Marienfeld, Krasnodar Krai (North Caucasus)
German-speaking colonists founded the colony of Marienfeld in the Armavir region of the North Caucasus in 1881.
Volga German families settled there through the years.
Today, Marienfeld is known as Marino.
Franklin, Johnson Co., Indiana
Volga German families settled in and around Franklin, Indiana.
Brening, Alex & Sally Brening Everett
Alex Brening and his sister Sarah (Sally) Brening Everett founded their first restaurant in 1950 at 2600 Park Road in Lincoln, Nebraska, and began selling runzas, a traditional Volga German hamburger, onion, and cabbage mixture wrapped in dough. There are now over 80 Runza Restaurant locations in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Colorado. [Runzas are called by several different names, depending upon the traditions of particular Volga German families: runza, bierock, krautbierock, krautbrock, krautburger, etc.]
Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan
Volga German families settled in and around Muskegon, Michigan.
Monmouth, Polk Co., Oregon
Volga German families settled in and around Monmouth, Oregon.
Dudenrod, Kr. Wetterau, Hessen
Today, Dudenrod is administratively part of the municipality of Büdingen.
Naples, Campania Region, Italy
Volga German families settled in and around Naples, Italy.
Dorndecker*
Johannes Dornhecker [sic] from Altenmittlau, son of the deceased Peter Dornhecker, married in Somborn on 1 June 1755 to Anna Maria Catharina Braun, daughter of Johann Wolfgang Christoph Braun from Neustadt on der Saale.
The baptism of several children born in Altenmittlau to Johannes Dorndecker & Catharina Braun are recorded in the parish register of Somborn: (1) Maria Anna, baptized 24 July 1757; (2) Sybilla, baptized 2 February 1761; and (3) Matthias, baptized 12 September 1763, died 1 March 1764.