Lichtental, Bessarabia


The Regional Interest Group for this village is Bessarabia & Dobrudscha Chapter

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  • Region: Black Sea
  • Area: Bessarabia
  • District: Akkerman
  • Rayon:
  • Founded: 1834
  • Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
  • Location: D-8 Stumpp Map
  • Longitute and Latitude:
  • Parish: Sarata
  • German Name: Lichtental
  • Russian Name:
  • Ukrainian Name:

Remarks:
Founded by families from the Waiblingen region of Würtemberg (near Stuttgart), and in 1838, 1839, and 1840 more settlers arrived from Ludwigsburg, Weiblingen, and Marbach.

Books:
From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 118)
The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pp. 535-538)
Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans by Pastor Albert Kern, village history (pp.182-184), list of MIA/deaths in WWI/II pp. 268-271.

Census Records:

Church Records:

Village History - 1848

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