Eleven new Catholic colonies have been located added to the Galizien map, ten in Ukraine around Lviv and one located in Poland.
GRSL (Germans from Russia Settlement Locations) map
Uhnow and Zulin
As you look at each, click on the Google Maps source at the bottom on the left-hand legend. You may need to scroll down a bit. You'll see photos for some of the old churches, cemeteries and the occasional castle.
The locates were done by the Galizien German Descendants based on a map found in Heimat Galizien im Bild. 1983, by Josef Lanz and Rudolf Unterschütz. GGD added grid lines were added to match other maps drawn by Unterschütz, which were used to located the other Galizien colonies. You can view the new map along with more information here, and it's also referenced on the Sources page and for each colony located using that particular map.
The new colonies are as follows:
Batiatycze, Dublany, Kobylnica Ruska, Nadziejow, Olesko, Sokolowka, Stojanow, Swirz, Turka,Uhnow and Zulin
As you look at each, click on the Google Maps source at the bottom on the left-hand legend. You may need to scroll down a bit. You'll see photos for some of the old churches, cemeteries and the occasional castle.
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| Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Zulin. Photo by Igor Bodnar, July 2017. |
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| Cemetery in Olesko. Photo by Sergey UA, November 2014. |
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