A new wooden church built in the neo-classical Kontor style was constructed in 1855 in Semenovka and dedicated in 1856. As was typical of Volga German churches of the time, the steeple contained three bells. Following the end of World War II, the church was dismantled and the materials used in the rebuilding of Stalingrad (now called Volgograd).
Semenovka was founded on 24 June 1767 by the Government as a Roman Catholic colony.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
43
|
144
|
76
|
68
|
| 1769 |
40
|
185
|
96
|
89
|
| 1773 |
49
|
232
|
110
|
122
|
| 1788 |
50
|
308
|
145
|
163
|
| 1798 |
64
|
407
|
202
|
205
|
| 1816 |
110
|
765
|
389
|
376
|
| 1834 |
171
|
1,444
|
756
|
688
|
| 1850 |
217
|
2,398
|
1,251
|
1,147
|
| 1857 |
239
|
2,926
|
1,515
|
1,411
|
| 1860 |
240
|
2,984
|
1,563
|
1,421
|
| 1886 |
419
|
3,349
|
1,720
|
1,629
|
| 1891 |
370
|
4,362
|
2,233
|
2,129
|
| 1894 |
386
|
4,581
|
2,345
|
2,236
|
| 1897 |
|
3,433*
|
1,727
|
1,706
|
| 1905 |
|
5,743
|
|
|
| 1910 |
|
6,002
|
|
|
| 1911 |
|
6,292
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
6,407
|
|
|
| 1920 |
759**
|
4,862
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
3,276
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
3,428
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
771
|
4,120
|
1,996
|
2,124
|
| 1931 |
|
4,726
|
|
|
*Of whom 3,428 are German.
**Of which 758 households are German.
***Of whom 4,114 are German (766 households: 1,991 male & 2,123 female).
Catholic
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Semenovka (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian
Semenovka Blogspot (Carlos Schwab & Corina Hirt)