![]() Kolb
Names
Biskowtka, Kolb, Peskovatka, Peskovka, Peskowatka
Location
51º04' N 44º59' E
History
Kolb was founded on 13 May 1767 by the Government as a Lutheran colony.
Church
In the early years, Kolb was part of the Frank parish.
Pastors
1768-1770 Johann Friedrich Mittelstädt
1771-1776 Johann Friedrich Heitzig 1778-1782 Laurentius Ahlbaum 1872-1786 Samuel Traugott Büttner 1788-1817 Franz August Flittner Population
**Of whom 3,053 were German. Sources:
- Beratz, Gottieb. The German colonies on the Lower Volga, their origin and early development: a memorial for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers on the Volga, 29 June 1764. Translated by Adam Giesinger (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1991): 350. - Diesendorf, V.F. Die Deutschen Russlands : Siedlungen und Siedlungsgebiete : Lexicon. Moscow, 2006. - Dietz, Jacob E. History of the Volga German Colonists. Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2005. - Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869. - Minkh, A.N. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of the Saratov Province. Saratov, Russia, 1898. - Orlov, Gregorii. Report of Conditions of Settlements on the Volga to Catherine II, 14 February 1769. - Pleve, Igor R. The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century, translated by Richard Rye (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001): 318. - "Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 18. External Links
Last updated 2 January 2016.
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