FYI prior to the end of WW I (1918) Austria and Hungary were both part of the Habsburg Empire aka Austro-Hungarian Empire.
But hold on... this place is now part of Serbia (former Yugoslavia) !
Nowadays is is called Krajisnik
Stefansfeld
Village Names:
German: Stefansfeld, Schuple
Official: Krajisnik, Supljaja
Hungarian: Istvánföld
Spelling and/or dialect variants: Krajiste, Stefanföld, Szent István
A Chronology of Stefansfeld:
1797: Stephansfeld, Stefansfeld
1848: Szent István
1880: Stefansföld
1888: Istvánföld
1911: Istvánfölde
1918: Stephansfeld
1920: Schupljaja, Supljaja
1941: Stephansfeld
1944: Schupljaja, Supljaja
1945: Krajisnik
Location:
Country: Yugoslavia
40km S of Hatzfeld
Postal Code: 23231
Railroad station:
Population:
1800: 600-700 approx 170-180 houses in the village
1811: 972
1823: 1332
1827: 1650
1837: 2025
1848: 2339
1858: 2398
1869: 2328
1880: 2356
1890: 2525
1900: 2344
1910: 2445
1921: 2876; approx 662 houses
1931: 2808
1944: approx 3000; approx 680 houses
Genealogical Records:
Village name in FHL records: Stefansfeld, Stefanfold
Church records available at FHL: Christenings 1797-1852, Marriages 1797-1852, Deaths 1797-1852
FHL Microfilm Nr. 1190340, 1190341
Church records available at IfA, Stuttgart: Christenings 1797-1852, Marriages 1798-1852, Deaths 1797-1852
Miscellaneous:
Founded: 1797
Bibliography
Location of a a prisoner camp for Germans held by Partisans during World War II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraji%C5%A1nikhttp://www.dvhh.org/banat/Vojvodina/Central_Banat_District/i...Germans in that region migrated there after Austria expelled the Ottoman Turks who occipied that part of Europe for about 180 years
Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio