Villages


Village Coordinators

Leonard Kuhn

Regional Interest Group:

KET RIG

Josefstal, Jekaterinoslaw

  • Region: Black Sea
  • Area:  Jekaterinoslaw
  • District:
  • Rayon:
  • Founded: 1789
  • Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
  • Location: H-2
  • Longitute and Latitude:
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  • Parish:
  • German Name: Josefstal
  • Russian Name:
  • Ukrainian Name:

Remarks:

  • One of the isolated German colonies. 
  • Located 10 versts south of the Russian town of Jekaterinoslaw (now Dnipropetrovsk).
  • Families migrated from Danzig and Württemberg.

Books

  • From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 94)
  • The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pp. 862-872)

Village History - 1848 None taken

Census Records

  • None available

Church Records

  • None available

War Records

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