The village of Protestante in the Province of Entre Rios was founded on 21 July 1878 on the banks of the Arroyo Ensenada, about 3 kilometers west of its current location. Because of flooding, it was moved to its current location along the banks of the Arroyo Perdices (Partridge Creek) in October of that year.
- Evangélica Congregacional (Congregational)
- Evangélica del Río de la Plata (Lutheran)
The following were founding families of Protestante:
From Neu-Galka
Gottlieb Dahlinger & Maria Katharina
son Georg Heinrich
son Johann Heinrich
son Christoph
Johann Georg Ladner & Susana Diehl
daughter Susana
From Dönhof
Heinrich Erbes & Anna Maria Jacobi
son Johann Heinrich
daughter Maria Katharina
son Johann Wilhelm
Kaspar Gomer & Christine Jacob
daughter Katharina Elisabeth
Jakob Heinrich & Maria Margaretha Kaiser
son Wilhelm
son Johannes
Jacob Kaiser & Sophia Bohl
From Bauer
Johann Jakob Fischer & Elisabeth Erhart
daughter Anna Maria
daughter Eva
daughter Elisabeth
Katharina Elisabeth Hering (widow)
son Johann Jakob
son Johann Friedrich
son Georg Jakob
Johannes Stieben & Katharina Mohr
daughter Eva Katharina
daughter Barbara
Friedrich Wagner & Elisabeth Gehlroth
daughter Maria Katharina
daughter Barbara
son Johannes
son Georg Jakob
Georg Jakob Wagner & Katharina Schmidt
daughter Eva
daughter Christine
son Heinrich Jakob
son Johannes
son Georg Jakob
Phillip Wagner & Eva Katharina Wagner
daughter Elisa Margarethe
daughter Eva Katharina
daughter Eva Elisabeth
son Daniel
son Georg Jakob
son Johann Jakob
son Philipp
Konrad Wagner & Elisa Margarethe Becker
daughter Eva
daughter Christine Margarethe
From Neu-Bauer
Hubert Michel
son David
son Johann Georg
Valentin Müller & Elisabeth Schwartzkopf
son Johannes
daughter Elisabeth
son Valentin
From Huck
Heinrich Herdt & Anna Maria Hergenroth
son Philipp
son Johannes
daughter Katharina
From Fresental
Gottfield Schanzenbach & Rosine Schimpf
Martín Schultz & Maria Elisabeth Batz
From Neu-Weimar
Johannes Peter Weber
On 1 April 1880, the first group of colonists from Colonía Convert in Santa Fe Province resettled to Protestante because of repeated flooding there.
The following families also settled in Protestante:
Axt from Orlovskaya
Meisinger from Messer
- Fundacion de las Aldeas (vocesdelvolga.com)
- Göttig, Jorge Luis. Los primeros contingentes de Alemanes del Volga en la Argentina: Una aproximaciórica.
- Riffel, Jakob. Die Russlanddeutschen insbesondere die Wolgadeutschen am La Plata (2008 reprint in Spanish): 110-112.
1881 Census of Protestante (Jorge L. Göttig)
Diamante - Aldea Protestante (regionliteral.com)
Aldea Protestante (Elena M. Vega)
Aldea Protestante (Wikipedia - in Spanish)
Founders of Protestante.
Source: Aldea Protestante Blog.
Volga German house in Aldea Protestante.
Source: Graciela Gulino.
Aldea Protestante church - IERP.
Source: El Paraná y sus Aldeas.
Plaques commemorating the original founders of Protestante in 1878.
Source: Graciela Gulino.
Volga German house in Protestante. The architectural style of the house is very similar to those built in Russia.
Source: Graciela Gulino.