Historically, Neuburg an der Donau (Neuburg on the Donau River) was the capital of the Duchy of Pfalz-Neuburg (German: Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg). It was the seat of the Elector of the Pfalz. The Duchy was abolished in 1808, and in 1837 became part of Swaben (Swabia). Today, Neuburg is located in the German State of Bayern (Bavaria).
August Wunderlich, a farmer, settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 16 June 1766. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 92 with a note that he relocated to the colony of Schäfer in 1768.
The 1767 census records that August Wunderlich came from the German village of Neuburg in the Kurpfalz region.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Wunderlich family among the Volga German colonies.
Süderstapel is a village that since March 2018 has been part of the municipality of Stapel.
Peter Wulf and his family immigrated first in 1762 to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) and joined the migration to Russia in 1766.
They arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 May 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Röder.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Dinkel on 12 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22.
Peter Klausen Wolf and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Dinkel in Household No. Dn20.
Christian Wolfgang, a farmer, his wife Margaretha and children (Elisabeth, age 12; Johann[es], age 8½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig Mercurius under the command of Skipper Christian Heinrich Abelßen.
Christian Wolfgang, his wife Margaretha, and children (Juliana Elisabeth, age 14; Johannes, age 12) are recorded on the 1767 census of Sewald in Household No. 32. They had settled there on 20 August 1767.
The 1767 census records that Christian Wolfgang came from the German village of Pischeldorf.
Nikolaus Zag and his wife Gertruda arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 May 1766 aboard the Russian galliot Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Röder.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Köhler on 10 August 1767. He is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 23 along with another wife Maria Magdalena. There is a note on the 1767 Köhler census that Nikolaus Zag moved to the colony of Semenovka in 1768.
Heinrich Zahn, a farmer, his wife Maria, and his mother-in-law Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the ship named Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Straub on 12 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38.
Philipp Zahn, stepson of Johannes Weisbrod, is recorded on the 1798 census of Straub in Household No. Sr17.
By 1762, Andreas Heinrich Zwingmann had been living in Brandonburg for 6 years. He and his family migrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein). His [unnamed first] wife died in Altona while in route to Denmark. He and the children (Georg Heinrich, age 12; Hanna Nerietha, age 8; Anna Eleonora, age 4) arrived in the Danish town of Flensburg on 19 June 1762, and he swore allegiance to King Friedrich of Denmark on 19 July 1762.
Johannes Zwinger, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his family settled in the Volga German colony of Mariental on 14 June 1766. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 33.
The 1767 census records that Johannes Zwinger came from the German village of Bitsch in the region of Lothringen.
Andreas Zwikau, a hosier (Strumpfwirker), and his wife Susanna Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Vergelte Weintraube under the command of Skipper Anderson.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Warenburg on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 97.
Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Johann Andreas Zwikau came from the German region of Anhalt-Zerbst.