Chronology of Neufall, Bessarabia
Prepared by Elli Wise and Dale Wahl
1867 The village of Neufall was founded.
Perhaps the name was derived from the term “Neues Gefälle”. Meaning “new slope” since the village was built on a new found land which was sloping toward the Black Sea.
10 miles from Neu Posttal and 16.6 miles from Akkermann
1869 belonged to the Benkendorf Parish
1897 belonged to the Neu Posttal Parish
1924 Hectare community established with 22 farmsteads at 14.8 acres per farm
1932-33 First ever promenade built with modern American equipment.
Some of the prominent teachers (also lay teacher) were:
Albert Bossert, Benjamin Hartwich and Friedrich Grade.
1940 resettlement
The below Family names represent individuals born* in Neufall:
Bast, Bender, Berg, Bieber, Biffart, Brost, Buchfink, Buexel, Ebinger, Eichele, Ensminger, Faelchle, Fink, Fischer, Freitag, Fuerst, Gehner, Goehner, Gwenner, Haisch, Hasenfuss, Hissung, Hoffmann, Jerke, Joerke, Kaemmler, Kehrer, Klein, Klemmer, Klempitz, Klettke, Kraemer, Mahler, Martsch, Naeher, Neher, Pomereinke, Quast, Rein, Reinhardt, Richter, Ruebhagen, Schmauder, Schorr, Schueler, Schuh, Stumpp, Tschritter, Weidenbach, Widmaier, Wiedmaier, Wiedmann, Zieman, Zimmer
[* compiled from Christian Fieß index and Koblenz indexes]
° Giesinger, Adam. From Catherine to Khrushchev – The Story of Russia’s Germans. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. Lincoln, Nebraska. 1981.
° Kern, Albert. Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans. English translation published by the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libraries. 1998.