Jacob, Anna Catharina and her young son leave the colony Neuborm between 27 April and 1 May in the spring of 1765, heading first to Lübeck and from there by boat to St. Petersburg and then transported by land and water to Doenhoff village in the province of Saratov in Russia, which arrive .a the July 21, 1766 ....


  (Source. Eichhorn Book http://www.germanstorussia.com/)

They deserve a special chapter 51 of the 109 families settled in the village of Doenhoff in the province of Saratov in Russia.


These 51 families did not come from Germany, like most settlers in different villages of Germans in Russia, these families had migrated from different parts of Germany Flensburg, Duchy of Schlewig in Denmark, at the invitation of King Frederick V them made in año1759. Between 1763 and 1766 various groups of Germans abandoned these colonies in Denmark because its lifespan in that place had not materialized, and many responded in 1763 to the manifesto of the Russian Empress Catherine II, about half of the Germans who came to Denmark decided to become settlers in Russia.


List of settlers and their families who migrated from Denmark to the village Doenhoff in Russia:


 Altergott Ludewig / Altergott Friederich / Altergott Johann Martin / Andres Jacob / Bauer Georg Michael / Bauer Wilhelm / Bendel Balthasar / Bentel Balthasar / Beier Hans Georg / Boltz Michael / Becking Ambrosius / Detterer Johann Adam / Eichhorn Jacob / Eichler Johann georg / Erksin Claus / Faber Christoph / Fink Stephan / Franck Anthon Christian / Franck Heinrich / Franck Johann Michael / Kestle Johannes / Gomer Andreas / Gomer Johann Friedrich / Heldt Johann Heinrich / Geld Johann Jacob / Henkel Johann Georg / Legler Chritoph / Legrer Salomon / Lichtenwald Heinrich / Pappenheim Alexander / Queisner Conrad / Reinhard Michael / Reinhard Peter / Rober Chritoph / Rutz Nicolaus / Schenkel Johannes / Schneider Jacob / Schneider Johann sebastian / Schulz Hans Peter / Schwarzkopf Balthasar / Streinbrecher Adolf / Steinbrecher David / Stoll Friedrich / Storger Johann Georg / Stromberger Conrad / Stromberger Johann Georg / Ulrich Hans Georg / Vogel Johann Jacob / Wiedemann Hans Georg / Wiedemann Leonhard / Gottinger Michael.

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.

Two years after settling in the village Doenhoff in Russia, born Eva Eichhorn, of which there are no data of descent or age at death, at least for now.


(Source - Jacob & Mary Eichhorn)

Here you can see a partial plan view of houses in the village Doenhoff, you can see a red arrow indicating the house of Jacob and Anna Catharina, and with an indicative arrow in blue, the house of Johannes Jacob Eichhorn, the son of Jacob and Anna Catharina.

The marriage of German settlers Eichhorn already settled in Doenhoff, had a considerable descent in the village, more than four generations were born in Doenhoff, some Eichhorn from last generations moved to other nearby villages, always in the area of the Volga, for various reasons , the principal may have been the lack of space to grow or develop their activities.


The nearby villages which moved some Eichhorn were:


Franzosen, Bauer, Holstein, Dinkel and Unterdorf.