Felizienthal, Galicia
Gratefully sourced from http://www.felizienthal.de/ on October 15, 2021.
Felizenthal lay in a valley on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains in Galicia and was surrounded by wooded ridges. The village got its name from its landlord Karl von Seif, who named the municipalities of Felizienthal, Karlsdorf, and Annaberg after members of his family.
Felizenthal was settled between 1833-1835 by families recruited from the Bohemian Forest and the Egerland. Promises made to the hopeful immigrants did not match the reality. The immigrants who came by horse-drawn carriage or sleigh had to work hard to ensure their survival. Forest had to be cleared to make the land arable. Many did not survive these difficult first days or went back to their old homeland.
Prior to 1939, the village of Felizenthal consisted of a single street with about 170 houses and yards. The village had its own rectory which was constructed about 1848 and a wooden church was built in 1860. The villages around Felizenthal had smaller chapels. Opposite the church was the schoolhouse, which was slightly larger than the other houses, where the teacher lived with his family. In 1939, the community with the surrounding settlements had approx. 1500-2000 inhabitants.
In 1940 the inhabitants of Felizenthal were resettled. The community is now known as the Ukrainian village of Dolynivka.
The following information is gratefully sourced from https://www.germansfromrussiasettlementlocations.org/ and was current as of October 2021.
Ancestral Name: Felizienthal
Colony Group: Galizien Colonies
District, Parish and/or City of Authority: Skole, Klimiec (RC) & Flizienthal (RC)
Area, Governorate, Oblast: Galicia
Country at the time of Founding (assumed*): Austria
Latitude, Longitude: 48.8952, 23.2296
Current Name: Dolynivka, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Current Country: Ukraine
Year Founded or Settled: 1835
Religions (*primary): Catholic
Plat Map: http://www.felizienthal.de/felizienthal/der_Ort_Felizienthal.htm, https://galiziengermandescendants.org/cms/images/Maps/Felizienthal.gif
Sources
Unterschütz "Map of the German Settlements in Galicia" sector E9, accessed Feb 18, 2017, https://tiny.one/ggdMap
Mapire 3rd Austrian military survey map, accessed January 8, 2017, http://mapire.eu/en/map/hkf_75e/?bbox=2582023.7062161825%2C6253666.805266088%2C2589648.2997876284%2C6259972.8600996155
Global Gazetteer, Falling Rain Genomics, Inc., accessed January 8, 2017, http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UP/15/Dolynivka.html
Google Maps, Google, accessed April 1, 2017, https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dolynivka,+Lviv+Oblast,+Ukraine/@48.8946438,23.2222803,2770m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4739861bf059ebad:0x14bd4dcc49824b96!8m2!3d48.8943984!4d23.2295643?hl=en
