Hoffnungsfeld in the North Caucasus region was a daughter colony founded in 1900 by families from Annenfeld, Crimea, about 480 miles (772 km) away.
Hoffnungsfeld plat map
Source: 1964 Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Russland
Map courtesy of Black Sea German Research plat map collection |
Location of Hoffnungsfeld, North Caucasus |
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Sources:
- Black Sea German Research plat map collection
- Germans from Russia Settlement Locations, Caucasus Colonies map
- German-Russian Handbook, Ulrich Mertens, p. 396
- Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Russland, 1967/68 (Homeland Book of the Germans from Russia), Johann Kampen and Hans Kampen, eds.
- Map of German Settlements in the North and South Caucasus, Karl Stumpp
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