Includes the following communities
Kamenka, Belyayev District, Odessa Region, Ukraine
Kamyanka, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
Mannheim (Kuchurgan)
Mannheim (Kutschurgan)
Каменка, Беляевский район, Одесская область, Украина
Камянка, Черкаський район, Черкаська область
History
Mannheim is one of six German colonies founded in the Kuchurgan [Kutschurgan in German] District, Odessa Region. It was founded in 1808 by colonists from Alsace, the Palatinate [Pfalz], Baden, and the part of Prussia that today is in Poland.
Since 1945, Mannheim has been known as Kamenka [Kamyanka in Ukranian].
Volga German families relocated to Mannheim in the 1860s.
External Links
- Каменка (Беляевский район) (Russian Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in the village of Mannheim:
Colonies
Map of Mannheim composed by Peter Deschner, Anton Heidt, & Eugen Hoffart.
Source: Paradise on the Steppe (p. 284).
Ruins of the church in Mannheim.
Source: Vitaliy Milevich via Wikipedia Commons.