Messer

Messer

(also: Ust-Solicha, Ust-Solikha, Ust-Zalikha, Ust-Zolicha).

50º58' N 45º33' E.

Founded: 7 July 1766 by the Government.

Denomination: Lutheran.

 

Population:

308 (1767)

329 (1769)

397 (1773)

581 (1788)

619 (1798)

960 (1816)

1828 (1834)

2704 (1850)

3327 (1857)

3403 (1860)

3102 (1886)

4260 (1891)

4627 (1894)

5204 (1897)

5057 (1905)

5196 (1910)

5295 (1912)

3575 (1926)

 

Pastors:

1767-1777 Aloysius Jauch

1778-1799 Johannes Janet

1804-1818 Josua Graf

1820-1823 Johann Samuel Huber

1823-1850 Immanuel Grunauer

1855-1891 Jakob Friedrich Dettling

1889-1891 Liborius Herbord Behning

1894-1896 Johann Kaminsky

1897 Johann Roman (Vicar)

1897-1898 Ernst Althausen

1899-1909 Eduard Seib

1909-1914 Woldemar Lankau

1917-1929 Eduard Eichhorn

 

Sources:

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

Messer church in 2006. Photo courtesy of Steve Schreiber.

Messer church and congregation

Messer church in 2001. Photos courtesy of Steve Schreiber.

Messer adminstrative office (Volost) circa 1930

Messer street scene