Since 1876, Gnadentau has been the headquarters of its own Lutheran parish. A brick church was constructed between 1884-1888.
The congregation was disbanded by the government in 1938. The building was then used as a granary and barn. Beginning on 29 October 2004, the church building was once again used to hold worship services. Restoration of the building continues.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1850 |
|
|
|
|
| 1857 |
|
|
|
|
| 1859 |
|
|
|
|
| 1888 |
172
|
1,167
|
587
|
580
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,441*
|
726
|
715
|
| 1908 |
186
|
2,308
|
1,171
|
1,137
|
| 1910 |
207
|
2,332
|
1,179
|
1,153
|
| 1912 |
|
2,100
|
|
|
| 1920 |
282**
|
2,186
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,893
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
354
|
2,017
|
955
|
1,062
|
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Koch, Fred C. The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977): 312.
Preliminary Results of the Soviet Census of 1926 on the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Pokrovsk, 1927): 28-83.
"Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 16.
Gnadentau (Wolgadeutsche.net)
Gnadentau Original Settlers (Jeruslan Nachrichten - Rootsweb site)