Lazarfeld (German) – Lázárföld (Hungarian) – Lazarevo, Serbia (Official)
Central Banat District – Vojvodina (the Serbian Banat)
A village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia.
The village was founded in 1809 by German colonists. In 1800, the first German immigrants arrived at the enormous estate of János Lázár de Écska, the son of Lukács Lázár. “Martinica pusta” was determined as a location for their settlement. It was, besides Ečka and Jankov Most, the third settlement founded on Lukács Lázár’s estate. In his honor it was named Lazarfeld.
In 1922, the village changed its name to Lazarevo. Until the end of World War II, it was mostly inhabited by ethnic Germans. After World War II, the German population fled and the village was colonized by Serb families from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lazarevo was the last shelter of the Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladić who was arrested here by the Serbian special police forces in the early morning hours of May 26, 2011. The arrest took place without incident as Mladić surrendered himself as well as two pistols that he carried.
Lookups Guide: Shirley Ann Erdman – Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Lazarfeld im Banat und ihrer Filialen Klek und Jankahid 1800-1834/1852 von Josef Kühn
Genealogical Records – Church records available at LDS – FHC; Microfilm Nr. :
Lazarfeld Village Street Plan: www.wernerkern.at/Lazarfeld/Lazbilder/Planhipfel.JPG
Lazarfelder Chronik: http://members.aon.at/jschaff/lazarfelder_chronik.pdf
Lazarfeld (German) www.lazarfeld.de/ (Web mistress: Monika Geier)
Village Chairman / H.O.G.:
Lazarfeld Passenger Records – David Dreyer’s Banat Ship List
Last updated: 06/30/2025