Originally the congregation in Enders was part of the Rosenheim parish which had been established in 1767. The first church building was constructed in Enders in 1822. In 1860 a new building was constructed, also of wood.
Enders was founded as a Lutheran colony on 27 July 1765 by the Government.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
40
|
107
|
|
|
| 1769 |
|
107
|
|
|
| 1773 |
32
|
108
|
53
|
55
|
| 1788 |
30
|
162
|
81
|
81
|
| 1798 |
35
|
186
|
101
|
85
|
| 1816 |
46
|
275
|
130
|
145
|
| 1834 |
57
|
483
|
249
|
234
|
| 1850 |
87
|
723
|
386
|
337
|
| 1857 |
88
|
918
|
478
|
440
|
| 1859 |
|
990
|
|
|
| 1883 |
|
1,290
|
|
|
| 1889 |
|
1,323
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,365*
|
686
|
679
|
| 1904 |
|
2,053
|
|
|
| 1910 |
208
|
2,277
|
1,160
|
1,117
|
| 1912 |
|
2,376
|
|
|
| 1920 |
236
|
1,462
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,226
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
1,200
|
|
|
| 1926** |
238
|
1,199
|
547
|
652
|
| 1931 |
|
1,456***
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,361 were German.
**Of whom 1,197 (546 male & 651 female) were German living in 237 households.
***Of whom 1,
1889
1897
1904
1910
1912
1920
1922
1923
1926**
1931
*Of whom 1,361 were German.
**Of whom 1,197 (546 male & 651 female) were German living in 237 households.
***Of whom 1,440 were German.
Lutheran
Censuses : 1767, 1798, 1834, 1850, 1857
Beratz, Gottieb. The German colonies on the Lower Volga, their origin and early development: a memorial for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers on the Volga, 29 June 1764 . Translated by Adam Giesinger (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1991): 349.
Diesendorf, V.F. Die Deutschen Russlands : Siedlungen und Siedlungsgebiete : Lexicon. Moscow, 2006.
Klaus, A. Our Colony [in Russian] (St. Petersburg, 1869): II:14; IV:56-57.
List of Populated Areas of the Samara Province [in Russian] (Samara, 1910): 325.
- Village of Enders (Beth Davenport)
- Enders (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian