So many inhabitants left the village of Pferdsbach, first for Russia and then for North America (mostly to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), that the village was abandoned in 1847.
Today, there is only a cemetery and a memorial to remind us that there was once a village of Pferdsbach.
Sources:
- Pferdsbach (Wikipedia)
Names
Pferdsbach, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
Surnames
Village church in Wolf (2008).
Source: Sven Teschke via Wikipedia Commons.