Marienfeld (German) – Grossteremin (German) – Nagyteremia (Hungarian) – Mariafölde (Hungarian) – Marjafeld (Other) – Teremia Mare, Romania (Official)
Timis County – Western Romania
Located about 70 km from Timisoara (Timisoara) and about 20 km away from Grand St. Nicholas, in the triangle of Romania, Hungary and Serbia.
Lookups Guide: Mike Polsinelli – Marienfeld Family Book by Philipp Lung. Covers the period of 1769-1865 (Marienfeld) and 1781-1851 (Nero).
Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinden Marienfeld, 1769-1865, Nero (= Dugoszello), 1781-1851 im Banat by Philipp Lung. Published 2007 by Published 1995 by Arbeitskreis Donauschwäbischer Familienforsche in Sindelfingen. Written in German.
Ortsfamilienbuch Marienfeld Banat 1769-1991, Family Book of the Roman Catholic parish
Heimatbuch der Heidegemeinde Marienfeld im Banat. Authors, Anton Peter Petri, Friedrich Reinlein, Franz Wolz. Publisher, Heimatortsgemeinschaft Marienfeld, 1986 – 783 pages
First settlers came 1769/1770, the oldest known town seal dates from 1772. The place was built in 1770 with 125 numbers on the Puszta Nagy Terem under the name Marienfeld. The population in 1770 was 800th In 1942 there were 3139 inhabitants. In 1940 the population was 97% German. The number of Germans fell to 106 in 1996 from people. (Data source: www.banater-schwaben.org)
Genealogical Records – Church records available at LDS under name Gross Termin, Marienfeld, Mariafolde, Nagyteremia. Available at FHL: Christenings 1770-1845, Marriages 1770-1865, Deaths 1770-1840 FHL Microfilm Nr. 0858421, 0858422
Marienfeld – Josephinische Landesaufnahme, 1769-72
Teremia Mare was among 190 villages affected by the deportation to the Bărăgan in 1951
Village Chairman / H.O.G.: c / o Walter Keller, Str. 42, D-67229 Gerolsheim
Passenger Records – David Dreyer’s Banat Ship List
Willi Krisch’s Marienfeld website www.krisch.homepage.t-online.de/ortsfamilienbuch.html
Catholic Church name: Maria Geburt, branch of Großsanktnikolaus*
Last updated: 07/02/2025