First settlements in Argentina

 

• The initial settlements were: Colonia Hinojo in the province of Buenos Aires and Colonia General Alvear in the province of Entre Ríos. From both starting points they spreaded in all directions. There are still fifteen villages in Entre Ríos populated by descendants of the original settlers, twelve of them are of Catholic origin and the remaining three Protestant however most of them live in small cities like  Ramírez, Crespo, Urdinarrain, Galarza and Maciá where they usually are majority. Expansion from Colonia Hinojo went westwards comprising south of Buenos Aires and the province of La Pampa; from there they reached Cordoba and Chaco. It´s easy to determine where the settlers in La Pampa came from : Catholics came from south of Buenos Aires and Protestants from Entre Ríos. The former founded Santa María and Santa Teresa, the latter Guatraché, San Martín and Alpachiri

Fuente / Source "Los Alemanes del Volga" 1977  Victor Popp - Nicolás Dening