Alt-Montal was a Mother colony founded in 1805 in the Prischib area of the Taurida Governorate. The Prischib colonies were established in response to the increasing number of German immigrants arriving in the Black Sea area at Ekaterinoslave instead of Odessa.
Initially in Alt-Montal, there were 50 families: 30 from Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Prussian Poland, and 20 from Alsace and Baden.
Initially in Alt-Montal, there were 50 families: 30 from Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Prussian Poland, and 20 from Alsace and Baden.
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| Plat Map of Alt-Montal, Prichib Source: Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Russland 1961 (Homeland Book of the Germans from Russia) Map courtesy of Black Sea German Research plat map collection |
Population:
1805 132 people
1848 357
1858 424
1859 424
1864 408
1905 175
1911 199
1914 215
1915 215
1918 215
1919 424
1926 535
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| Location of Alt-Montal, Prischib |
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Sources:
- Black Sea German Research website, plat map collection
- Germans from Russia Settlement Locations, Prischib Colonies map
- German-Russian Handbook, Ulrich Mertens, p. 247
- From Katherine to Khrushchev, Adam Giesinger, p. 108
- Mennonitiche Geschichte und Ahnenforschung Chortitza, map collection
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