 1769-72
Genealogical Records: Church records available at LDS – FHC; Microfilm Nr.:
044 RO – Hatzfeld: B. 1766-1839, M. 1766-1848, D. 1766-1836
Lookups Guide: Fran Matkovich – Hatzfeld Familienbuch CD II. 1999. Will do searches on surnames and will provide a glossary explaining the search information terminology.
Hatzfeld (Jimbolia) was among 190 villages affected by the deportation to the Bărăgan in 1951
People of Hatzfeld – Sandra Bruns Family, 2011
Familienbuch Hatzfeld 1766-1866 von Dr.Emmerich Henz, 1998
Heimatblatt Hatzfeld – Online:
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gruber/genealogy/banat/Heimat-Hatzfeld.pdf
Herausgeber: Heimatortsgemeinschaft Hatzfeld, 2000
Redaktion und Layout: Franz Quint, Walter Tonta
Umschlaggestaltung: Peter Froh; © HOG Hatzfeld, 2000, c/o Josef Koch, Baldenbergstr. 11, 78549 Spaichingen
Hatzfeld Passenger Records – David Dreyer’s Banat Ship List
Hatzfeld – Jimbolia by Jean-Marie Chappé 8/08/07
Hatzfeld Photos – St. Florian’s Statue in the center of Hatzfeld. Roman Catholic Church – center of Hatzfeld. [Photos by Kurt Schütz] via WayBack: https://web.archive.org/web/20100108082153/http://pages.cthome.net:80/schutz/hatzfeld.htm
Hatzfeld in wort und bild (In word and pictures)
Catholic Church name: Hl. Wendelin*
© Heinz Vogel
Last updated: 06/18/2025