Beideck
Beideck (also: Baideck, Talovka, Talowka).
51º10' N 45º40' E.
Founded: 10 August 1764 by the Government.
Denomination: Lutheran.
Population:
298 (1769)
360 (1773)
596 (1798)
7054 (1912)
3941 (1926)
Pastors:
1767-1770 Georg Christian Seyer
1771-1778 Laurentius Ahlbaum
1793-1820 Johann Martin Otto
1821-1828 Lukas Cattaneo
1828 Heinrich Köpke
1830-1836 Alexander Haken
1836-1850 Christian Gottlieb Hegele
1852-1858 Karl Dönhoff
1859-1880 Felizian Joseph Dittrich
1883-1901 Hugo Julius Günther
1887-1888 Liborius Behning
1890-1892 Gotthold Hahn
1895-? Joh. Georg Schwartz
1896-? Johann Romann
1900-1903 Eduard Seib
1901-1905 Johannes Nik Blum
1908-1910 Waldimir Thumin
1918-1929 Herbert Günther
Sources
Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen, Evangelischer Teil, by Joseph Schnurr.
Beideck church in 2001 used as a "house of culture". Photo courtesy of Steve Schreiber.
The Friedensbote: Monatsblatt für das Christliche Haus, was a monthly magazine published in the colony of Beideck from 1884 to 1915. This issue was published by Pastor Günther from Beideck (Talowka).