Rohleder (Raskaty), Russia
Rohleder (Raskaty), a German Catholic colony, was established on the "Wiesenseite" or "meadow side" of the Volga River on the 14th of June 1766. The colony was founded by LeRoy and Picet.
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The church was made out of stone and was dedicated to the Mother of God.
Church Photo
from the book
"Die Kirchen und das
Religiose Leben der
Russlanddeutschen"
Katholischer Teil
by Joseph Schnurr
Priests
Ignatius Zacharewitsche, S.J.
March 1803 - 26 Sept. 1807
Joseph Caffasso, S.J.
28 Sept. 1807 - 11 Oct. 1808
Anton Postoll, S.J.
12 Oct. 1809 -1 Feb. 1810
Franziskus Cornet, S.J.
2 Feb. 1810 - Sept. 1820
Alexander Schad(t)urski
"many years as pastor"
Balthasar Kraft
1873? - 1877?
Jakob Dobrowolsky
1877 - 1879
Joseph Gutlein
1879 - 1898
Joseph Beilmann
1898 - 1902
Valentin Bochler
1902 - 1903
Georg Baier
June 1903 - 1911
Johannes Georg Sauer
1914
Alexander Dornhof
1928 (1926? - 1929/30)
From the book
"Die Kirchen und das
Religiose Leben der
Russlanddeutschen"
Katholischer Teil
by Joseph Schnurr
The Catholic Church building as it stood in 2009 as a community hall building.
A statue of Lenin in the town square. Many of these busts were located on the town squares. Photos taken byt Kevin Rupp from his trip to the colonies in Russia in 2009.
Resarch Material Available for Rohleder
Records Available from Russian Archives
Birth Records
1860
Marriage Records
1840
1888
Death Records