Splawnucha
Splawnucha ( Russian Сплавнуха , until 1941 Huck ) is a village in the Krasnoarmeisk district (formerly Balzer) and is 96 km south of Saratow .
Geography and climate
The village is located in the forest steppe in the Volga Highlands, which is part of the Eastern European Plain, in a small gorge on the right bank of the Splavnucha River. The height of the settlement center is 200 meters above sea level. Black earth is widespread near Splavnucha .
The climate is temperate continental with warm summers and cold and long winters. The mean annual rainfall is 429 mm. The greatest amount of precipitation falls in June (48 mm), the least in March (22 mm). The average annual temperature is +5.7 ° C, the average temperature of the coldest month January is –11.0 ° C, the hottest month July has an average temperature of +21.5 ° C.
history
Founded in 1767 by German settlers. The first 79 families came from Hesse and the Palatinate . The Lutheran Reformed parish belonged to the Norka parish . The wooden church was built in 1795, rebuilt in 1898–1900 for 1500 seats and consecrated on August 20, 1900.
In 1860 there were 322 farms, a school, three oil mills and 22 windmills. In addition to agriculture, the residents worked in various professions. The carpentry trade (119 people) and the weaving trade (72 people) were particularly developed. There were also 55 shoemakers, 47 carpenters, 35 blacksmiths, 31 millers, 12 tailors, 9 tanners, a dyer and a butcher. There were 2 industrial goods stores, a housewares store, 3 wine stores.
In September 1941 the German population was deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan . Soon the emigrants from the western Soviet regions settled here.
Population development
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literature
- VF Diesendorf: The Germans of Russia. Settlements and settlement areas. Lexicon. Moscow 2006.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] VF Diesendorf. The Germans of Russia. Settlements and settlement areas. Moscow, 2006. ISBN 5-93227-002-0
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ N , 45 ° 23 ′ E