Apfeldorf

Apfeldorf (German) –  Appeldorf (German) – Jabuka (Josephinische) – Almas (Hungarian) – Torontálalmás (Hungarian) – Jabuka, Serbia (Official)

Jabuka is situated in the Pančevo municipality.

Lookups Guide: Eve Brown – Ortssippenbuch from Apfeldorf, Banat 1767-1835/1851/1868, by Michael Adelhardt and Elfriede Adelhardt, geb. Kern – published in 2004 these are Cath. or Orthodox records.

Genealogical Records – Church records available at LDS – FHC; Microfilm Nr. :  004  YU – Apfeldorf:  B. 1766-1835,  M. 1766-1868,  D 1767-1851.

Jabuka – Josephinische Landaufnahme Panczovaer District 1769-1772.

South Western Banat “Wholesale Murder” Jabuka.

Journey to Freedom 1850-1943 
Part 1: (Family background): Dautermann’s of Obresch & Sklena’s of Bohemia & Schwarzwald, Germany, Apfeldorf & Kupinovo 1944-1954 
Part 2: Obresch to Camp Haid to America.

Apfeldorf Passenger Records – David Dreyer’s Banat Ship List.

Bonja/Bonea & Related Families.

The village currently has a Serb ethnic majority and its population was 6,312 in the 2002 census. Name Jabuka means “apple” in Serbian. The Hungarian and German names for the village have same meaning. In Hungarian, the village was known as Torontálalmás (Alma means “apple” in Hungarian) and in German as Apfeldorf (“Apple village”). The German population called the village Jabuka, named after a former destroyed village founded by Slavic fishermen; it was named Apfeldorf when the German army occupied the area in World War II.

Ortssippenbuch Jabuka (Apfeldorf) Banat 1767-1835/1851/1868
by Michael Adelhardt & Elfriede Adelhardt, geb. Kern. Published 2004

Apfeldorf Town Plan



Last updated: 08/08/2025

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