Solo poles
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| Золоте Поле | |||
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| Oblast : | Autonomous Republic of Crimea | ||
| Rajon : | Kirovsky district | ||
| Height : | 117 m | ||
| Area : | Information is missing | ||
| Residents : | 3,285 (2004) | ||
| Postcodes : | 97330 | ||
| Area code : | +380 6555 | ||
| Geographic location : | 45 ° 8 ' N , 35 ° 0' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 121682201 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 2 villages | ||
| Mayor : | Mykola Chernyshev | ||
| Address: | вул. Центральна 14 97330 с. Золоте Поле |
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Solote Pole (Ukrainian Золоте Поле ; Russian Золотое Поле / Solotoje Pole , Crimean Tatar Caylav Saray; German formerly Zürichtal ) is a village near the urban-type settlement of Kirovsk in Kirovsk district in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , Ukraine . Solote Pole lies between Simferopol and Feodosiya and forms together with the neighboring village Widrodschennja (Відродження) a district council.
Interpretation / assignment of names
The Ukrainian and Russian name of the village means gold field. It got its German name Zürichtal (Цюрихталь) in 1805 from Swiss colonists who settled the village of Jajlaw Ssaraj (Crimean Tatar Caylav Saray ), which was formerly inhabited by Crimean Tatars .
geography
Location
Solote Pole is located in the southeast of the Crimean peninsula, 15 kilometers northwest of Staryj Krym between Simferopol and Feodosiya .
Neighboring communities
Solote Pole borders the following cities and municipalities ( clockwise , starting in the north):
Kirovsk , Feodosiya , Sudak and Bilohirsk .
history
Zürichtal was founded by 228 Swiss colonists for Easter 1805 and was the largest Swiss colony on the former Crimean Tatar peninsula of Crimea, which had been annexed by Russia shortly before . In 1804 the colonists arrived in Crimea. In 1820 the first simple church was built. The large church was opened in 1860. In 1941 the residents were deported by Stalin. In 1990 the church was restored and in 2005 the Zürichtal Museum was opened.
population
language
In a Zürichtal over the years emerged Swabian - Swiss German mixed dialect . As early as the second generation, the residents also spoke Russian and Crimean Tatar .
religion
The majority of the Swiss colonists were Reformed , but over the years they united with Swabian Lutherans .
Population development
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Culture and sights
Museums
- On September 17, 2005, the Zürichtal Museum in Solote Pole was opened by the current Swiss ambassador to Ukraine, among others. It documents the 200-year history of Zurich Valley.
Churches
- former reformed village church at the entrance to the village; today an orthodox church.
Web links
- Norbert Rütsche: Zürichtal Colony: Founded 200 years ago by Swiss emigrants. On: Focus Germany – Crimea (accessed September 15, 2017).
- Norbert Rütsche: Driven by poverty into the Russian steppe. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of September 10, 2005 (accessed September 15, 2017).
- Norbert Rütsche: Zürichtal - rise and fall. On: swissinfo.ch (accessed September 15, 2017).
- Norbert Rütsche: Zürichtal - once the wealthiest Crimean colony. On: swissinfo.ch (accessed September 15, 2017).
- Marion Weisbrod-Bühler: Zürichtal - A farmer's colony in the Crimea. (accessed on September 15, 2017).
Footnotes
- ↑ Norbert Rütsche: Colony Zürichtal: Founded 200 years ago by Swiss emigrants . In: Volk auf dem Weg , vol. 55 (2004), issue 10, pp. 26–33.