Notes: From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger page 188, "In the years 1806/09 these immigrants in the district of Odessa established the settlement of Karlstal near Odessa." The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp page 86, "In the years 1806/19 these immigrants in the district of Odessa established the settlement of Karlstal on the estate of the Prussian cavalry officer Karl Vitsch; the 25 families were from Württemberg. In 1841 they founded Hoffnungstal in Bessarabia. In the years 1843-47, 75 additional families arrived from Worms, Glückstal, Bergdorf, Neudorf, Kassel, Hoffnungstal in the district of Odessa. A settlement, therefore, whose inhabitants all came from the Odessa area."

Early St. Petersburg reports reflect Karlstal families in the parish of Freudental.

Since the original founders of Hoffnungstal Bessarabia came from Karlstal, it is suggested that you refer to the Hoffnungstal Bessarabia newsletters.

List of inhabitants in Karlstal in 1944: Ananjew, Baron, Becker, Becher, Biedermann, Bischof, Esch, Enzi, Freier, Heizmann, Himrich, Jäger, Leib, Marons, Moser, Möbius, Neher, Neumüller, Rivinius, Schell, Schuler, Schwab, Teufel, Tschachlowsky, Voll, Zeiser. (Source: Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack.)  

Books
    Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (pages 267-270)
    From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (pages 102-105)
    Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (page 320)
    The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (page 86)

Census Records for this Village
    The St. Petersburg Archives Freudental Parish for the years 183X – 188X

Church Records for this Village
    Odessa St. Paul Lutheran Church Registers by GRHS

Articles
    GDO Newsletter - Karlstal Plat Map - Volume 3 Issue 1, page 4
                           Karlstal Repression List - Volume 2 Issue 3, page 3

Dales Data on Karlstal
    Karlstal Families 1806-1841
    Karlstal Births 1833-1842 - from St. Petersburg Annual Reports
    Karlstal 1837 Revisionliste & 1840 Families
    Karlstal Families in Hoffnungstal Bessarabia Church Family Book 1847-1860
    Karlstal Family Names in Bessarabia Head of Household
    Karlstal Hoffnungstal Head of Household with Karlstal Interest Index
    Karlstal Families Receive Land in Schabo for Settlement
    Karlstal Koblenz
    Karlstal Christian Fiess Files

Karlstal Family Database

Death Notices Database

War Records
    EWZ Index for this Village

Supplemental Information for this Village
    Fond 252-1-46 GDO Marriages 1817/1818