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San Antonio, Departamento Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos Province

In January of 1887, nineteen families from Huck immigrated to the region of Pehuajó Norte in the southern part of Entre Ríos Province of Argentina. They had traveled through Saratov to Germany where they boarded a ship that took 28 days to reach Buenos Aires.

After three days in Buenos Aires they traveled again by boat up the Paraná River to Diamante where they disambarked and proceeded to the colony of Protestante. Here a former neighbor from Huck, Heinrich Herdt and his wife Anna María Hergenreder with their children Philipp, Johannes, and Katharina, were living.

San Juan, Departamento Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos Province

Several newly arrived Volga German families in Entre Ríos Province were invited by a German diplomat, Johannes Spangenberg, to buy his land in Pehuajo Norte where he had an "estancia" (hacienda or large farm) with his brother Jacob. On this land called "Campos Floridos" (Flowery Prairies) three new villages were founded on 27 February 1889: San Antonio, Santa Celia, and San Juan.

There were 18 Volga German families who founded San Juan:

San Miguel, Departamento Nogoyá, Entre Ríos Province

San Miguel was founded on 21 May 1899.

The following from Valle María and surrounding area were founders of Colonía San Miguel:

  • Antonio Seib
  • Adán Gassmann
  • Miguel Neiff
  • Eduardo Oberlein
  • José Dreher
  • Matías Gassmann
  • Pedro Neiff
  • Conrado Krapp (from El Chaleco)
  • Pedro Schunk
  • Federico Schweigert
  • José Gerstner
  • Nicolás Kessler
  • Andrés Krapp
  • Felipe Derfler (from El Chaleco)