Degott

Names:

Degott

Dejgott

Kamenny Ovrag

Kamenny Owrag

Kamennyi Ovrag

Деготт

Каменный Овраг

Дейготт

Daughter Colonies:

Josefstal

Marienberg

Marienfeld

History:

Degott was founded on 18 July 1766 by colonists who had been recruited by Baron de Boffe. Heinrich Degott served as the colony's first major (Vorsteher), and it is after him that the colony received its German name.

Today, nothing substantial remains of the former colony of Degott.

Church:

The original colonists of Degott were of the Roman Catholic faith.

Immigration:

Winifreda, Departamento Conhelo, La Pampa Province

Baltimore Metropolitan Area, Maryland

Villa Iris, Puán Partido, Buenos Aires Province

Population:

Year	Households	Population
Year	Households	Total	Male	Female
1766	12	34	15	19
1767	14	42
1769	12	43	22	21
1773	14	50	27	23
1788	8	48	27	21
1798	13	78	42	36
1816	10	70	34	36
1834	25	166	87	79
1850	28	228	118	110
1857	26	248	123	125
1862	23	263	130	133
1886	45	379	197	182
1891
1894	46	421	216	205
1897
1904
1911		576
1912		658
1920	79	543
1922		456
1926	87	518	250	268
1931		615

External Links:

Degott (wolgadeutsche.net) in Russian

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): 349.
- Diesendorf, V.F. Die Deutschen Russlands : Siedlungen und Siedlungsgebiete : Lexicon. Moscow, 2006.
- Mink, A.N. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of the Saratov Province [in Russian] (Saratov, Russia, 1898): 379-381.
- Orlov, Gregorii. Report of Conditions of Settlements on the Volga to Catherine II, 14 February 1769.
- Pallas, P.S. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 3,2, Reise aus Sibirien zurueck an die Wolga im 1773sten Jahr (St. Petersburg: Kaiserl. Academie der Wissenschaften, 1776): 622.Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 263-266.
- Preliminary Results of the Soviet Census of 1926 on the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Pokrovsk, 1927): 28-83.