Gnadenfeld, Akkerman, Bessarabia

Gnadenfeld was a Protestant daughter colony in Bessarabia. It is now known as Svitlodolyns'ke, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.  It was established in either 1873 or 1881 and was a part of the parish of Klöstitz parish in 1904 and Eigenfeld parish in 1939. 

Plat map of Gnadenfeld

Source: Cronik der Gemeinde, Gnadenfeld (Bessarabien)

Map courtesy of the Black Sea German Research plat map collection

Location of Gnadenfeld

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Sources: 

• Black Sea German Research website, plat map collection
• Chronik der Gemeinde Gnadenfeld (Bessarabien), Karl Ziegler
• Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Village of Gnadenfeld
• Germans from Russia Settlement Locations, Bessarabian Colonies map
• German-Russian Handbook, Ulrich Mertens, p. 370 

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