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[edit] Research TipsNeu Osterwick was founded in 1812 as a Mennonite village within the Chortitza Colony. The village was originally settled by German-speaking Mennonite immigrants from Prussia. 1814 census records (in German) can be found in Die Niederländisch-Niederdeutschen Hintergründe der Mennonitischen Ostwanderungen, by B. H. Unruh, pp.283-84. Latitude and longitude are approximate, based on an 1833 map of the Chortitza Colony. |