Centenario, Departamento Paraná, Entre Ríos Province
Includes the following communities:
Apeadero Colonia Centenario
Centenario
Colonia Centenario
History:
Colonia Centenario was founded about 1911 near Viale. The first major Volga German construction in this colony was a church for the Congregation of the Rio de la Plata. Most of the inhabitants of Centenario were Italian immigrants.
Volga German Congregations:
There is a church in Colonia Centenario that is affiliated with the Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (IERP). There is also a Seventh Day Adventist congregation outside of town.
Volga German Families:
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Colonia Centenario:
Buxmann
Heinze
Hock
Hoffmann
Popp
Strauss
Sources:
Elena Vega Stehle