When was Yagodnaya Polyana founded?
The Lutheran parish in Yagodnaya Polyana was founded in 1785 as an independent parish with a resident pastor of its own. A new church was built in 1858 in the Kontor Style. It could seat 1,200 worshipers.
What years were Yagodnaya Polyana censused?
Censuses for Yagodnaya Polyana are available for the following years: 1767, 1798, & 1834.
How many people went to Neu-Yagodnaya Polyana?
George Kromm stated that 1,620 had gone to Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana from Yagodnaya Polyana. Today, nothing remains of the former Volga German settlement of Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana. Church: Like its mother colony, Neu-Yagodnaya was a Lutheran village and was probably served by the Lutheran pastor of Schöntal, if there was one. Surnames:
Where is Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana?
Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana (which means New Berry Meadow in Russian) was founded in 1855 on the banks of the Yeruslan River about 65 miles southeast of Saratov by colonists primarily from Yagodnaya Polyana.
16 September 2017
Dreispitz and Yagodnaya Polyana were the last two Volga Mother colonies, both Lutheran, founded on 16 September 1767.
On This Day, 16 September 1767
Dreispitz and Yagodnaya Polyana were the last two Volga Mother colonies, both Lutheran, founded on 16 September 1767.
What was the original survey of Yagodnaya Polyana?
Below is the original survey for Yagodnaya Polyana from the "Plan for the General Survey of the Counties and Gubernias of the Russian Empire." According to the Yagodnaya Polyana website, the survey, in addition to the plat map below which outlines the exact boundaries of the colony, also included information about possessions and occupations of the colonists. Note how much is still looks the same in the Google maps photo.
When was the Glückstal colony founded?
The district of Glückstal wasn't officially established until 1808, and the Glückstal colony, a Lutheran colony, wasn't founded until the spring of 1809, when 106 families were resettled from Grigoripol to the Moldavian village of Glinnoi due to conflicts with the Armenians in the village. And additional 19 families arrived that same year.
How many mother colonies were there in Belowesch?
So we have a new map of the Belowesch Colonies. There are six Mother colonies founded in 1766, although Stumpp had varied years for them. Most sources agree the Mother colonies were all founded in the same year; perhaps another case of "settled" before "founded" applies here. Four of the colonies were Lutheran and two were Catholic, and nearly all of the 147 families were from Upper Hesse. Stumpp reported that 25 of these families were craftsmen, including shoemakers, tailors, locksmiths, carpenters, masons, saddlers, cloth weavers, millers and bakers. The first daughter colony, Kreschtschatik, was established in the same area in 1802, 42.4 miles east (68.2 km) east of of Belowesch. In addition to the daughter colonies in Mariupol, there would eventually also be daughter colonies in the areas of Crimea, North Caucasus and Orenburg (Ural).... and possibly Volga if the long list is correct.
What province is Belovezh in?
Map of the colonies of the Belovezh District in the province of Chernigov.
What are the Belowesch colonies?
There has been a lot of interest recently about the Belowesch colonies among both Volga and Black Sea German researchers. This group of colonies was founded at the same time the early Volga colonies were founded. Unlike other areas, they remained quite isolated. The interest from Volga researchers centers around the colonists who founded these villages travelled from the same locations in Germany and at the same time as colonists headed to the Volga. The long list of village names from Dale Wahl on Odessa3 even notes Volga villages with the same names as the Mother colonies in Belowesch. And the Black Sea researchers are interested because Belowesch daughter colonies of the same names were established up in Mariupol beginning in the 1830s.
Do defunct colonies have photos?
For further documenting defunct colonies that have no current photos, attaching historical photos or plat maps will hopefully show how alive the colony once was.
