The Lutheran parish in Stahl was originally part of the parish headquartered in Rosenheim which had been established in 1767.
The first church building was constructed of wood in 1808. It burned in 1842 and was reconstructed with seating for 816.
This church was renovated in 1912.
Stahl am Karaman was founded on 9 July 1766 by the Government as a Lutheran colony along the Karaman River.
Following the 28 August 1941 Decree which abolished the Volga German Republic, the residents of Stahl am Karaman were deported to Siberia on 15 September 1941.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
49
|
154
|
78
|
76
|
| 1769 |
44
|
152
|
76
|
76
|
| 1773 |
43
|
171
|
91
|
80
|
| 1788 |
44
|
203
|
95
|
108
|
| 1798 |
42
|
256
|
124
|
132
|
| 1816 |
53
|
360
|
183
|
177
|
| 1834 |
80
|
703
|
346
|
357
|
| 1850 |
113
|
1,036
|
501
|
535
|
| 1857 |
120
|
1,341
|
686
|
697
|
| 1865 |
|
1,305
|
|
|
| 1867 |
|
2,027
|
|
|
| 1890 |
305
|
2,431
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
2,693*
|
1,302
|
1,391
|
| 1904 |
|
3,538
|
|
|
| 1908 |
350
|
3,767
|
|
|
| 1910 |
320
|
3,704
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
3,940
|
|
|
| 1920 |
401**
|
2,638
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
2,067
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
1,988
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
371
|
1,890
|
892
|
998
|
| 1931 |
|
2,228
|
|
|
*Of whom 2,671 were German.
**Of which 400 households were German.
***Of whom 1,886 were German (367 households: 888 male & 998 female).
Lutheran
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Stahl-am-Karaman (Dick Kraus)