Location: 51º53' N 47º09' E

Surnames/tags: Volga_German Volga_German_project
[1]Wittmann (Solothurn), (Витманн), a German Roman Catholic colony, was established on the Öst "Wiesenseite" or east "meadow side" of the Volga River on the 3rd of August 1767. The colony was founded by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.
Location: 51º53' N 47º09' E (Russia)
1769 Census:
- 43 families comprised the population of 128 colonists
Wittmann colony webpages:
https://www.volgagerman.net/wittman
American Historical Society of Germans From Russia (AHSGR), Kevin Rupp, village coordinator
http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu/settlements/mother_colonies/colony_wittmann.cfm
The Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University
http://lexikon.wolgadeutsche.net/search/result?query=wittmann (in Russian)
wolgadeutsche.net · Alexander Spack, Rußland
FIRST SETTLERS LIST - HEADS of FAMILIES:
- (names list coming soon!)
Wittmann settlers & residents (profiles list)
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