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Bettinger

Bettinger (also: Barataevka, Baratajewka, Baratayevka, Vorotaevka).

47º17' N 51º55' E.

Founded: 3 August 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard, moved to new location in 1770.

Denomination: Lutheran.

 

Population:

74 or 82 (1767)

116 (1769)

139 (1773)

284 (1798)

4,452 (1912)

336 (1926)

 

Pastors:

1780-1791 Christian August Tornow

1792-1797 Klaus Peter Lundberg

1803-1820 Adam Christian Paulus Kohlreiff

1820-1822 Olivier Chirstoph holm

1823-1861 Johann Pundani

1862-1876 Hieronymus Ludwig Münder

1877-1878 Gotthilf Heinrich Keller

1879-1889 Ernst Theodor David

1890-1907 Richard Keller

1908-1933 Christfried Otto Hörschelmann

Sources

Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen, Evangelischer Teil, by Joseph Schnurr.