Benkendorf, Akkerman, Bessarabia

Plat map of Benkendorf

Source: 1963 Heimutbuch Benkendorf

Map courtesy of the Black Sea German Research plat map collection

Benkendorf was founded in 1863.

Today Benkendorf is a part of Velykomar'yanivka (Великомар'янівка) in the Odessa oblast, Ukraine.  Its population in 2001 was 774. 

Location of Benkendorf

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Sources: 

• 1963 Heimutbuch Benkendorf, Joseph Sigmund
• Black Sea German Research, plat map collection
• Germans from Russia Settlement Locations, Bessarabian Colonies map
• German-Russian Handbook, Ulrich Mertens, p. 531 

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