Diplich, Hans
Banat Teacher, Author, Publisher, Creator of the Danube Swabian Crest
Hans Diplich was born 23 Feb 1909 in Großkomlosch, Banat. He studied in Temeschwar and the University of Bucharest, Münster and Klausenburg. He taught in several towns in Romania among them Weißenburg. After the war he became a teacher in Munich, Germany. He has authored many papers books and was the president of the “Donauschwäbische Stiftung” whose sole purpose was to document the history of the Donauschwaben. He is the originator of the Donauschwaben coat of arms 
and the colors White-Green he selected from Weißkirchen, Banat, in honor of the town which became the center point of the Donauschwaben movement and the man Ludwig Kremling, the leader of our Folks group in 1906.
Hans completed elementary school in his home village, and graduated from the German Realgymnasium (secondary school) in Temeswar (1927). He then studied German language and literature, as well as Romanian language and literature, in Bucharest, Leipzig, and Münster (Westfalen). He taught at the Banatia in Temeswar from 1933 to 1941. From 1941 to 1944 he was principal of the high school in Weißkirchen/Fehértemplom/Bela Crkva. After 1945 he published many works in West Germany. He has been characterized as a ‘typical son of the Banat heath’. Growing up in a village of Old Hungary, with German and Romanian inhabitants, he developed an exceptional empathy for those around him, resulting in admirable translations and adaptations of Romanian and Hungarian poetry. 1
Hans Diplich died in Germany, in 1990. The following book depicts his works and their impact:
Werk und Wirkung / herausgegeben von der Landmannschaft der Banater Schwaben in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kulturverband der Banater Deutschen; Redaktion, Horst Fassel. Munchen: Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben, 1994. 2
More about Hans Diplich & the creation of the Donauschwaben Coat of Arms Crest
Author of: (see 3)
Diplich, Hans: Aus donauschwäbischen Erbe. Tl. 2: Betrachtungen und Bemerkungen. 1956. 80 S. (14:20) Kart. = Donauschwäbische Beiträge
Diplich, Hans: Die Domkirche in Temeswar. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Baugeschichte. 1972. 332 S.+68 Tfln. (16:24) Pp.
Diplich, Hans: Essay. Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte der Donauschwaben. 1975. 312 S. (16:24) Kart.
Diplich, Hans und Alfred Karasek: Donauschwäbische Sagen, Märchen und Legenden. 1952. 112 S. (14:21) Kart. = Donauschwäbische Beiträge 6
Diplich, Hans: Zur fälligen Stunde. Angewandte Gedichte. (1982) 98 S. (14:21) Lwd. — 1909 in Großkomloch, Banat.
Diplich, Hans: Südöstliche Weisen. Gedichte. 1960. 128 S. (11:18) Kart. — * 1909 Gr.-Komlosch/Banat
Diplich, Hans; Hockl, Hans Wolfram, u.v.a. (Hrsg.): Heimat im Herzen. Wir Donauschwaben. Wir Balten. Wir Pommern. Wir von der Weichsel und Warthe. Wir Siebenbürger. Wir Schlesier. Wir Ostpreußen. Wir Sudetendeutschen, Salzburg-München, Akademischer Gemeinschaftsverlag, 1952
(E: Home in the heart. We Danube Swabians. We Balts. We Pomerania. We of the Vistula and Warta. We Transylvania. We Schlesier. We East Prussia. We Sudeten Germans, Salzburg-Munich, Community Academic Publisher, 1952)
Sources:
1 – Nick Tullius
2 – Jacob Steigerwald
3 – Antiquariat Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Einhorn
Published at DVHH.org by Jody McKim Pharr
Last updated: 07/26/2025