Prjamobalka
| Prjamobalka | |||
| Прямобалка | |||
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| Oblast : | Odessa Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Arzys district | ||
| Height : | 62 m | ||
| Area : | 1.63 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,075 (2001) | ||
| Population density : | 660 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 68440 | ||
| Area code : | +380 4845 | ||
| Geographic location : | 45 ° 54 ' N , 29 ° 18' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 5120485401 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Address: | вул. Радянська 46а 68440 с. Прямобалка |
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| Website : | City council website | ||
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Prjamobalka ( Ukrainian and Russian Прямобалка , German Dennewitz ) is a village in the Ukrainian Odessa Oblast with about 1000 inhabitants.
Geographical location
The village is the only place of the same name, 55.9 km² large district council in the Rajon Arzys , 14 km southwest of the Rajon capital Arzys . Prjamobalka is located on the territorial road T-16-08 at 62 m altitude in the middle of three valleys that run in a north-south direction.
history
Prjamobalka is located in the historical Bessarabia region . The area of Bessarabia came in 1812 in the Treaty of Bucharest from the Ottoman vassal state of Moldova together with the Budschak to the Russian Empire . The new acquisition was treated as a colonization area and initially assigned to the Governor General of New Russia . In a manifesto of 1813, Tsar Alexander I called German colonists into the country to colonize the newly won steppe areas in New Russia.
The village was founded in 1834 by 15 families. The settlers came from the Bessarabian German settlements of Alt-Posthal , Wittenberg and Kulm . Later, German emigrants from Grunbach in Württemberg , from Baden and Poland joined the settlement until 60 families belonged to the settlement. The place is counted among the 24 Bessarabian German mother colonies, which were founded directly by immigrants. In that case, the founders came partly from existing settlements in Bessarabia.
The settlement was built on a piece of land that belonged to Teplitz . Since it belonged to a tenant named Hambur, the settlement was initially called Hamburg by the residents . The Russian administration gave it the name Dennewitz, as many newly established settlements were named after locations of victorious battles against Napoleon . The name Dennewitz refers to the Battle of Dennewitz , in which Russian and other troops defeated the French army in 1813 during the Wars of Liberation and prevented Napoleon from advancing to Berlin .
In the early days, the place consisted of a wide street along which the residents' courtyards were lined up. They were built from stones that came from nearby quarries . They provided valuable stone material from shell limestone , which was used for building purposes and for the production of threshing stones. In 1873 the community had six dams that were used to supply drinking water and fish . In the 19th century, the majority of the inhabitants practiced pasture farming as opposed to the usual agriculture on the high-yield black earth soils in Bessarabia. In 1853 there were around 330 horses , 250 oxen , 340 cows and 1000 sheep in Dennewitz . Much was viticulture in place. In 1860 the inhabitants cultivated an area of 70 hectares. In 1879 a church was built.
In 1918 the place became part of Romania . In 1934 the residents celebrated the 100th anniversary of the town with a big celebration. After the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia in the summer of 1940, covered by the Hitler-Stalin Pact , the 550 Bessarabian German residents resettled in the German Reich in autumn 1940 under the motto Heim ins Reich . After the departure of the women, children and older residents in early October 1940, the men stayed behind in the village to take care of the passing treks from other villages. On October 20, 1940, they were the last Bessarabian Germans to leave the settlement area. In 1950 the church tower was torn down during the Soviet era and the church building was used as a club room. In 1995 the church tower was rebuilt with donations from Germany. Around 70 buildings from German times still stand in the village today.
Personalities
- Gottfried Schulz (1846–1925), Bessarabian German landowner and cattle dealer
- Gottlieb Schulz (1853–1916), Bessarabian German landowner, farmer and cattle dealer
See also
literature
- Albert Kern (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch der Bessarabiendeutschen . Auxiliary Committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church from Bessarabia, Hanover 1964, pp. 119–122.
- Werner Schabert: Dennewitz: Current interim report in: Bulletin of the Bessarabiendeutschen Verein , Issue 3, March 2020, p. 12
- Werner Schabert: Dennewitz: History in: Bulletin of the Bessarabiendeutschen Verein , Issue 2, February 2020, p. 13
Web links
- History of the place until 1848 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the district council on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada; accessed on March 6, 2020 (Ukrainian)