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Plat Maps of German Villages

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Plat maps are maps showing some combination of streets, land holdings, special features (like churches & schools), owners/residents & buildings of a village. They vary in detail and are usually created by a resident of that village at a later time.

Plan of Plot #9 (Hoffnungstal Bessarabia)

(before 1842) From Odessa State Archives, Fond 6, Inventory 1, File 5644, pp. 171-172

Translation & key to the text on the Plan

Full Size: 3052x3666, 96 dpi, 762Kb

SOURCE: Dale Wahl

Plat map of Kleinliebental, Odessa


Full Size: 1200x1206, 96 dpi, 624Kb

SOURCE: Peter Mock

Ortsplan der deutschen Siedlung Sangerowka

Village plan of the German settlement Sangerowka

(Two maps from different sources are given. Major points on these maps agree but the family names for some houses are different)

Full Size: 22Kb

SOURCE: Elli Wise


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