Villages


Village Coordinators

Margaret Freeman,
Lloyd Ketterling

Kassel, Odessa

  • Region: Black Sea
  • Area: Odessa
  • District: Glückstal
  • Rayon: Grossulowo
  • Founded: 1808
  • Religion: Evangelical
  • Location: #4
  • Longitute and Latitude:
  • Plat Map:
  • Parish:
  • German Name: Kassel
  • Russian Name: Velikokomarovka
  • Ukrainian Name:

Pioneer Settler Surnames:

  • Page 87 in Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height

Books

  • The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (page 685)
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  • Auswanderung Aus Schwaben Nach Russland 1816-1823 by Dr. Georg Leibbrandt (copy available at the GRHS Library)
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  • From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger page 112)
  • Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (pages 72, 87, 196, 354)

Village History - 1848

Census Records

Church Records

Articles

Heritage Review:      
Glückstal - Deaths Russia - 1914-1921 4 HR 27-2 97
Glückstal - Lutheran Church Russia - History 27 HR 25-3 95
Glückstal - Old Letter Russia - 1908 28 HR 25-3 95
Glückstal - Old Letter Russia - 1933 29 HR 25-3 95
Glückstal - Old Letter Russia - 1931 4 HR 27-2 97
Trip to Glückstal Colonies Russia - Travel Report 12 HR 24-4 94

Photo Album -  Village Pictures

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