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Location: Latitude, Longitude 50.9754, 45.5501
Surnames/tags: Volga_German Volga_German_project Messer
Location: Latitude, Longitude 50.9754, 45.5501
Surnames/tags: Volga_German Volga_German_project Messer
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Messer, Saratov, Volga, Russia
Bergseite | Mother Colony |Protestant
Messer-See red arrow |
Names:
- Messer [If you find Alt-Messer, that differentiated between Old and New as there was a daughter colony named Neu Messer]
- Ust-Solicha
- Ust-Solikha
- Ust-Zalikha
- Ust-Zolicha
- Ust-Zolikha
- Мессер
- Усть-Залиха
- Усть-Золиха
History:
- Messer was founded July 7, 1766 on the Bergseite or “hilly side” of the Volga, 52 miles southwest of Saratov, and named for its first headman, (Vorsteher), Johannes Messer.
- This Volga German colony was founded along the Zolikha River near its confluence with the Goloi Karamysh by colonists who had been recruited by the Government. *The 85 founding colonist families came from the Pfalz, Hessen, and Prussia.
- A government decree on 26 February 1768 gave Messer its official Russian name of Ust-Zolikha. Today, what remains of the former colony of Messer is known as Ust-Zolikha.
Church:
- Originally, Messer was the lead congregation in a group of Reformed parishes that included Moor, Kutter, Kautz, Anton, and Balzer.
- A new church building was constructed in an early form of the Kontor Style. It was completed in 1835 and built of wood. A new brick church in the Neo-Classical style was built in Messer in 1912. The ruins of this building stand today.
Pastors & Priests:
- The following pastors served the congregation in Messer:
- 1767-1770 Johann Heinrich Fuchs
- 1770-1778 Johann Georg Herwig
- 1778-1799 Johannes S. Janet
- 1797-1804 Aloysius Xaverius Jauch
- 1804-1818 Josua Graf
- 1820-1823 Johann Samuel Huber
- 1823-1850 Immanuel Grunauer
- 1855-1891 Jakob Friedrich Dettling
- 1889-1891 Liborius Herbord Behning
- 1894-1896 Johann Kaminsky
- 1897-1898 Ernst Althausen
- 1899-1909 Eduard Seib
- 1909-1914 Woldemar Lankau
- 1917-1929 Eduard Hermann Eichhorn
- The following served as vicar in the Messer parish:
- 1897 Johann Romann
Notable Individuals:
- Althausen, Ernst
- Behning, Liborius Eduard Herbord
- Dettling, Jakob Friedrich
- Eichhorn, Eduard Hermann
- Fuchs, Johann Heinrich
- Graf, Josua
- Grunauer, Emanuel
- Herwig, Johann Georg
- Huber, Johann Samuel
- Janet, Johannes
- Jauch, Aloysius Xaverius
- Kaminsky, Johann
- Lankau, Woldemar
- Meisinger, Christoph
- Romann, Johann
- Seib, Eduard
- Zeller, Carl
Surnames:
- Altag
- Armbrecht / Albrecht
- Beckel (Messer)
- Becker (Messer)
- Bert(h) (Messer)
- Betz (Messer)
- Brauer
- Brug
- Brunner (Messer)
- Burbach (Messer)
- Deisel
- Dickmann (Messer-1)
- Dickmann (Messer-2)
- Dinkelocher
- Eckel (Messer)
- Emert
- Emmerling
- Ernst (Messer)
- Geis (Messer)
- Gideon
- Grunauer
- Götz (Messer)
- Hammel (Messer)
- Har(d)t (Messer)
- Henkel (Messer)
- Hergenhein
- Hoffmann (Messer)
- Holland
- Just (Messer)
- Kaiser (Messer)
- Kei(h)m (Huck)
- Klapp
- Kraft (Norka)
- Kraus (Messer)
- Krecker
- Lang (Messer)
- Laubach (Messer)
- Lehr (Messer)
- Lipps (Messer)
- Lohrei / Lohrey (Messer)
- Lorenz (Messer)
- Manweiler
- Masch
- Mauter
- Meininger
- Meisinger (Balzer & Messer)
- Meisterling
- Meng
- Messer (Messer)
- Müller (Messer)
- Neher
- Nunius
- Nuss
- Ochsenhirt
- Popp (Messer)
- Radÿ
- Reuscher
- Röder (Messer)
- Satler
- Schantz
- Schlegel (Messer)
- Schmall (Messer)
- Schmidt (Messer-1)
- Schmidt (Messer-2)
- Schott (Messer)
- Schwan
- Schäfer (Messer)
- Später
- Standauer
- Stando
- Thaut (Messer)
- Trautmüller
- Ulrich (Messer)
- Vogt (Messer)
- Wacker (Preuss)
- Weber (Messer-1)
- Weber (Messer-2)
- Weibert
- Weigand(t) (Kutter-2)
- Wiederhold(t) (Messer)
- Willmann (Messer)
- Zieg (Balzer & Messer)
- Zwingmann
- Östreich
Immigration:
- Brighton, Adams Co., Colorado
- Campbell, Franklin Co., Nebraska
- Denver, Denver Co., Colorado
- Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan
- Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado
- Loyal, Kingfisher Co., Oklahoma
- Ness City, Ness Co., Kansas
- Port Huron, Saint Clair Co., Michigan
- Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa
- Westminster, Adams & Jefferson Co., Colorado
- Windsor, Larimer Co., Colorado
RESOURCES:
- Messer | Volga German Institute | Dr. Brent Mai's research
- Messer|AHSGR Village Files
- Messer|CVGS
- Messer|Germans From Russia Settlement Locations
- Google Map Direct Link to Messer now Ust-Zolikha
- Messer|Facebook
- Messer site
Messer settlers & residents (profiles list)
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