Schaffhausen was founded on 13 August 1767 by colonists who had been recruited by Baron Caneau de Beauregard. Its 31 founding families from Hessen, Dessau, and the Pfalz spent the first winter in neighboring colonies, and moved to Schaffhausen in 1768. Schaffhausen was named after the Swiss Kanton of the same name, and by official decree on 26 February 1768 the name of Schaffhausen was retained.
The colony was originally located along the banks of the Malenkiy Karaman (Little Karaman) River, but the soil in this area proved to be poor for farming. The colony was relocated to the banks of the Volga River in 1770.
Today, what remains of the former colony of Schaffhausen is known as Volkovo.
The parish in Schaffhausen was part of the Lutheran parish headquartered in Bettinger.
The Lutheran Church in Schaffhausen was called "Holy Trinity" and was built of stone in 1832. Its ruins are still visible today.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
|
|
|
|
| 1769 |
31
|
87
|
45
|
41
|
| 1773 |
49
|
153
|
74
|
79
|
| 1788 |
44
|
217
|
109
|
108
|
| 1798 |
80
|
277
|
137
|
140
|
| 1816 |
74
|
485
|
254
|
231
|
| 1834 |
124
|
885
|
446
|
439
|
| 1850 |
156
|
1,191
|
594
|
597
|
| 1857 |
170
|
1,371
|
683
|
688
|
| 1859 |
171
|
1,349
|
691
|
658
|
| 1886 |
|
|
|
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
2,597*
|
1,309
|
1,288
|
| 1904 |
|
|
|
|
| 1910 |
421
|
4,137
|
2,038
|
2,099
|
| 1912 |
|
4,561
|
|
|
| 1920 |
505**
|
3,439
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
447
|
2,329
|
1,093
|
1,236
|
Schaffhausen (Wolgadeutsche.net)
Schaffhausen (Volkovo), Russia (Kevin Rupp)
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- Preliminary Results of the Soviet Census of 1926 on the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Pokrovsk, 1927): 28-83.
- Reith, Andreas. Bettinger Lutheran Church, 2009 (online - in Russian).
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Map redrawn from one that was created in 1764. It shows the original location planned for the colony of Schaffhausen (No. 69) on the banks of the Malenkiy Karaman (Little Karaman) River.
Source: Andreas Reith.
Map showing Schaffhausen on the right (1935).
Map showing land allocation for the colony of Schaffhausen.
Source: www.rusdeutsch.ru
Architectural renderings of the Lutheran Church in Schaffhausen.
Source: wolgadeutsche.net.
Ruins of the Lutheran Church in Schaffhausen.
Source: wolgadeutsche.net.