Where is Bessarabia situated?
Today the major part of Bessarabia is situated in Moldova, the Black Sea region is part of the Ukraine. Most of the German settlements were located there.
The natural borders of Bessarabia are formed by the rivers Dniester and Prut. The territory covers 17,270 square miles (about 280 miles long and an average 62 miles wide). In southern Bessarabia, the land is predominately typical steppe.
Scholtoi is located in the Northwest of Bessarabia, about 12 miles away from the city Falesti.
The exact position is 47°27'48 north, 27°48'53 east. The village lies at 380 feet above sea level.
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Bessarabia: in the Southeast of Europe
Scholtoi lies in the Northwest of Bessarabia, far away from most of the other German settlements. Only 3 more Bessarabian-German villages were located in the region around the city Belz/Balti, amongst them the village Ryschkanowka where the parents of the German Federal President Horst Koehler came from.
In Galicia, Ugartsthal and Kolomea are marked as many settlers emigrated to Scholtoi from those two communities, as well as Naslawtscha in the upper North of Bessarabia.
Between Galicia and Bessarabia was the Bukovina, also known under the German name "Buchenland" (beech land).
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The former German settlements in Bessarabia
For orientation:
The arrow indicates the location of Scholtoi inside of Bessarabia.
(With kind permission of Rolf Jethon, www.jethon.de).
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Today the former Scholtoi is named Soltoaia and belongs to the community Ciolacu Nou. Other associated places are the neighboring villages Ciolacu Vechi, Fagadau and Pocrovca.
The following link shows an aerial photo of Soltoaia and its neighboring places:
www.wikimapia.org
The display detail may be moved by pressed left mouse button, the scale may be adjusted in the upper left corner.
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Other places in the surrounding including the city Falesti may be found here in a wider map:
www.mapquest.com
Use the arrows on the margins to move the map, the scale may be adjusted on the left side.
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The following link brings up a satellite photo of 1999:
maps.google.com
The slider on the left side changes the scale. The display detail may be moved by pressed left mouse button.
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