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7.4 The move to Katzbach by Evangelical settlers
Usually, the Russian government only settled people of the same faith in a colony. In Krasna some Evangelical colonists arrived as well and settled there. The author does not know the details. It is possible that there were not enough Catholic settlers initially to populate each farm.
In 1825, 19 Evangelical Lutheran families from Krasna moved to the newly founded protestant village of Katzbach. This took place with the consent of the Catholic Krasna villagers. One of the reasons was the difference in church holidays observed by the two faiths, which had led to some tensions. The settlement office had also asked for this separation of the faiths. The Catholic families helped with the move. The land being vacated was transferred to the new community. 1) The new Katzbach residents, according to Wagner, 2)) settled all along one street and therefore it was called the protestant street. Eduard Ruscheinsky writes in his chronicle of the community of Krasna: 3) …. they settled on the lower end of Katzbach. According to official documents of the officials involved (see below) these families settled in Katzbach next to the already existing farms on the road to Frere Champenoise I (Alt-Elft).
The procedure according to old documents:
Petition of the Community of Krasna and the required Documents of the Colonial Administration
In July of 1824, the Krasna settlers petitioned the Welfare Committee to permit the move of 19 Evangelical Lutheran families to Katzbach. This document and the supporting documents still exist. 4)
These Lutheran families signed the official petition:
- Michael Matulatus
- Christoph Beitler (Busch)
- Georg Koler (Koller)
- Iogan Vaidbauer (Johan Waldbauer)
- Martin Shil (Schill)
- Jakob Shtok (Stock)
- Geinrikh Radel (Heinrich Riedel)
- Andreas Rauzer (Rauser)
- Jogan Zitsel (Johan Sisle)
- Vilgelmina Karolina Budzevskaya (Wilhelmina Karolina Burkhard, Widow of Thomas Burkhard)
- Vilgelm Sholb (Wilhelm Scholp)
- Christian Zitsel (Sisle)
- Karl Munke (Menke/Meinke)
- Berngard Vagner (Bernhard Wagner)
- Jogan Gribovsky (Johan Grabowskij)
- Christian Zeit (Sept)
- Jakoh Zitsel (Sisle)
- Eridrikh Rauzer (Friedrich Rauser)
- Logan Redelbach (Johann Reddlebach).
For the Catholic colonists, the undersigned (have written their names): Schulz Frank, Assessor Karl Fein (Hein), Representatives: Lauterbach, Peter Gart (Hart), Christov Tsihart (Christoph Ziebart), Josef Vingenbach (Wingenbach), Anton Fenrikh (Fenrich), Jakob Bogolovski, Jakob Grams (Krams), Michael Mulbradt (Milbrat). ___ Gaucher (?).
Community report of Krasna, 1848
The division of Krasna and its causes in 1825. Among the 133 families settled in Krasna were 19 Evangelical families. The Catholics and the Protestants celebrated church holidays on different days and they had different religious customs, which led to tensions in the 9 years of living together. Therefore, the community agreed to petition the government to permit the Evangelical families to move to the then newly founded colony of Katzbach, which was granted in 1825.
Community Report of Katzbach 1848
In the year of 1825, 19 Evangelical Lutheran families were moved from the neighboring Roman Catholic colony of Krasna because of religious matters. Their desjatines of land involved were also transferred to this community.
Chronicle of the Community of Krasna by Eduard Ruscheinsky
5) Among the 133 families originally settled in Krasna, there were 19 evangelical families living at the upper part of the village. The other 114 families were Catholics. It is known that Catholics and Protestants observe different church holidays and have different religious customs, which sometimes led to tension and hindered the blossoming of communal unity. Therefore, it was agreed in 1825 to petition the government to permit the move of the evangelical families to the then newly founded colony of Katzbach, which is 8 kilometers distant from Krasna, which was granted. Soon after, they settled at the lower end of Katzbach.
The Community Administration of Krasna,Bessarabia by Eduard Ruscheinsky
6) When the 19 farms were separated from Krasna in 1825, and when the Evangelical Lutheran families moved to Katzbach, the community of Krasna was left with 114 farms and a total of 6,910 desjatines of land. (1 desjatine = 1.09 hectares)
Chronicle of the Community of Katzbach by Arnold Winger
7) …. Only the 19 families which left Krasna for religious reasons in 1819 and are getting settled here, receive their advances from the crown, the rest of the settlers traveled at their own expense. 8)
1)
In the sketch of the land segments, the part separated from Krasna is shown with a broken line.
2)
Wagner, Immanuel. Zur Geschichte der Deutschen in Bessarabien. (About the history of the Germans in Bessarabia), published in Stuttgart: Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien, 1958 (Homeland Museum of the Bessarabian Germans 1958
3)
Ruscheinsky, Eduard; Chronik der Gemeinde Krasna, (Chronicle of the Community of Krasna) published in the Bauernkalender (Farmers’ Calendar) Jahrbuch der Deutschen in Bessarabien / Kultur- und Presseamt des Deutschen Volksrates für Bessarabien 1939 (Yearbook of the Germans in Bessarabia/ Culture and Press Office of the German Peoples’ Council for Bessarabia 1939), pages 164-172
4)
Odessa State Archive Fond 6, Inventory 1, File 1683
5)
Ruscheinsky, Eduard; Chronik der Gemeinde Krasna, (Chronicle of the Community of Krasna), published in Bauernkalender (Farmers’ Calendar) Jahrbuch der Deutschen in Bessarabien (Yearbook of the Germans from Bessarabia, Culture and Press Office of the German Peoples’ Council for Bessarabia 1939), pages 164-172.
6)
Ruscheinsky, Eduard; Die Gemeindeverwaltung von Krasna/Bessarabien (The Community Administration of Krasna/Bessarabia), published in Heimatbuch, 25 Jahre nach der Umsiedlung 1965 (Homeland Book, 25 Years after the Resettlement 1965), reprinted in Erinnerungen an Bessarabien 60 Jahre nach der Umsiedlung; (Memories of Bessarabia, 60 years after Resertlement), published by Landsmannschaft der Bessarabiendeutschen Rheinland-Pfalz (Fellowship of the Bessarabian Germans, Rhineland Palatinate), page 37
7)
Winger, Arnold, Chronik der Gemeinde Katzbach, Kreis Akkerman, Bessarabien, (Chronicle of the Community of Katzbach, Akkerman District, Bessarabia), published in Deutscher Volkskalender für Bessarabien (German Community Calendar for Bessarabia), 1929
8)
Since1819 the Russian state granted no more financial aid to immigrating colonists. The colonists moving from Krasna to Katzbach had originally arrived in 1814 and had received advances from the crown. The rest of the Katzbach settlers had not arrived in Bessarabia until 1821 and they did not receive any advances.
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