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).
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.
|
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.
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- Susannental (David Schmidt)
- Susannental (wolgadeutsche.net) in Russian
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- 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.
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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