Includes the following communities
Colônia Mariental
Mariental
History
The colony of Mariental was settled by Volga Germans on 14 April 1879. German colonists from Bukovina also settled there.
Surnames
Volga German Families
The following Volga German families settled in and around Mariental:
Biehl from Zug
Dörfer
Eberle
Forth
Hammerschmidt from Zug
Hornüng from Luzern
Köhler
Leinecker
Metz
Mildenberger from Preuss
Müller
Schäfer
Stadelmann
Steinbach
Stöcklein
Tieder from Wittmann
Unrein
Weil
Sources
- Schwab, Carlos Alberto. Resumo Histórico e Genealogia dos Alemães do Volga. Ponta Grossa, Brazil: C.A. Schwab, 1997.
External Links
Colônia Mariental - photos (J.N. Hoffmann)
The old church in Mariental.
Source: J.N. Hoffmann.
The new church in Mariental.
Source: J.N. Hoffmann.
Interior of the old church
in Mariental.
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Volga Colonies
Migrated From
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