Settlements along the Volga > Original Colonies > Ober-Monjou
Ober-Monjou
Names
Krivovka, Kriwowskoje, Obermonjou, Obermunjour, Ober-Monjou, Ober-Monjour (after 1941, Krivovka)
Location
51º44' N 46º51' E
History
Ober-Monjou was founded as a Roman Catholic colony on 5 March 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.
In 1859, a daughter colony was established by colonists from Ober-Monjou seeking additional farm land. The daughter colony was called Neu-Ober-Monjou.
Church
The congregation in Ober-Monjou was part of parish headquartered in Katharinenstadt. The Catholic church in Ober-Monjou was built of stone and dedicated to "The Immaculate Conception" on 28 September 1897. This structure no longer exists.
Priests
| 1887 | Alexander Tortschinski |
| 1889-1898 | Valentine Greiner |
| 1898-1901 | Peter Bach |
| 1901-1905 | Johannes Beilmann III |
| 1905-1907 | Michael Hatzenboller |
| 1910-1914 | Johannes Bach |
Population
Year |
Households |
Population |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
Male |
Female |
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| 1767 | 82 |
299 |
160 |
139 |
| 1769 | 324 |
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| 1772 | 325 |
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| 1788 | 72 |
370 |
177 |
193 |
| 1798 | 76 |
429 |
211 |
218 |
| 1816 | 91 |
620 |
308 |
312 |
| 1834 | 138 |
1,068 |
546 |
522 |
| 1850 | 174 |
1,608 |
808 |
800 |
| 1857 | 197 |
1,897 |
921 |
976 |
| 1859 | 165 |
1,513 |
744 |
769 |
| 1886 | ||||
| 1891 | ||||
| 1894 | ||||
| 1897 | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| 1910 | 392 |
2,752 |
1,365 |
1,387 |
| 1912 | 2,882 |
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| 1926* | 433 |
2,443 |
1,190 |
1,253 |
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): 351.
- List of the Populated Places of the Samara Province (Samara, Russia, 1910): 261.
- List of Populated Places of the Russian Empire, vol. 36 - Samara Province (St. Petersburg, 1864): 82.
- Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869): 2:13; 4:54-55.
- Pleve, Igor R. The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001): 314.
- Stumpp, Karl. Die Auswanderung aus Deutschland nach Rußland in den Jahren 1763 bis 1862 (Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 2004): 70.
- 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): 351.
- List of the Populated Places of the Samara Province (Samara, Russia, 1910): 261.
- List of Populated Places of the Russian Empire, vol. 36 - Samara Province (St. Petersburg, 1864): 82.
- Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869): 2:13; 4:54-55.
- Pleve, Igor R. The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001): 314.
- Stumpp, Karl. Die Auswanderung aus Deutschland nach Rußland in den Jahren 1763 bis 1862 (Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 2004): 70.
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Last updated 17 January 2010.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
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