Schilling
Names
Schilling, Sosnovka, Sosnowka
Location
50º37' N 44º33' E
History
Schilling was founded on 14 August 1764 by the Government as a Lutheran colony.
Church
Schilling was part of the Beideck parish during the early years.
Pastors
The congregation in Schilling was served by the following pastors:
1767-1770 Georg Christian Seyer
1771-1778 Laurentius Ahlbaum
1793-1820 Johann Martin Otto
1821-1828 Lukas Cattaneo
1828-1828 Heinrich Köpke
1830-1836 Alexander Haken
1836-1850 Christian Gottlieb Hegele
1852-1858 Karl Dönhoff
1859-1880 Felician Joseph Dittrich
1883-1901 Hugo Amadeus Julius Günther
1918-1929 Herbert Julius Günther
Population
Population Table
Year
Households
Population
Total
Male
Female
1767
1769
404
199
205
1773
95
429
215
214
1788
91
532
271
261
1798
94
626
312
314
1816
118
851
436
415
1834
180
1,295
676
619
1850
174
1,839
965
874
1857
200
1,966
1,034
932
1859
170
1,992
1,046
946
1886
283
2,098
1,080
1,018
1891
270
2,686
1,325
1,361
1894
303
2,588
1,288
1,300
1897
3,351
1904
3,068
1910
3,388
1912
3,564
1920
3,076
1922
2,801
1923
2,674
1926
3,210*
1931
3,411**
*Of whom 3,088 were German.
**Of whom 3,380 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): 352.
- 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.
- Schnurr,Joseph, Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen, Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 191.
External Links
Schilling (Wolgadeutsche.net)
Village of Schilling (Gary Martens)
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Last updated 17 January 2010.

Painting of Schilling, Russia by artist Michael Boss.

Remains of the Schilling Lutneran Church (circa 2000).
The building has been subsequently torn down.

Schilling Lutheran Church.

Former store in Schilling (2001). Photo courtesy of Steve Schreiber.

German house in Schilling (2001). Photo courtesy of Steve Schreiber.