Katharinental, Odessa


The chapter for this village is Beresan District Odessa (BDO RIG)

Village Coordinator: Alvina Ballinger, Valerie Ingram


  • Region: Black Sea
  • Area: Odessa
  • District: Beresan
  • Rayon:
  • Founded: 1817
  • Religion: Catholic
  • Location: Fox Valley Creek
  • Longitute and Latitude:
  • Plat Map: Paradise on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (page 316)
  • Parish: Landau
  • German Name: Katharinental
  • Russian Name: Katerinovka
  • Ukrainian Name:

BDO Newsletter Articles:

Volume Issue Page Title
4 1 4 Thru German Colonies of Beresan Dist. (summer 1927)
4 2 1 Thru German Colonies of Beresan Dist., Katharinental to Karlsruhe
6 1 1 Historical Sketch of St. Peters Parish and the Founding Colonies of Rastadt, Katharinental and Speyer
6 2 4 Historical Sketch of St. Peters Parish and the Founding Colonies of Rastadt, Katharinental, Speyer - The Years 1891 - 1892
6 3 3 Historical Sketch of St. Peters Parish and the Founding Colony of Katharinental - The Year 1893
7 1 3 Historical Sketch of St. Peters Parish and the Founding Colonies of Rastadt, Katharinental and Sulz - Years 1891-1892

Books:

  • From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 114)
  • Paradise on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (pages 76, 315)
  • The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (page 720)

Census Records:

Katharinental, Beresan District Odessa - 1858 Census published 1998.
Emmigration from Germany to Russia 1763-1862 - Dr. Karl Stumpp (page 720)

Church Records:

Landau Parish Catholic Baptisms 1860-1866 AHSGR and GRHS Published 1998
Landau Parish Catholic Deaths 1860-1866 AHSGR and GRHS Published 1998

Heritage Review:

HR Issue Year Page Title
Stammbaum 5 1976 3 Katharinental - Emigrants to U.S. (History)
HR 15 1976 31 Katharinental, Beresan District Odessa Families (Canada History)
HR 21-4 1991 44 Katharinental, Beresan District Odessa Emigrants (Emigration)
HR 23-3 1993 17 Katharinental, Beresan District Odessa (Travel Report)

Pioneer Settlers Names:

ANSELMANN, BACKERT, BAUER, BAUMANN, BERNHARDT, BÖHM, BRAUN, BRAUNBECK, BULLINGER, BUSCH, BUTSCH, DAUB, DEIBELE, DIETZ, DILGER, DILLMANN, DÖRR, FEININGER, FITTERER, FLINK, GREFF, HAFF, HÄRDY, HAMMEL, HECK, HEIDT, HEIL, HEINZELMANN, HEISER, HÖRNER, HORNSTEIN, JANZER, JOCHIM, KAISER, KAPPES, KASTNER, KLEIN, KÖHLER, KRIEGER, KUNZ, MACHERT, MARTIN, MERZ, MEYER, MESSER, MILTENBETGER, MISCHEL, NEUKIRCHER, RESSLER, RUNG, SCHILLING, SCHMALZ, SCHOCH, SCHÜTZMANN, STEINER, STROH, STRUM, THIERIN, WEITENHEIMER, WEILER, ZENTNER (Source: Village Coordinator Val Ingram)

Members OnlySupplemental Information:

Katharinental Tax Register
File 264-1-63
Butter tax - 1922
Citizen Not Completed Payments
Citizens with higher amounts partial payments
Completed general taxes
Meat tax errors
Partially freed from taxes
Payers of general taxes
Red Army soldier families
Produce Passports - 1921
Taxes not paid in kind and resettled
Temporary milk taxes
Those resettled still owing
Unknown list incomplete
Unknown partial list
Unpaid Butter tax - July 1922

File 264-1-39
List of starving children - 1923

File 264-1-53
Nikolaev Archive
Part 1: 1923 Listing of inhabitants in the village of Katharinental
Part 2: 1923 Listing of births
Part 3: 1923 Listing of deaths

File 274-2-17 pages 527b-528
Odessa State Archives of Odessa Region
File 274-2-17 page 527 back and 528 front
1892 Statistical Journals of Kathrinental

Fond 2581-1-7
Odessa Regional State Archives File 2581-1-7
Date: 1942. Agricultural Association
Villages mentioned Neu Blumenfeld, Lichtenfeld, Katharinental

File R3836-1-5
Odessa Regional State Archives File R3836-1-5
Dates: 24 April 1919 - 02 August 1919
Correspondence with village executive committees about issue of passports and permits.
Villages mentioned: Karlsruhe, Katharinental, Landau, Speier, Sulz

3836-1-10 (pdf)
Odessa Regional State Archives File R3836-1-10
Dates: 23 June 1919 - 23 August 1919
Births and Deaths
Villages Mentioned: Blumenfeld, Christina, Elisabetgrad, Hoffnungstal, Johannestal, Karlsruhe, Katharinental, Kertsch, Landau, München, Nikolaev, Schonfeld, Speier, Sulz, Volkowo, Waterloo

Katharinental Marriage Register P410-1-38
Years span on selected page 1876-1885

File R8085-6-5
1919 Birth Records [Jun - Aug]
LANDAU VOLOST REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE
ODESSA REGIONAL STATE ARCHIVES FILE R8085-6-5
Includes entries for villages [birth place or family residence]
Karlsruhe, Katerinowka aka Katharinental, Landau, Speier and Sulz

1923 Families of Katharinental (donated by David Kilwein)