Danube Swabian Women’s Head Coverings


Various Kopftücher worn by our ancestors . . .






Die Einwanderung der Schwaben ‘The immigration of the Swabians’ (1700’s). Women wearing head scarves, not in the manner we find typical of the Batschka and Banat.Snippets from the famous portrait by Stefan Jäger |

Contributed by Rose Mary Keller Hughes

Banater Woman in Semlak
Contributed by Rose Mary Keller Hughes
Kopftüch External Links:
Kopftuchkulturen – Ein Stückchen Stoff in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Head Cloth Cultures – a bit material in history and present
www.frauenindereinenwelt.de/aus_kopftuch.html
www.frauenindereinenwelt.de/p_win_kopftuch.html
Kopftuch.info www.kopftuch.info (site gone ;-(
Last updated: 11/11/2026
