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November 4, 2017 - Fresno, California - 250th Anniversary of Dinkel, Jost, Kukkus, Laub, Lauwe, Stahl am Tarlyk, Straub, & Warenburg

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Warenburg Lutheran Church (2005)
Source: David Karber.

Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Volga German Colonies of
Dinkel, Jost, Kukkus, Laub, Lauwe,
Stahl am Tarlyk, Straub, and Warenburg

Saturday, 4 November 2017
Fresno, California

December 2, 2017 - Bloomington, Minnesota - 250th Anniversary of the Volga Germans

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250th Anniversary of the Volga Germans ​​

2 December 2017
Bloomington, Minnesota

In honor of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the Volga German colonies, the Volga German Institute at Fairfield University will be hosting a seminar series in Bloomington, Minnesota, home of the Mall of America.

Kling, Alexander

Alexander Kling, son of Peter Kling, was born in the Volga German colony of Hoffental. He was the owner of a Singer sewing maching store in Pokrovsk (Engels).  As a member of the left wing of the Kadet Party, Kling was elected on 7 February 1907 as a deputy of the short-lived Second State Duma.  The Second Duma met from February 20 to June 3, 1907.  He was the only Volga German to serve in the Second Duma.  His ultimate fate is unknown.

Schellhorn, Heinrich

Heinrich Schellhorn, son of Christoph Schellhorn, was born in 1860 in the Volga German colony of Seelmann.

In 1897, he became the managing director of the publishing house H. Ch. Schellhorn & Company, publishers of the newspaper Saratower Deutsche Zeitung and the journal Klemens.

Alberta

Volga Germans from the villages of Dreispitz, Huck, Norka, Pobochnaya, and Shcherbakovka came to Alberta in the mid-1890s, settling in the Calgary area as well as west of Edmonton in Stony Plain and Glory Hills. Both areas attracted additional immigrants from the Volga in following years, for example, in the vicinity of Trochu, Beiseker, and Duffield. Volga Germans of the Reformed faith also settled in 1897 near Mellowdale in the Barrhead area.

Saskatchewan

Volga German Baptists began arriving in Saskatchewan in 1887 and settled near Ebenezer. Immigrants from the Lutheran colonies began to arrive shortly thereafter.

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