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Protestante, Departamento Diamante, Entre Ríos Province

Includes the following communities
Agricultores
Aldea Protestante
Protestante
Protestantendorf
History

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.

Volga German Congregations

- Evangélica Congregacional (Congregational)
- Evangélica del Río de la Plata (Lutheran)

Sources

- 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.

Resources

1881 Census of Protestante (Jorge L. Göttig)

The following Volga German families settled in Protestante:
from
Schwab
from
Dönhof
Euring
from
Gauss
Gleim
from
Heinrich
from
Hepp
Herbel
from
Herdt
from
Kreis
Likay
Lungrin
from
Mai
from
May
from
Merker
Müller
from
Müller
Popp
Reimer
Ruppel
Schädel
Schedel
Schlegel
Schlotawer
Schlotthauer
Schmidt
Schneider
Schreiner
Schulz
Schunk
from
from
Streich
Stürz
from
Wagner
Waigandt
Weber
from
Weigandt
Wolf

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.

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