04 February 2017

Dennewitz, Akkerman, Bessarabia

Dennewitz was a daughter colony in Bessarabia founded in 1834 by 15 families from other colonies in Bessarabia including Alt Posttal, Wittenberg and Kulm.  Some also came from Grunbach in Wüttemberg, from Baden and from Poland.  

 The colony was founded on land that was owned by the Mother colony Teplitz.  The colony was originally named Hamburg after the tenant who owned the land.  However, the Government later named it Dennewitz in memory of the victory over Napoleon in Dennewitz, Prussia.  

Today, Dennewitz is called Pryamobalka (Прямобалка) in the Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.


Plat map of Dennewitz.
Source: Heimatkalender der Bessarabiendeutschen 1984
Map courtesy of the Black Sea German Research plat map collection
Location of Dennewitz

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            03 February 2017

            Tschiligider, Akkerman, Bessarabia

            Tschiligider, also known as Chiligider and Gighir Amara, was a Protestant daughter colony founded in 1884. It is now a part of Novoselivka, Odessa Oblast, Ukarine. 
            The original settlers came from Bessarabian Mother colonies Beresina, Friedenstal, Tarutino, Sarata, Lichtental and Klöstitz.  
            Plat map of Tschiligider in Bessarabia
            Source:  1987 Heimatkalender der Bessarabiendeutchen
            Map courtesy of the Black Sea German Research plat map collection



            Location of  Tschiligider


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            02 February 2017

            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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                      01 February 2017

                      Kisil, Akkerman, Bessarabia

                      Kisil was founded in1909.  Its original settlers came from Plotzk, Friedenstal, Paris, Borodino, Teplitz and Friedenstal.  It's now a part of Ştefan Vodă, Moldova.

                      Plat map of Kisil
                      Source: 1984 Heimatkalender der Bessarabiendeutschen
                      Map courtesy of the Black Sea German Research plat map collection


                      Location of Kisil



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                                Lichtental, Akkerman, Bessarabia

                                Lichtental was a Mother colony in Bessarabia founded 26 January 1834 by families from the districts of Ludwigsburg, Marbach and Waiblingen of Würtemberg and from nearby Mother colony Sarata. It is now a part of Svitlodolyns'ke, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.  

                                The colony of Lichtental was the third colony founded in the area of the Sarata Tract.  It was originally known as No. III and called Treii Step (Third Steppe) by the Russians. In 1838, discussions began with the Colonist Welfare Committee and the Sarata Territorial board as to what the name the colony should have.  The colonists suggested Lobental, but the Committee responded with another name, Lichtental, to which the colonists agreed.  On 14 July 1840 the name of the colony became Lichtental.  
                                Plat map of Lichtental
                                Source: Lichtental, Bessarabien - Bilder einer schwaebischen Gemeinde
                                Map courtesy of the Black Sea German Research plat map collection 

                                 In Immanuel Wagner's "History of the Establishment of the Colony of Sarata, 1822-1834," Jacob Heer wrote of the naming of the colony. 
                                "The request for the election of this name was, according to a parish notice, the wish of the congregation -- that the bright valley which was not shadowed by any woods, or even any brush, should be an ornament in every way...."
                                Location of Lichtental

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