The Lutheran congregation in Neu-Norka belonged to the parish of Rosenberg. A prayerhouse (Bethaus) was built there in 1890.
Neu-Norka was officially founded in 1852 although there had been colonists living there as early as 1847. All of the original settlers were from the colony of Norka.
In 1877, 2 families left for America, and in 1886 an additional 5 families were issued passports to emigrate.
Nothing remains of this settlement.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1850 |
|
|
|
|
| 1857 |
87
|
538
|
279
|
259
|
| 1859 |
65
|
564
|
289
|
275
|
| 1886 |
107
|
828
|
416
|
412
|
| 1890 |
|
1,181
|
590
|
591
|
| 1894 |
|
1,359
|
662
|
697
|
| 1897 |
|
1,115*
|
539
|
576
|
| 1904 |
|
995
|
|
|
| 1910 |
|
|
|
|
| 1911 |
|
1,304
|
|
|
| 1920 |
179
|
1,218
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,032
|
|
|
| 1926 |
219
|
1,214
|
565
|
649
|
| 1931 |
|
1,339
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,087 are ethnically German.
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