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Busch, Emil Friedrich

The Rev. Emil Friedrich Busch was born 6 December 1870. He was murdered in 1920 in Smolensk. He served the following congregations: Stephan (1898-1899), Tsaritsen (1899-1901), Rosenheim (1901-1911), Warenburg, and Smolensk (1911-1920).

Burgardt, Johannes

Father Burgardt was born in 1846 in Pfeifer and died 10 June 1912 in Pfeifer. He was ordained on 31 August 1869. From 4 February 1869 to 1873, he served in the parish of Neu-Kolonie. From 29 April 1873 to 1877, he served as the Parish Administrator and deacan in Landau. From 11 February 1877 to 1879, he served in Mariental. He served in the parish of Pfeifer from 27 September 1880 to 1894. He served in Husaren from 28 April 1903 to 1910.

Büttner, Johann Reinhard

The Rev. Johann (Hans) Reinhard Büttner was born 3 January 1871 in Riga and died ca. 1957 in Lomatzsch, Saxony. He was ordained in Saratov on 31 August 1908 and served the following parishes: Rosenberg, Kamyshin (1908-1913), and Hoffental (1913-1918). In 1918, he moved to Germany.

Buck, Johann Heinrich

Johann Heinrich Buck was born in Vörden near Bersenbrück, Hannover (Prussia). Schnurr describes him as "from Osnabrück."

He began his theological studies on 16 October 1788 in Halle. From 1793-1798, he served as the pastor in Dietel. From 1798 to 1820, he was pastor in Katharinenstadt (South) parish. From 1820 to 1831, he was pastor in Rosenheim.

He married Elisabeth Müller, the daughter of Ludwig Müller from Bieber near Hanau in Hessen-Nassau (Prussia) who was employed as a government official in Saratov.

Brungardt, Michael

Father Brungardt was born in 1875 in the Volga Region. He studied at the Saratov Seminary and was ordained in 1898. From then to 1901, he served the parish of Mariental. In 1903 he went to serve in Marienberg, and in 1905 to Streckerau. He also served Husaren from 1909 to 1910, Volmer from 1910 to 1920, Pfeifer from 1920 to 1928, and went to Hildmann in 1928.

He was arrested in 1930, but was not convicted. Five years later, he was arrested again and brought to Odessa where he was imprisoned. It is likely that he died in prison there.

Brungardt, Andreas

Father Brungardt was born in Hildmann, and died 2 November 1923. He was ordained 9 July 1872. He served the Kamenka Parish from 1872 to 1873, was in Köhler in 1887, Husaren in 1901, and Graf in 1903. He returned to Hildmann from 1919-1921.