When Neudorf, a Mother colony founded in Karamanova valley in 1809, was being surveyed, Councilor Rosenkampf asked those around him for suggestions as to what to name the new village. Someone suggested Neustadt.
"We are not going to build a city, but only a village," Rosenkampf said. "It shall be called Neudorf."
And so it was.
When colonists arrived Neudorf, there were three khutors (small, isolated farms), three wells and one dessiatine (2.7 acres or 1.1 hectare) of vineyards.
Each settler received 51,580 rubles for subsistence, 36,484 rubles for settlement and 3,360 rubles for seed, for a total of 91,424 rubles. This is about $1,541 US dollars today.
By 1914, there were 100 full farms and even more half and quarter farms. The community owned 1,154 horses, 1,196 cows, 564 colts and calves, 362 sheep and 820 pigs.
Year Population
1816 591
1858 1685
1881 2760
1890 3388
1903 1956
1907 1951
1915 1755
1926 1891
1943 2401
"We are not going to build a city, but only a village," Rosenkampf said. "It shall be called Neudorf."
And so it was.
When colonists arrived Neudorf, there were three khutors (small, isolated farms), three wells and one dessiatine (2.7 acres or 1.1 hectare) of vineyards.
Plat map of Neudorf. Source: Homesteaders on the Steppe, p. 350-351 |
By 1914, there were 100 full farms and even more half and quarter farms. The community owned 1,154 horses, 1,196 cows, 564 colts and calves, 362 sheep and 820 pigs.
Year Population
1816 591
1858 1685
1881 2760
1890 3388
1903 1956
1907 1951
1915 1755
1926 1891
1943 2401
Location of Neudorf |
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Sources:
- Black Sea German Research website, plat map collection
- The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862, Karl Stumpp, p. 699
- Germans from Russia Settlement Locations, Glückstal Colonies map
- German-Russian Handbook, Ulrich Mertens, p. 546
- Homesteaders on the Steppe, Joseph S. Height, p. 348-352
- Neudorf 1848 Village History, Odessa: A German-Russian Genealogical Library
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