Village Coordinators:  Gayla Aspenleiter and Ralph Wiseman   

Notes: Neu Freudental is a Liebental daughter colony but is located in the Beresan District of Odessa.

Pioneer settler surnames: Beiger, Beck, Bentz, Braun, Burghard, Daiberdt, Engelmann, Enzy, Esslinger, Gägger, Hierning, Hoffer, Kaesser, Kern, Koschel, Kümmerle, Lang, Leonhard, Mehl, Neubauer, Ohlheusser, Pfaff, Philipp, Rentschler, Rettenger, Ridlinger, Rogler, Schell, Schlenkenberger, Schock, Schulder, Schweihardt, Silling, Steiger, Wacker, Weber, Widmayer, Will. (Source Fond 6 Inventory 1, file 1786.)

Twenty two families came to Neu Freudental from Freudental, nine from Peterstal, four from Grossliebental, three from Neuburg, and two families from the Beresan.

Village History

Books
    Paradise on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height
    From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger

Census Records
    Black Sea German Russian Census Volume 1 by GRHS
   Neu Freudental Liebental District Odessa 1858 Census by GRHS and AHSGR

Church Records
    The St. Petersburg Archives Freudental Parish for the years 183X – 188X

Ship Records

Death Notices Database

Repressions Database

War Records
    EWZ Index for this Village

Supplemental Information for this Village
    Movement into and out of Bessarabian Villages  
    Nahmen Colonie Neu Freudental (German Language)
   Naming the Colony of Neu Freudental (Translated to English Language)
   1828 Founding Families of Neu Freudental [pages 55-58] (.pdf format) 
   Fond 134-2-134 - Immigration to Akkermann Kreis Bessarabia

Photo Album
    Village Pictures
    Ohlhauser Family Pictures