Wittmann (Solothurn), a German Catholic colony, was established on the "wiessen seite"  or "meadow side" of the Volga River on the 3rf of August 1767. The Russian name for Wittmann is Solothurn.  The colony was founded by Baron Beauregard.

Population of the Village    (Courtesy  of Center for Vogla German Studies, Portland, Oregon.)

YEAR	Households	Total	Male	Female
1769		128
1773	54	186	93	93
1788	51	287	142	145
1798	57	340	178	162
1816	91	521	264	257
1834	122	942	492	450
1850	153	1,416	717	699
1857	168	1,635	852	783
1859		1,477
1883		2,311
1889		2,500
1897		2,753
1905		3,500
1912		4,025
1920		3,362
1923		2,364
1926	534	2,783	1,323	1,460

1931

3.408

1798 HEADS of FAMILIES:  Wickmann, Auman, Rudolf, Guth, Maier, Henneman, Bleyer, Schaefer, Junck, Bittel, Hilkelman, Will, Rutt, Schaumberg, Reuter, Berzi, Hammerschmidt, Berg, Bauer, Gillig, Steininger, Schnurr, Von der Aur, Stock, Stengel, Lichtenstern, Schumacher, Braun, Engel, Nuss, Koren, Katzendorn, Baumann, Ruder, Schneider, Frass, Leindeker, Dinges, Schmidt, Sommer, Becker, Schulz, Goetz, Maier, Koenig, Herdt, Ritter, Meinrad.

1816/1834 SURNAME INDEX of FAMILIES: Schugevogel, Walinger, Baecker, Roth, Ruder, Wittmann, Ebers, Rudolph, Hoffmann, Gut, Thomas, Ritter, Meier, Bleier, Rikenmesser, Ruder, Mai, Dein, Schumacher, Merlis, Promas, Gruen, Hammerschmidt, Haas, Herl, Uhlmann, Mueller, Leibenfried, Goetz, Sommer, Mueller, Von der Aur, Bauer, Debutter, Heimerling, Hepner, Leichminister, Braun, Stock, Hermann, Schaumburg, Bittel, Hirt, Dreger, Hunkel, Mohr.

1857 HEADS of FAMILIES: Bauer, Becker, Berg, Bittel, Braun, Dechant, Deis, Deisling, Deporteir, Dinges, Dreher, Ebers, Engel, Ernst, Flag, Fraas, Goetz, Gunzel/Gunkel, Haas, Hammerschmidt, Heinerig, Henneman, Hepner, Herl, Hermann, Hertz, Hob, Hoffman, Kastilion, Katzendorn, Klein, Koenig, Kram, Kuhn, Leiberrid, Leidecker, Leipfried, Lichtenstern, Luhman/Lumann, Mai, Maier, Miller, Model, Petri, Pfeifer, Promas, Reiger, Ritter, Roth, Ruder, Rudolf, Sauer, Schaefer, Schneider, Schreibvogel, Schuckman/Schubman, Schumacher, Sieben, Siebert, Sommer, Stengel, Stock, Uhlman, Von der Aur, Wahl, Walinger, Wild, Wittmann.

1861 SURNAME INDEX of FAMILIES: Aumann, Baecker, Bartel, Bauer, Berg, Bittel, Caltilion, Dehand, Deisling, Den, Ebers, Engel, Frass, Goertz, Haas, Hammerschmidt, Hannemann, Herb, Herl, Herman, Hunkel, Katzendorn, Koenig, Kuhn, Leidecker, Leipfried, Leitemann, Mai, Meier, Model, Mohr, Mueller, Pfeifer, Petry, Promas, Reger, Ritter, Roth, Ruder, Rudolph, Schaefer, Schrebvogel, Schubman,n, Schumacher, Siebert, Sommer, Stegmann, Stock, Uhlmann, Von der Aur, Wahl, Walinger, Willemann, Wilt, Wittmann, Zimmer.

1890 SURNAME INDEX of FAMILY LIST:Albert, Auman, Bauer, Becker, Berg, Bittel, Bodmeiner, Boos/Boes, Bott, Boxhorn, Braun, Dechant, Dehn, Deisling, Depperschmist, Diehl, Diering, Dinges, Dreher, Durban, Ebers, Engel, Ernst, Fraas, Fuchs, Geiner, Herle (Herl), Goertz, Haas, Hammerschmidt, Henneman, Hepp, Herrman, Hoffman, Hunckel, Junkel, Kastilion, Katzendorn, Kessler, Kinderknecht, Kirchgessner, Klein, Koenig, Kuhn, Lang, Leiberrid, Leideman, Lichtenstern, Mager, May, Maier, Miller/Mueller, Miner, Model, Petry, Pfeifer, Proman, Reiger, Ritter, Roth, Ruder, Rudolf, Schaefer, Schmidt, Schreibvogel, Schreiner, Schuckman/Schubman, Schumacher, Sieben, Siebert, Sommer, Stock, Uhlman, Von der Aur, Wahl, Wallinger, Weisbecker, Wellinger, Wild, Wittmann, Zimmerman.