La Carlota, Departamento Juárez Celman, Córdoba Province
Volga German families settled in La Carlota in the Argentine province of Córdoba.
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Río Cuarto, Departamento Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province
Volga German families settled in Río Cuarto.
Guatraché, Departamento Guatraché, La Pampa Province
Guatraché was officially founded on 19 April 1908 though a settlement had already existed there for many years.
Volga German families settled in Guatraché. Today, there is a large Mennonite presence in Guatraché.
Hucal, Departamento Hucal, La Pampa Province
Volga German families settled in Hucal in the Argentine La Pampa Province.
Santa Blanca, Paysandú Department, Uruguay
In Santa Blanca, a few kilometers from the city of Salto, a colony of Volga German Lutherans was founded by colonists relocating from Brazil. Originally there were more than 30 families who floated their belongings down the Uruguay River. Over a hundred more families arrived from Brazil by train.
In 1931, several hundred Volga German arrived in Santa Blanca from Schleswig and Holstein in Germany where they had been in refugee camps since fleeing the famines in Russia.
Piedras Coloradas, Paysandú Department, Uruguay
The following Volga German men and their families, among others, founded the colony of Piedras Coloradas in Uruguay:
Valentin Albrecht
Gottfried Frust
Jorge Kahl
Reinaldo Krenz
Adan Muller
Friedrich Schanzenbach
Alexander Schulz
Wagner (Rothammel)*
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Hofstädten, Kr. Aschaffenburg, Bayern
Hofstädten is located in the historical region of Lower Franconia in the German State of Bayern (Bavaria).
Waldaschaff, Kr. Aschaffenburg, Bayern
Waldaschaff is located in the historical region of Lower Franconia in the German State of Bayern (Bavaria).
Schmerlenbach, Kr. Aschaffenburg, Bayern
Schmerlenbach is located a few kilometers east of Aschaffenburg in the historical region of Lower Franconia in the German State of Bayern [Bavaria]. Today, Schmerlenbach is administratively part of the municipality of Hösbach.