Type of frontier settler in German-speaking countries
German colonisation of Eastern European regions as envisaged in a Nazi-era propaganda map published in 1943[1]
Wehrbauer (German pronunciation:[ˈveːɐ̯ˌbaʊ.ɐ], defensive peasant), plural Wehrbauern, is a German term for settlers living on the marches of a realm who were tasked with holding back foreign invaders until the arrival of proper military reinforcements. In turn, they were granted special liberties. Wehrbauern in their settlements, known as Wehrsiedlungen (-en being the plural suffix), were mainly used on the eastern fringes of the Holy Roman Empire and later Austria-Hungary to slow attacks by the Ottoman Empire. This historic term was resurrected and used by the Nazis during the Second World War.
^"Kartenskizze eines zukünftigen Europa unter deutscher Herrschaft" [Sketch map of a future Europe under German rule]. Deutsches Historisches Museum. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017.
Wehrbauer (German pronunciation: [ˈveːɐ̯ˌbaʊ.ɐ], defensive peasant), plural Wehrbauern, is a German term for settlers living on the marches of a realm...
Territories Territorial evolution of Germany Volk ohne Raum Volksdeutsche Wehrbauer Kaplan, Marion A. (1999). Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in...
native Slavic peoples from these lands and replace them with Germans. The Wehrbauer, or soldier-peasants, would settle in a fortified line to prevent civilization...
exist in Northeast Asia, involved the creation of a "living wall" of Wehrbauer ("soldier-peasant") communities defending it. However, it is unknown if...
foreigners and exclusively settled by Germans (as with the Schutzstaffel's Wehrbauer proposals) becoming Reich territory (part of Germany). The formerly Austrian...
through the "settlement strings", or Siedlungsperlen of the proposed Wehrbauer settlements within the conquered territories, which would also be linked...
fully committed itself to the Axis camp. Battle of the Caucasus Fall Blau Wehrbauer Reichskommissariat Turkestan De Cordier (2010), The Fedayeen of the Reich:...
Germany. The Germanised lands of Eastern Europe would be settled by the Wehrbauer, a soldier–peasant who was to maintain a fortified line of defence, which...
blood would be lost or left behind to mingle with any "alien races". The Wehrbauer ("soldier-peasants") would settle in a fortified line to prevent civilization...
came under Habsburg control. Through the settlement of refugees granted Wehrbauer status in the new border regions, vampire stories spread to German-speaking...
population. This also called for industry to die off in these regions. The Wehrbauer, or soldier-peasants, who were to settle there were not to marry townswomen...
Gypsies (millions in total) thrown out, and new German 'armed settlers' (Wehrbauer) brought in. [...] To that end, on October 7 [Hitler] appointed Himmler...
concentration camps may also have been intended for use on the populations. The Wehrbauer, or soldier-peasants, would be settled in a fortified line to prevent...
the ethnic cleansing of Zamojszczyzna, and the planned settlement of Wehrbauers. Nur für Deutsche apartheid policy in occupied Poland and the so-called...
them out of Germany. The concepts were combined in the figure of the Wehrbauer, or soldier-peasant. Accordingly, the League sent German youth to work...
Expulsion of Germans after World War II Germans of Hungary#Expulsion Wehrbauer Banat Swabians Ethnic German Volksdeutsche Carpathian Germans Baltic Germans...
the main connections for the "settlement strings" of German immigrant Wehrbauer communities to be located in conquered Soviet territory. The addition...
Landdienst ("Hitler Youth Land Service"). It set out the ideal of the German "Wehrbauer" ("Soldier Peasant"). Special high schools were created under SS control...
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