Warenburg was founded in the autumn of 1894 by Volga Germans. The village was named after the colony from which many of its founders had come. It was also known by the Russian name of Privalnoye, which was also the Russian name of its mother colony of Warenburg on the banks of the Volga River.
Volga German colonists from Dönhof also settled in Warenburg with groups arriving in 1894, 1896, and 1905.
During the early years, the settlers lived in huts, but by 1901 had built homes out of adobe.
From 1868 to 1917, this area was part of the Akmolinsk Oblast which included areas of southern Siberia and northern Kazakhstan.
There was a prayer house in the village, and also a parochial school in which German was the language of instruction.
There was a Lutheran prayer house in Warenburg.
The following Volga German families settled in Warenburg:
Altergott from Dönhof
Becker from Dönhof
Eichler from Dönhof
Erbes from Dönhof
Gomer from Dönhof
Keller from Dönhof
Legler from Dönhof
Lichtenwald from Dönhof
Schenkel from Dönhof
Schwartzkopf from Dönhof
Stromberger from Dönhof
- History of the Village of Privalnoye (wiki.55.ru)
- Privalnoye (Omsk Oblast) (Russian Wikipedia)
A German home in Warenburg (Omsk Oblast) from the early 1900s.
Source: wiki.obr55.ru
Map from 1905 showing the location of Warenburg southwest of Omsk, at that time in the Akmolinsk Oblast.
Source: EtoMesto.