Villages


Village Coordinators

Leonard Kuhn

Regional Interest Group:

KET RIG

Billersfeld, Jekaterinoslaw

  • Region: Black Sea
  • Area: Jekaterinoslaw
  • District:
  • Rayon: Karl Marx
  • Founded: 1860
  • Religion: Evangelical
  • Location: Stumpp Map 35/48
  • Longitute and Latitude:
  • Plat Map:
  • Parish: Josephestal
  • German Name: Billersfeld
  • Russian Name: Aleksandrowka/Alexandrowka
  • Ukrainian Name:

Remarks:

  • Wolost Josifowka
  • From Adam Giesinger's book; " . . . By 1857 Josephstal and Rybalsk had 43 landless families. In 1860 the first daughter colony, Billersfeld, was founded near the mother colonies. . ."

Books

  • The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (page 851)
  • From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 95)

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