Neuhoffnung
A total of 50 families settled in the colony of Neuhoffnung based on information
found in Dr. Karl Stumpp’s book1. Most of the settlers originally left the
Württemberg area in Germany in 1818, but were delayed in settling up the
colony until 1822. Neuhoffnung is about 18 km (11 miles) north of Berdjansk
located on the coast of the Sea of Azov which adjoins the NE part of the Black Sea.
For more information about Nuehoffnung, please see "Die Schwaben-Kolonien
bei Berdjansk", written by M. Stumpp, 1957, Heimatbuch der Deutschen aus
Russland, page 39-46. It has been translated by Armand and Elaine Bauer,
1993 Heritage Review, 93-1.
Map showing location of Neuhoffnung...
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Original Settlers of Neuhoffnung
The following is the listing of the family names. There are some children listed in
the original but those are not carried into this listing below.
Arnold, Jakob
Baun, David
Erlenbusch, Jakob Friedrich
Fausel, Johann Jakob
Fuchs, Andreas, Georg Adam
Ganser, Johann Georg
Geiger, Johann Georg
Gogel, Johannes
Haller, Gottlieb
Heckel, Johann Konrad
Heinrich, Georg Adam, Johann Lukas
Heinrich, Daniel Georg
Hörmann, Georg Friedrich
Huber, Jakob
Klink, Gottlieb, Johann
Klink, Elisabeth
Klöpfer, Christian Gottlieb
Klöpfer, Daniel
Köhler, Johann Georg
Körner, Gottlieb Thomas
Krauter, Dorothea
Krauter, Jakob Theodor
Krauter, Michael
Kurz, Johannes, Johann George
Laier, Johannes
Layer, Christine
Mayer, Christian Heinrich
Mayer, Jerg (Georg)
Meister, Christian
Müller, Johann Christian
Müller, Melchior
Pfitzenmayer, Ludwig Gottlieb
Prinz, Christoph Ulrich
Prinz, Jakob Friedrich
Ricker, Andreas
Sailer, Johannes
Schäfer, Dorothea
Scheib, Eva Magdalena
Scheib, Johann Georg
Schild
Schock, Johannes
Scholl, Johann Georg, Rosina, Johann Gottlieb
Stark, Georg Michael
Ulmer, Georg Adam, Konrad, Johann Georg
Wecker, Konrad Ludwig
Weingart, Georg
Wied, Johann Erhard
Wild, Jakob, Weber
Wolf, Johann Jakob, Christian
Zaiss
1. Stumpp, Karl; The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763
to 1862; Page 939; AHSGR, Nebraska
EWZ and Neuhoffnung
The following are names of people who have origins in Neuhoffnung and came to
Germany during WW2. EWZ are records of this immigration into Germany. This
information was obtained from film EWZ58_HO34, FHL film number #1797316.
Regine Gogel, Friederike Gogel, and Else Gogel, whose father was Friedrich Gogel (1878, Neuhoffnung),
and whose mother was Friederike Krauter (1882, Neuhoffnung). Friedrich's parents are Friedrich Gogel
and Regina Ester Fausel. This family is connected with David Gogel.