The congregation originally belonged to the parish of Kamenka and later to the parish in Semenovka. Eventually, Hildmann became an independent parish. A wood church was constructed in Hildmann in 1857 and decidated to St. Wendelin.
Hildmann, a Roman Catholic colony, was founded on 14 May 1767 by the Crown, 110 kilometers southwest of Saratov. The original colonists came from Mainz and Fulda.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
45
|
134
|
64
|
70
|
| 1769 |
41
|
136
|
64
|
72
|
| 1773 |
42
|
164
|
75
|
89
|
| 1788 |
39
|
294
|
181
|
113
|
| 1798 |
41
|
278
|
143
|
135
|
| 1816 |
64
|
348
|
180
|
168
|
| 1834 |
78
|
564
|
273
|
291
|
| 1850 |
87
|
829
|
428
|
401
|
| 1857 |
84
|
930
|
473
|
457
|
| 1859 |
78
|
926
|
486
|
440
|
| 1886 |
193
|
1,469
|
731
|
738
|
| 1891 |
183
|
1,849
|
932
|
917
|
| 1894 |
183
|
1,884
|
961
|
923
|
| 1897 |
|
1,972*
|
981
|
991
|
| 1905 |
|
1,884
|
|
|
| 1911 |
|
2,409
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
2,587
|
|
|
| 1920 |
341
|
2,290
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,400
|
|
|
| 1926 |
289
|
1,493
|
716
|
777
|
| 1931 |
|
1,929
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,649 were German.
Catholic
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Hildmann (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian