Location: 50.4227, 45.8571
Surnames/tags: Volga_German Volga_German_project
Schwab, Kamenka, Saratov, Volga, Russia
Bergseite | Mother Colony |Lutheran
Schwab-Red Arrow |
- Current Place Name: Butkovka, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
- History:
- Schwab was founded on 8 July 1767 colonists who had been recruited by agents of Tsarina Katharina's government, and was therefore known as a Crown Colony. It was named after Johann Georg Schwab, the first mayor (Vorsteher) of the colony.
- Today, what remains of the former colony of Schwab is known as Butkovka.
- Church:
- The Lutheran congregation in Schwab was part of the Stephan parish which had been founded in 1771.
- Pastors & Priests:
- The congregation in Schwab was served by the following pastors:
- 1771-1778 Johann Kaspar Brauns
- 1778-1778 Laurentius Ahlbaum
- 1779-1782 Klaus Peter Lundberg
- 1782-1788 Jakob Alexander Topelius
- 1798-1811 Karl Adolf Günther
- Notable Individuals:
- Ahlbaum, Laurentius
- Brauns, Johann Kaspar
- Deines, Siegmund
- Günther, Karl Adolf
- Lundberg, Klaus Peter
- Topelius, Jakob Alexander
- Surnames:
Arndt (Schwab) |Baumann (Schwab) |Beig* |Bernhard(t) (Schwab) |Biehl (Schwab) |Borth (Schwab) |Buchhammer | Buxman(n) | Bäcker / Becker (Grimm) | Daubert (Kraft) | Diehl (Schwab) | Dorsch | E(h)rhar(d)t (Bauer) | Eberhard(t) (Grimm-1) | Eichman(n) | Elsässer | Engwald* | Erdmann (Schwab) | Eurich (Kraft) | Fischer (Schwab) | Frank (Schwab) | Freidenberger (Schwab) | Gross (Schwab) | Grünewald (Schwab) | Günther (Schwab) | Herber (Schwab) | Herdt (Schwab) | Hermann (Schwab) | Herr (Schwab) | Jung (Schwab) | Kahl | Keil (Schwab) | Knorr (Schwab)* | Lehning (Schwab) | Leonhard(t) (Schwab) | Lorenz (Galka) | Lust (Schwab) | Müller (Schwab) | Peil (Schwab) | Peter (Schwab) | Rausch (Dobrinka) | Reich (Schwab) | Reinhardt (Schwab) | Reis (Schwab)* |Ries (Schwab) | Ruf(f) (Holstein) | Ruppel (Schwab)* | Sauerwein | Schmun(c)k (Dobrinka) | Schneider( Dobrinka) |Schneider (Schwab-1) | Schneider (Schwab-2) | Schwab (Schwab) | Seifert (Dobrinka) | Seifried Simon (Dobrinka) | Stielgenbauer* | Streich (Schwab) Stuckart (Schwab) | Uhrich (Schwab) | Uhrich / Urich / Urig (Frank & Schwab) | Völ(c)ker (Schwab) | Was(s)e(n)müller | Weber (Dobrinka) | Weirauch | Wiesner (Schwab) | Will (Schwab) | Zisch | Zwetzig
- Immigration:
- Bovril, Departamento La Paz, Entre Ríos Province
- Dallas / Fort Worth Metropolitan Area, Texas
- Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
- Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin
- Fresno, Fresno Co., California
- General Ramírez, Departamento Diamente, Entre Ríos Province
- Kenosha, Kenosha Co., Wisconsin
- Lamar, Prowers Co., Colorado
- Lehigh, Marion Co., Kansas
- Lockwood, Saskatchewan
- Logan, Beaver Co., Oklahoma
- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, California
- Milwaukee Metropolitan Area, Wisconsin
- Oakley, Logan Co., Kansas
- Portland Metropolitan Area, Oregon
- Regina, Saskatchewan
- Silverton, British Columbia
- Susank, Barton Co., Kansas
- Tangier, Woodward Co., Oklahoma
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Resources:
- AHSGR.org|Schwab
- Schwab|UNF|Mai
- Schwab|VolgaGermans.org|Hein
- Lower Volga Project|Schwab
- Schwab|GFRSL|Sandy Schilling Payne
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