Santa Anita was founded in 1900 by poor families from Salto, Spatzenkutter, Brasilera, Valle Maria, and San Francisco under leadership of Father Becker.
In the 1920s, people from Santa Anita relocated to Colonía Carrasco (near Bovril) in Departamento LaPaz. As of 1928, there were 208 families living in Santa Anita.
In the 1930s, people from Santa Anita relocated to an area near Iguazú in Misiones Province.
Iglesia de Santa Anita was dedicated in 1913.
The parish in Santa Anita has been served by the following priests:
Fr. Enrique Becher
Fr. Konrad Hummel (1914-1948)
Fr. Juan Lambrecht
- Keiner, Sergio. Personal interview, 26 March 2011.
- Obituaries published in Argentinisches Volksfreund.
- Riffel, Jakob. Los alemanes de Rusia : en particular, los alemanes del Volga en la Cuenca del Plata: Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay (Buenos Aires: L.M.E. Riffel, 2008): 118.
Santa Anita map (1930).
Source: santa-anita.com.ar.
Foundation of Santa Anita church. Original church in the background.
Source: santa-anita.com.ar.
Santa Anita church.
Photo of the wedding celebration for Jakob Heer and Elisabeth Schönfeld on 17 August 1909 in Santa Anita.
Source: Sergio Keiner.