The Glückstal colonies original settlement was in the town of Grigoripol in 1804-1805. Because of frictions with the Armenians in the area, the government re-settled the Germans in the village of Glinoi (renamed Glückstal) trading places with the Moldavians. The re-settlement occurred in the spring of 1809. Another 293 families arrived in the summer of 1809 and founded three other Mother colonies.
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