Somogyszil
Szil (German)
Szill (German)
Somogy County
This was a large Hungarian market town prior to the arrival of the German Lutheran settlers. The first known German Lutheran settlers who arrived in Somogyszil were Nikolaus Stickl and Johannes Wolf, both of Somogydöröcske in 1830. The Taubert family from Felsö Nána followed who publicized the availability of land and positions in Somogyszil, which led to a massive influx of German speaking settlers from Tolna County, especially from Izmény. In addition to these settlers there were also numerous Heidebauren families who settled here from Lajos Komarom in Veszprem County. The vast majority of those families had previously lived in Pusztavám in Fejér County.
Somogyszil was a filial of Somogydöröcske and contains the entries for the Lutherans in that community.
by Henry A. Fischer
- Gadács and Szil: The Two Sisters – The history of two of the Danube Swabian villages in Somogy County leading up to the expulsion in 1948 that attempts to provide the historical context and consequences of the Potsdam Declaration as it applied to the Danube Swabians of Hungary after the Second World War and the expulsion of their populations as an example of what happened all over Hungary at that time. – Henry Fischer, 14 Jun 2008
- Heimatbuch der Nordschomodei:
Provides information on the villages of Somogyszil (Szil) in Somogy County. - Surname List for Döröcske, Gadacs, Szill, Bonnya and Fehercsard (Somogy County) -
Mrs. Waldraut Schlegel - Döröcske, Gadacs, Szill, Bonnya and Fehercsard (Somogy County) Vital Records 1787 to 1895 , birth, marriage and death, names, dates and locations as transcribed from the original
Mrs. Waldraut Schlegel. - FROM TOLERATION TO EXPULSION:
Volume II – Dornberg: In the Shadow of the Josefsburg: The families of Somogydöröcske, Somogy County, Hungary 1730-1948 Including affiliated congregations in Bonnya, Gadacs & Somogyszil.
by Henry A. Fischer, 2019
Last updated: 09/10/2026