VGI Updates

Dayton, Lyon Co., Nevada

Submitted by bmai on Wed, 03/20/2024 - 21:53

Volga German families settled in and around Dayton, Nevada.

Mackinac County, Michigan

Submitted by bmai on Mon, 02/26/2024 - 00:27

Volga German families settled in Mackinac County, Michigan.

Novo-Chemrovka, Altai Krai (Siberia)

Submitted by bmai on Sun, 02/25/2024 - 23:03

Volga German families settled in Novo-Chemrovka following the 1941 Deportation.

Novaya-Chemrovka is located on the bank of the Chemrovka River, 17 kilometers southeast of Zonalnoye.

Büdesheim, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen

Today, Büdesheim is administratively part of the municipality of Schöneck. It is located about 18 kilometers southeast of Friedberg.

Church:

The historical hall-style church in Büdesheim was built in 1424. It is dedicated to St. Andrew and known as Andreaskirche.

In the first quarter of the 18th century, a hexagonal, slate-roofed turret was added to the gable roof of the nave on the west end.

Olsberg, département Moselle, France

Olsberg is located about 11 kilometers north of Bitche. Olsberg is located in the French region of Lorraine, historically part of the German region of Lothringen.

Lamprecht, Kr. Bad Dürkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz

The current village of Lamprecht, about 6 kilometers northwest of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, was originally founded as the Benedictine Convent of Saint Lamprecht near the village of Grevenhausen. In 1838/39, St. Lamprecht and Grevenhausen merged and took the name of Lamprecht.