Diedrichsdorf

German name: Diedrichsdorf
Todays name: Bolechowo
District: Naugard
Todays District: Zachodniopomorskie
Location: 14°52‘ Ost, 53°30‘ Nord
Location Description: approx. 5 km south of Gollnow, approx. 25 km east of Stettin, approx. 30 km behind the GermanPolish border
Religion: ev.luth.
Church district: Priemhausen
Military unit:
Surface:
Municipality encyclopedia: IV-16-18

Population:
1754:   29 families, probably 145-165 persons
1871: 365 persons, see census data
1874: 348 persons
1905: 317 persons
1939: 318 persons
2000: 176 persons

Census data at the 1.December 1871:
365 Inhabitants, 185 male, 180 female, 254 localnative, 365 evangelist, 0 catholic, 0 jews, 107 children under 10 years, of the persons over 10 years 235 can read and write, 23 illiterates, 0 without indicationben. persons with physical defects: 0 blind ones, 0 deaf-mutes, 2 "stupids and lunatics", 9 are localabsent, altogether 43 residential buildings, 2 living place, 76 family households, 1 single households

Diedrichsdorf was founded 1751. Based on the order for colonization of the "Oderbruch" from 1746 by King Friedrich II ("der alte Fritz"). See: http://www.studienstelleog.de/download/kol-pom-gebhard.pdf)

Sources for ancestor research in Diedrichsdorf:
Mormons:
Batch-Nr. : C998231 Christening 1839-1870
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp
Films:
Christening, marriage, deaths, 1824-1874 - FHL INTL Film [ 1193851 Item 2 ]
Christening, marriage, deaths, 1824-1874 (Diedrichsdorf - FHL INTL Film [ 1193841 Item 1 ]

New !!!
Pictures of my attendance in October 2004:
unfortunately i didn't make it to this village, because i was short of time

If someone speaks polish: Here is a description of the village from the polish Gollnow-Homepage:
http://www.goleniow.pl/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=126