Originally the congregation in Reinhard was part of the Rosenheim parish which had been established in 1767.
Reinhard was founded on 15 July 1766 by LeRoy & Pictet as a Lutheran colony. By a Decree dated 26 February 1768, it was given the official Russian name of Osinovka.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
33
|
89
|
|
|
| 1769 |
30
|
94
|
48
|
46
|
| 1773 |
30
|
100
|
49
|
51
|
| 1788 |
20
|
116
|
62
|
54
|
| 1798 |
27
|
162
|
91
|
71
|
| 1816 |
31
|
291
|
154
|
137
|
| 1834 |
67
|
578
|
295
|
283
|
| 1850 |
91
|
641
|
326
|
315
|
| 1857 |
87
|
796
|
427
|
369
|
| 1859 |
|
828
|
|
|
| 1889 |
|
1,348
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,301*
|
672
|
629
|
| 1905 |
|
2,038
|
|
|
| 1910 |
218
|
2,135
|
1,080
|
1,055
|
| 1912 |
|
2,182
|
|
|
| 1920 |
241
|
1,437
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
825
|
|
|
| 1926** |
178
|
853
|
402
|
451
|
| 1931 |
|
1,085***
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,290 were German.
**Of those 844 (399 male & 445 female) were German living in 174 households.
***Of whom 1,062 were German.
Lutheran
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Reinhard (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian