Philippsfeld was founded on 3 August 1767 by colonists from Hessen who had been recruited by Baron Caneau de Beauregard. It was named after Philipp, the son of Baron Caneau de Beauregard. On 26 February 1768, the name was officially approved by government officials.
In 1915, the name was Russified to become Filippovka.
Today, what remains of the former colony of Philippsfeld continues to be known as Filippovka.
Philippsfeld's first settlers were primarily Lutheran. The parish established there was originally part of the Northern Lutheran Katharinenstadt parish. In 1905, Philippsfeld became part of the parish headquartered in Boisroux.
During the early years, worship services were held in a Bethaus (a building that served as both a church and a school). The first church was constructed in 1820 out of wood. This original building was sold to the colonists in Neu-Boisroux in 1888 when construction of a new church building began in Philippsfeld. The cornerstone of the new building was laid on 29 June 1888. This new church was completed and dedicated in 1892. It is reported that this building could hold 700 worshipers. A separate wooden belfry was also constructed near the church.
The parish in Philippsfeld was officially closed on 21 April 1935 by decree from the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Volga Germans. The building was converted into a community center.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
46
|
140
|
|
|
| 1769 |
41
|
144
|
78
|
66
|
| 1773 |
45
|
140
|
79
|
61
|
| 1788 |
18
|
110
|
56
|
54
|
| 1798 |
19
|
118
|
63
|
55
|
| 1816 |
31
|
226
|
115
|
111
|
| 1834 |
55
|
411
|
210
|
201
|
| 1850 |
82
|
622
|
309
|
313
|
| 1857 |
70
|
698
|
354
|
344
|
| 1859 |
68
|
702
|
352
|
350
|
| 1889 |
|
1,041
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,174*
|
607
|
567
|
| 1904 |
|
1,743
|
|
|
| 1910 |
145
|
1,748
|
902
|
846
|
| 1912 |
|
1,929
|
|
|
| 1920 |
176
|
1,248
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
731
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
835
|
|
|
| 1926** |
183
|
997
|
480
|
517
|
| 1931 |
|
1,242
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,158 were German.
**Of whom 996 (479 male & 517 female) were German living in 182 households.
Philippsfeld (Wolgadeusche.net) in Russian
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- List of the Populated Places of the Samara Province (Samara, Russia, 1910): 261.
- Preliminary Totals of the All-Union Population Census of 1926 for the Volga German ASSR (Pokrovsk, Russia, 1927): 28-83.
- "Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 17.
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Map showing Philippsfeld (1935).
Church in Philippsfeld (1958).
Source: Jorge Bohn.
Photo of the former church in Philippsfeld when it was begin used as a Community Center during the Soviet period.
Source: Wolgadeutsche.net