Konstantinovka

Names:

Konstantinovka

Konstantinowka

Kopenka

Kottschetnoje

Schilling

Шиллинг

Константиновка

Mother Colonies:

History:

Konstantinovka was founded on the banks of the Yeruslan River in 1859 by colonists resettling from the colonies of Schilling, Jost, Merkel, Dönhof, Kutter, and Moor.

Konstantinovia is located directly across the Yeruslan River from the Russian town of Logniovka.

Today, what remains of the former Volga German settlement of Konstantinovka is still known by the name of Konstantinovka.

Church:

The original colonists of Konstantinovka were Lutherans. A new church building was constructed in Konstantinovka in 1906.

Immigration:

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Missoula, Missoula Co., Montana

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Sterling, Logan Co., Colorado

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Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois

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Culbertson, Roosevelt Co., Montana

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Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska

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Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska

St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Missouri

Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana

Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado

Sidney, Richland Co., Montana

Fresno Metropolitan Area, California

Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado

La Junta, Otero Co., Colorado

Terry, Prairie Co., Montana

Sibley County, Minnesota

Glencoe, McLeod Co., Minnesota

Hutchinson, McLeod Co., Minnesota

Minneapolis / St. Paul Metropolitan Area, Minnesota

Brevard Co., Florida

Le Center, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota

Jackson County, Minnesota

Stewart, McLeod Co., Minnesota

Mitchell, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska

San Diego Metropolitan Area, California

Laramie, Albany Co., Wyoming

Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming

Casper, Natrona Co., Wyoming

Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado

Gering, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska

Yuma, Yuma Co., Arizona

Population:

Year	Households	Population
Year	Households	Total	Male	Female
1859		211
1886
1889		667
1894
1897		822*	405	417
1905		1,505
1910	143	1,905	964	941
1912		1,800
1920	150**	1,076
1922		739
1923		830
1926***	187	941	443	498
1931		1,034****

*Of whom 807 were German.
**Of which 145 households were German.
***Of whom 937 (439 male & 498 female) were German living in 183 households.
****Of whom 1,000 were German.

External Links:

- How Many Schillings Are There? (Gary Martens)
- Schilling (wolgadeutsche.net) in Russian

Sources:

- 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): 220.
- Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869. [in Russian]
- Koch, Fred C. The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977): 312.
- Map of the collectives of the Volga German Republic (1938).
- "Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 16.