Chapter 3.1 - Doenhoff village in Russia, the new home of the Eichhorn
Doenhof Lutheran colony was founded on July 21, 1766 by the Russian government. His Russian name was Gololobowka or Gololobovka, and German Denhoff and Doennhof. The official population figures were 384 (in 1769), 470 (1773), 870 (1798), 8330 (1912) and 5039 (1926) {Mai, vol.I, p.15}.
In 1798 he was described as:
"Located in the province of Saratov, in the Kamyshin district in the Bergseite, on a hill overlooking the river Gololobovka. Comprising an area of 80 verst [versta was a little more than one kilometer] 102 Saratov city district Kamyshin, 12 of the neighboring colony of Grimm, 8 Huck, 7 Messer, 4 Kutter, 30 from the pier Volga (Mai, vol.I, P.84) "river.
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