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Mariental, Lapa Municipality, Paraná

Includes the following communities
Colônia Mariental
Mariental
History

The colony of Mariental was settled by Volga Germans on 14 April 1879. German colonists from Bukovina also settled there.

Sources

- Schwab, Carlos Alberto. Resumo Histórico e Genealogia dos Alemães do Volga. Ponta Grossa, Brazil: C.A. Schwab, 1997.

External Links

Colônia Mariental - photos (J.N. Hoffmann)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Mariental:
Biehl
from
Zug
Dörfer
Eberle
Forth
Hammerschmidt
from
Zug
Hornöng
from
Luzern
Köhler
Leinecker
Metz
Mildenberger
from
Preuss
Müller
Schäfer
Stadelmann
Steinbach
Stöcklein
Tieder
from
Wittmann
Unrein
Weil

Colonies

The old church in Mariental.
Source: J.N. Hoffmann.

The new church in Mariental.
Source: J.N. Hoffmann.

Interior of the old church
in Mariental.

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Volga Colonies

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