Basavilbaso

Location

32°31' S 58°55' W

History

Originally founded by Jewish immigrants (it was the first Jewish colony in Argentina), the town grew up around the the Gobernador Basavilbaso Station of the Ferrocarril Central Entrerriano railway company.  The first train arrived on 30 June 1887, and this is now regarded as the foundation date of Basavilbaso.  The Jewish immigrants called the colony Lucienville and it extended south to include the nearby community of Gilbert in Departamento Gualeguaychú.

Volga German families with the following surnames have settled in Basavilbaso (Volga colonies of origin are noted in parenthesis, when known):

Alt (Huck)
Arndt (Weizenfeld)
Asmus (Oberdorf)
Bauer (Balzer)
Becker (Bauer)
Bender (Stephan)
Bernhardt (Galka)
Bohl (Huck)
Brotzmann (Huck)
Bruns (Merkel)
Ehrlich (Dobrinka)
Eckerdt (Huck)
Fink (Hussenbach)
Flohr
Göbel (Neu-Messer)
Günther (Holstein)
Haag (Hölzel)
Hardt
Hauff (Merkel)
Hausch (Huck)
Heidel (Huck)
Heidenreich (Huck)
Hein (Huck)
Heinze
Hellmut (Bauer)
Hempel (Huck)
Herdt (Huck)
Hergenrether (Huck)
Hergert (Erlenbach)
Herrmann (Straub & Laub)
Hildt (Kutter)
Hornus (Reinwald)
Huck (Huck)
Kaiser (Norka)
Kautz (Merkel)
Koch (Huck)
Kreick (Huck)
Kuxhaus (Eckheim)
Likay (Huck)
Michel (Huck)
Mohr (Bauer)
Müller (Weizenfeld & Bauer)
Neuwirth (Reinwald & Dobrinka)
Niederhaus (Huck)
Popp (Balzer)
Rein
Reinhardt (Reinwald)
Ross (Balzer)
Rutz (Unterdorf)
Sack (Huck)
Schaaf (Huck)
Schanzenbach (Galka)
Schimpf (Neu-Galka)
Schlegel (Pobochnaya)
Schlotthauer (Huck)
Schlundt (Bauer)
Schmidt (Dietel & Erlenbach)
Schneider (Hussenbach)
Schultheiss (Huck)
Schwarz (Hussenbach)
Spomer (Beideck)
Spürer (Hussenbach)
Stieben (Bauer)
Stricker (Erlenbach)
Stüber (Dietel)
Stürtz (Stephan)
Ulrich
Völker (Huck)
Wagner (Friedenfeld & Neu-Bauer)
Weigandt (Huck)
Weitzel (Hussenbach)
Wilhelm (Huck)
Zitterkopf (Huck)

Volga German Congregation

Iglesia Evangélica Luterana "San Juan"