Weizenfeld was a Lutheran colony and in 1862 an independent Lutheran parish was established there with a resident pastor.
Weizenfeld is a Protestant daughter colony founded in 1849 along the Nachoi River on the Wiesenseite.
Today the former colony of Weizenfeld is known as Pshenichnoye, which means "wheat" in Russian.
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
1850 |
49
|
362
|
191
|
171
|
1857 |
50
|
477
|
245
|
232
|
1859 |
50
|
497
|
255
|
242
|
1883 |
|
780
|
|
|
1889 |
|
846
|
|
|
1894 |
|
|
|
|
1897 |
|
918*
|
435
|
483
|
1905 |
|
1,257
|
|
|
1910 |
148
|
1,632
|
804
|
828
|
1912 |
|
1,500
|
|
|
1920 |
180
|
1,219
|
|
|
1922 |
|
829
|
|
|
1923 |
|
970
|
|
|
1926** |
185
|
969
|
467
|
502
|
1931 |
|
1,511***
|
|
|
*Of whom 907 were German.
**Of whom 967 (466 male & 502 female) were German living in 184 households.
***Of whom 1,467 were German.
Lutheran
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Weizenfeld (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian