Eichendorf, Bessarabia

Eichendorf plat map. Source: Eichendorf in Bessarabia. Map courtesy of Black Sea German Research plat map collection

Eichendorf was a daughter colony in Bessarabia founded in 1908 and located west of the Mother colonies.

The first street that was cleared for the village was oriented North-South and went through an oak forest, giving the village its name, Eichen Dorf (Oak Village).

Location of Eichendorf, Bessarabia

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Sources: 

• Black Sea German Research plat map collection
• Eichendorf in Bessarabia, Hugo Haefner, 1967
• Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bessarabia Regional Interest Group
• Germans from Russia Settlement Locations, Bessarabian Colonies map
• German-Russian Handbook, Ulrich Mertens, p. 337 
• Katherine to Khrushchev, Adam Giesinger, p. 120
• Map of German Settlements in Bessarabia, Karl Stumpp

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