Schaffhausen was part of the Lutheran parish headquartered in Bettinger. The Lutheran Church in Schaffhausen was called "Holy Trinity" and was built of stone in 1832.
Schaffhausen was founded as a Lutheran colony on 13 August 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard. It was moved to a new location in 1770.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
|
|
|
|
| 1769 |
31
|
87
|
45
|
41
|
| 1773 |
49
|
153
|
74
|
79
|
| 1788 |
44
|
217
|
109
|
108
|
| 1798 |
80
|
277
|
137
|
140
|
| 1816 |
74
|
485
|
254
|
231
|
| 1834 |
124
|
885
|
446
|
439
|
| 1850 |
156
|
1,191
|
594
|
597
|
| 1857 |
170
|
1,371
|
683
|
688
|
| 1859 |
171
|
1,349
|
691
|
658
|
| 1886 |
|
|
|
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
2,597*
|
1,309
|
1,288
|
| 1904 |
|
|
|
|
| 1910 |
421
|
4,137
|
2,038
|
2,099
|
| 1912 |
|
4,561
|
|
|
| 1920 |
505**
|
3,439
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
447
|
2,329
|
1,093
|
1,236
|
Lutheran
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Schaffhausen (Wolgadeutsche.net)