Marienfeld (Mariinsk)

Established 1869 having 6,850 Dessjatines of land and 893 residents (1918). Map [author unknown] provided by Klemenz Martin, Möglingen, Germany, who was born in Marienfeld. Research and text for map by Thomas A. Stangl, Sterling, Virginia, USA. Catholic colony located about 40 kilometers northeast of Berislaw, in the Nikolajew Gebiet (now in the Chersons'ka Oblast). This Marienfeld is not the same name which is included in the so-called Eigenfeld Colonies, which are southeast of Melitopol, further to the east in the Saporoshje Gebiet (now Zaporizka Oblast). 16 inches by 20 inches in size