Includes the following communities
Colonia Santa Blanca, Paysandú Department, Uruguay
Santa Blanca, Paysandú Department, Uruguay
History
In Santa Blanca, a few kilometers from the city of Salto, a colony of Volga German Lutherans was founded by colonists relocating from Brazil. Originally there were more than 30 families who floated their belongings down the Uruguay River. Over a hundred more families arrived from Brazil by train.
In 1931, several hundred Volga German arrived in Santa Blanca from Schleswig and Holstein in Germany where they had been in refugee camps since fleeing the famines in Russia.
Resources
- Bartaburu, Danilo & Rómulo Cesar Aviaga. "Ayer estuvimos con la familia Kramer - Frey." Plan Agropecuario [Online]
The following Volga German families settled in Santa Blanca, Uruguay:
Frey
Kramer