Leichtling was first part of the Semenovka Parish. Later it became part of the Hildmann Parish. At the turn of the 20th Century, Leichtling became an independent parish with a resident priest. A wooden church was built in 1850. This parish church was destroyed by fire on 24 August 1897, just after Mass celebrating the feast of St. Bartholomew. Three visiting ministers tried to help save the church, but it was completely destroyed. There was no church building in the colony until a new church was completed in 1919. The colonists worshiped in the school house during this time.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
49
|
143
|
67
|
76
|
| 1769 |
34
|
150
|
73
|
77
|
| 1773 |
47
|
188
|
97
|
91
|
| 1788 |
45
|
259
|
133
|
126
|
| 1798 |
46
|
300
|
154
|
146
|
| 1816 |
63
|
398
|
213
|
185
|
| 1834 |
93
|
677
|
342
|
335
|
| 1850 |
105
|
963
|
485
|
478
|
| 1857 |
112
|
940
|
468
|
472
|
| 1859 |
98
|
919
|
470
|
449
|
| 1886 |
185
|
1,359
|
718
|
641
|
| 1891 |
167
|
1,755
|
906
|
849
|
| 1894 |
166
|
1,886
|
983
|
903
|
| 1897 |
|
1,451*
|
726
|
725
|
| 1905 |
|
1,835
|
|
|
| 1910 |
|
2,414
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
2,535
|
|
|
| 1920 |
308**
|
2,038
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,297
|
|
|
| 1926 |
251
|
1,394
|
694
|
700
|
| 1931 |
|
1,627***
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,440 were German.
**Of which 306 households were German.
***Of whom 1,604 were German.
Catholic
First Settlers of Leichtling
1834 Census of Leichtling (PDF)
1850 Census of Leichtling (PDF)
Leichtling Database
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Leichtling (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian
Leichtling Russia (Darryl Boyd)