Osterfeld (Am Trakt Settlement, Samara, Russia)
Osterfeld, one of ten villages in the province of Samara in the Mennonite settlement Am Trakt, which was settled in 1854-1873 by Mennonites from West Prussia, Germany (see Malyschna). Osterfeld was founded in 1872; its inhabitants were members of the Köppental-Orloff (Am Trakt) congregation, which had 1,535 members and 760 children in 1905.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: III, 314.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 91. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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