Pardan (German) – Deutsch Pardan (German) – Párdány (Hungarian) – Németpardány (Hungarian) – Német-Párdány (Hungarian) – Ninčićevo (Other) – Pardanj (Serbian) – Međa, Serbia (Official)
Central Banat District – Vojvodina (the Serbian Banat)
Genealogical Records – Church records available at LDS –
100 YU – Pardan: B. 1801-1836, M. 1801-1835, D. 1801-1835
Međa (Међа) is a village located in the Žitište municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Former Serb Pardanj was known as Srpski Pardanj in Serbian, Serbische Pardan in German, and Szerb-Párdány in Hungarian.
Former Slovak Pardanj was known as Totovski Pardanj in Serbian, Slowakisch Pardan in German, and Tót-Párdány in Hungarian. It was later also known as German Pardanj (Serbian: Nemački Pardanj, German: Deutsch Pardan, Hungarian: Német-Párdány) and Hungarian Pardanj (Serbian: Mađarski Pardanj, German: Ungarisch Pardan, Hungarian: Magyar-Párdány)
After the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 assigned Pardanj to Romania. It was under Romanian administration until 1924, when it was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In this time, its name was changed to Ninčićevo. Near the end of the Second World War (1944) the German population was sent to Tito’s concentration camps. The village and colonists from Bosnia and Herzegovina settled here instead of them. New inhabitants named the village Međa (“border” in English) because of the proximity of the state border. Formerly, Međa was a seat of the municipality, but later was included into new municipality with seat in Žitište.
Pardan Kriegsopfer im Bild und Kurzbiographie 1987
[E: Pardan, sacrifice of war in pictures & a short biography] Vienna, privately printed. Contact: Johann Porte, Khuenweg 6, A-1220, Vienna. 112 pages, photos of Pardan.
Pardan Passenger Records – David Dreyer’s Banat Ship List
Pardan Ortssippenbuch (Family Book) (CD) Johann Porte & Justine Masching, Wien
Ortssippenbuch Pardan im Banat (the book). The book (re-edited by Christina Reimer) covers, births 1801-1836, marriages 1801-1836 and deaths 1801-1890. Death entry also worked sporadically from 1835 to 1890. Filials of Ittebe, Johannisfeld, Ujwar etc and especially the elusive locality of Kiss Maria are included. Order from AVBF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veröffentlichung Banater Familienbücher). In Europe, order CD from Philipp Lung; in the US: David Dreyer
Pardan – meine Heimat (Pardan – My home)
Edited by Dominik Öhl, …Vienna, September 1959, 102 pages, photos, & plan.
Pardan and it’s Schwaben. Recollections from the life of the local community Pardaner. Balance sheet after a disaster.
Last updated: 07/09/2025