Susannental

Names: 
Sosnovka (Susannental)
Susannental
Susannenthal
Winkelmann
Винкельман
Сосновка (Сузанненталь)
Сусанненталь
Сузанненталь
History: 

Susannental was founded on 3 August 1767 by colonists recruited by Baron Caneau de Beauregard. It was named in honor of Baron Beauregard's wife, Susanna. It was also known as Winkelmann in honor of its first mayor (Vorsteher), Karl von Winkelmann.

Today, what remains of the former Volga German colony of Susannental is known as Sosnovka (not to be confused with the former colony of Schilling on the Bergseite which is also now known as Sosnovka).

Church: 

The original settlers of Susannental were both Lutheran and Roman Catholic, but over time the Catholic colonists moved to other colonies.

Before 1820, Susannental was part of the Lutheran parish headquartered in Bettinger. Beginning in 1820, Susannental became part of the parish headquartered in the neighboring parish of Näb.       

The first church built in Susannental was constructed of wood in 1873.

Notable Individuals: 
Population: 
Year
Households
Population
Total
Male
Female
1767
36
98
60
38
1769
10
134
70
64
1773
19
86
44
42
1788
18
86
50
36
1798
19
112
52
60
1816
28
188
93
95
1834
39
336
172
164
1850
52
495
256
239
1857
64
632
314
318
1859
 
642
 
 
1889
 
1,004
 
 
1897
 
1,032
533
499
1905
 
1,764
 
 
1910
172
1,883
992
891
1920
216*
1,476
 
 
1922
 
1,151
 
 
1926
172
979
465
514
1931
 
1,194
 
 

*Of which 213 households were German.

Sources: 

- Beratz, Gottieb. The German colonies on the Lower Volga, their origin and early development: a memorial for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers on the Volga, 29 June 1764. Translated by Adam Giesinger (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1991): 353.
- 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.
- Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869): 2:13; 4:52-53.
- List of the Populated Places of the Samara Province (Samara, Russia, 1910): 292.
- 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): 613.
- 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.

Lutheran Church in Susannental.
Source: Bill Pickelhaupt

Church in Susannental.
Source: Karen Hergett.

Photo from Susannental in the 1960s. Front of the former church is on the left - with the porch removed.
Source: wolgadeutsche.net

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