Kolb was founded by 24 families and 8 bachelors from the Hessen-Darmstadt and Isenburg on 13 May 1767. They had been recruited by government recruiters. There were also several families from Falkenstein, Saxony, Hanau, and Baden-Baden.
Kolb was named after its first Vorsteher (mayor) Andreas Kolb. According to Christian August Tornow, Kolb was also known as Kolbe during the first few years of its existance.
By official decree in 1768, Kolb was also given the Russian name of Peskovatka after the river along which it was located.
Today, what remains of the colony of Kolb is known as Peskovka.
Kolb was founded by Lutheran colonists. In the early years, the parish in Kolb was part of the Frank parish and served by the pastor there.
The following pastors served the congregation in Kolb and surrounding colonies:
- 1768-1770 Johann Friedrich Mittelstädt
- 1771-1776 Johann Friedrich Heitzig
- 1778-1782 Laurentius Ahlbaum
- 1872-1786 Samuel Traugott Büttner
- 1788-1817 Franz August Flittner
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
32
|
88
|
|
|
| 1769 |
23
|
107
|
62
|
45
|
| 1773 |
31
|
143
|
83
|
60
|
| 1788 |
39
|
240
|
133
|
107
|
| 1798 |
52
|
357
|
187
|
170
|
| 1816 |
60
|
567
|
276
|
291
|
| 1834 |
109
|
950
|
502
|
448
|
| 1850 |
124
|
1,531
|
769
|
762
|
| 1857 |
183
|
1,885
|
943
|
942
|
| 1859 |
174
|
1,887
|
945
|
942
|
| 1883 |
|
2,559
|
|
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
2,721
|
1,334
|
1,387
|
| 1905 |
|
2,722
|
|
|
| 1911 |
|
2,581
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
3,800
|
|
|
| 1920 |
354
|
2,613
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
2,575
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
2,669
|
|
|
| 1926 |
469
|
2956*
|
1,443
|
1,513
|
| 1931 |
|
3,054**
|
|
|
*Of whom 2,950 (1,437 male and 1,513 female) were German.
**Of whom 3,053 were German.
Frank and Kolb, Russia (Kelly Horst)
Kolb (wolgadeutsche.net) in Russian
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- 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.
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Map showing Kolb (1935).
Central Street in Kolb (1968).
The front of the former church is visible on the right side of the photo.
Source: Kolb Museum via Lynne Willmann (2016).
Former "wooden" school in Kolb.
Source: Vladimir Krainev (2007) at wolgadeutsche.net
Former "red" school in Kolb.
Source: Vladimir Krainev (2007) at wolgadeutsche.net
Approaching the former colony of Kolb from the west (2009).
Source: Vladimir Krainiev.