Rozhdestvenskaya, known in German as Fürstendorf, was founded in the North Caucasus on the banks of the Kuban River in 1864 by Volga German colonists from Semenovka. However, colonists from Köhler may have been living there already as early as 1858.
Today, Rozhdestvenskaya is part of the metropolitan area of Nevinnomyssk.
A Catholic parish was established in Rozhdestvenskaya in 1884.
The following priests served the parish in Rozhdestvenskaya:
Konrad Keller (1884-1886)
Allois Schönfeld (1898-1903)
Johannes Beilmann (1905-1909)
The following Volga German families settled in Rozhdestvenskaya:
Berger
Bohn
Diehl
Hartwig from Köhler
Kantner
Lambrecht from Köhler
Laumann
Ringelmann
Rupp
Schmidtlein from Köhler
Stieben from Neu-Bauer
Werbach
- Lauk, Emma & Mina Wiens. Familienchronik von Neu-Bauer, 1858-1941: Von Gründung bis Deportation (Schweinfurt / Bankenburg, 2023): 602-605.
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen - Katholischer Teil (Stuttgart: Selbstverlag Joseph Schnurr, 1972): 300.
- Stumpp, Karl. Karte der deutschen Siedlungen im Nord und Südkaukasus (Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland, 1960).
- Рождественское (Ставропольский край) (Russian Wikipedia)