Johannes Dettling from Salzstetten seeked his luck in Mannheim (near to Odessa, Ucraine) in 1808 On 24th of June 1770 Johannes Dettling was born in Salzstetten. It was not an easy start, as he was born an illegitimate child from Nikolaus Dettling and Brigitta Maier. As an adult he left Salzstetten and married Maria Anna Maier on the 18th November 1799 in Waldprechtsweier. In the year 1808 he decided to leave his homeland together with his wife and four children and emigrated to the Russian Black Sea Coast.