San Miguel Arcángel was founded by 15 Volga German families in the Adolfo Alsina Partido of Buenos Aires Province on 29 September 1903. The neighboring area of Esteban Agustín Gascón was officially founded when the railroad station was established there on 15 April 1907 and the families living in the surrounding rural areas there often combined the two names into San Miguel de Gazcón. Volga German families continued to move into the area from other locations in Argentina.
San Miguel Arcángel was founded the following and their families:
Jakob (Jacobo) Bahl & Katharina née Rausch
Johannes (Juan) Baier & Anna Margaretha née Arzer
Heinrich (Enrique) Balle & Katharina née Glock
Nikolaus (Nicolás) Beratz & Anna Maria née Höfner
Johannes (Juan) Brendel & Katharina Elisabeth née Kreismann
Peter (Pedro) Fuhr & Barbara née Ruppel
Nikolaus (Nicolás) Haspert & Anna Maria née Strömel
Andreas (Andrés) Kees & Katharina née Strömel
Johannes (Juan) Kees & Agathe née Zwenger
Michael (Miguel) Kees & Katharina née Krüger
Georg (Jorge) Kreder & Anna Margaretha née Weth
Nikolaus (Nicolás) Leonhardt & Katharina née Schwab
Johann (Juan) Rausch & Anna Margaretha née Schwab
Lorenz (Lorenzo) Stegmann & Anna Margaretha née Reissing
Mattias (Matías) Zwenger & Apollonia née Giesler
A Roman Catholic church dedicated to San Miguel Arcángel (Saint Michael the Archangel) was constructed in the colony.
The parish of San Miguel Arcángel has been served by the following priests:
Fr. Theodor Kraemer
Fr. Johannes Kotulla
Fr. Matthias Röhrhoff
Fr. Friedrich Vormann
Fr. Juan Lambrecht
Fr. Augustin Sperle
Fr. Ricardo Schönfeld
Fr. Johannes van Meurs
Fr. Bernado Fassa
Fr. Eugen Tunkel
Fr. Gregorio Kippes (1983-?)
Fr. Emilio Klär
Fr. Bernhard Ossege
- Jungblut, Christian. San Miguel Arcángel: 100 Jahre Wolgadeutsche Geschichte 1903-2003 (Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Juan José Maier, 2003).
- Obituaries published in Argentinisches Volksfreund
San Miguel Arcángel (Buenos Aires) (Wikipedia) - in Spanish
San Miguel Arcángel
Source: Jorgelina Fischer
Map indicating the locations of the first settlers of San Miguel Arcángel.
Source: Jorgelina Fischer.
Catholic church in San Miguel Arcángel.
Interior of the Catholic church in San Miguel Arcángel (2008).
Source: Gerardo Waimann.
Plaque honoring the founders of San Miguel Arcángel.
Source: Gerardo Waimann.
Directional signs in San Miguel Arcángel.
Source: Gerardo Waimann.