Rothammel was founded on 21 August 1767 by colonists who had been recruited by Baron de Boffe. It was named after Adam Rothammel, the first mayor (Vorsteher) of the colony.
Today, nothing remains of the former colony of Rothammel. It was abandoned following the 1941 Deportation. Its streets are still visible from above via satellite imaging.
Originally, the Roman Catholic congregation in Rothammel belonged to the parish of Schuck. Later it became an independent parish.
A wooden church was built in Rothammel in 1824. In 1910, it was replaced by a new facility built of stone.
The parish in Rothammel was served by the following priests:
- Joseph Ihly (1875-1876)
- Markus Marsal
- Johannes Vetsch (1887-1894)
- Georg Dechand (1897-1906)
- J. Schneider (June 1906-?)
- Andreas Schönberger (1914-1917)
- Johannes Zimmermann (1918-1923)
- Josef Veith (1916?-1920)
- Franz Rauh (1923-1930)
- Michael Rauh
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
28
|
100
|
51
|
49
|
| 1769 |
30
|
107
|
53
|
54
|
| 1773 |
29
|
123
|
63
|
60
|
| 1788 |
29
|
179
|
87
|
92
|
| 1798 |
35
|
215
|
117
|
98
|
| 1816 |
39
|
348
|
181
|
167
|
| 1834 |
74
|
557
|
302
|
255
|
| 1850 |
75
|
777
|
417
|
360
|
| 1857 |
89
|
988
|
529
|
459
|
| 1859 |
91
|
1,020
|
546
|
474
|
| 1886 |
179
|
1,243
|
595
|
648
|
| 1891 |
156
|
1,424
|
732
|
692
|
| 1894 |
181
|
1,563
|
784
|
779
|
| 1897 |
|
1,436*
|
701
|
735
|
| 1905 |
|
1,563
|
|
|
| 1911 |
|
1,790
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
1,563
|
|
|
| 1920 |
272**
|
1,732
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,543
|
|
|
| 1926 |
304
|
1,717
|
873
|
912
|
| 1931 |
|
2,068
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,420 were German.
**Of which 268 households were German.
Basgall Heritage (John R. Basgall)
Rothammel (wolgadeutsche.net) in Russian
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- Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869.
- Mink, A.N. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of the Saratov Province [in Russian] (Saratov, Russia, 1898): 736-739. (Online)
- 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 4 (Göttingen: Der Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2008): 11, 81-87.
- Preliminary Results of the Soviet Census of 1926 on the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Pokrovsk, 1927): 28-83.
- Schnurr, Joseph, Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen - Katholischer Teil (Stuttgart: Selbstverlag Joseph Schnurr, 1980): 253.
- "Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 18.
1767 Census of Rothammel
1798 Census of Rothammel
1834 Census of Rothammel
1857 Census of Rothammel
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Migrated From
Immigration Locations
Map showing Rothammel (1935).
Catholic Church in Rothammel.
Source: Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1972.
Catholic Church in Rothammel.
1. Sacristy
2. High Altar
3. Mother of God Altar
4. Joseph's Altar
5. Pulpit
6. Confessional
7. Choir loft with organ and galleries.
Source: Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1972.
Map showing Dietel, Kautz, Kratzke, Rothammel and Sewald.