List of former Mennonite churches
The list of former Mennonite churches gives an overview of earlier Mennonite communities occupied churches and community centers . The list initially mainly includes church buildings in Central and Eastern Europe. It does not claim to be complete.
Germany
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| Lehr, Bolanden-Weierhof |
1770 | Holy Roman Empire German Nation / Nassau-Weilburg (until 1806), German Empire (1871–1945), French zone of occupation (1945–1949), Federal Republic of Germany / Rhineland-Palatinate (from 1949/46) | The construction had initially started without a permit, after a corresponding petition had apparently remained unanswered, and had to be stopped again. Only after the intercession of a patron (Privy Councilor La Poitrie) was the approval, which was associated with costs of 12 guilders and 12 crowns. - The inauguration took place with the participation of preachers from neighboring congregations. - The hiring of a full-time preacher resulted in increased attendance at services, so a larger house of prayer was built, which was inaugurated in 1837. |
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Christian Neff, Christian Galle, Art. Weierhof , in: Mennonitisches Lexikon Bd. 4 (1967) p. 486. |
| Dutch Church, Glückstadt |
1624 | Holy Roman Empire German Nation / Duchy of Holstein (until 1806), Duchy of Holstein (1806–1864/66), Prussia / Province of Schleswig-Holstein (1866–1871), German Empire / Prussia / Province of Schleswig-Holstein (1871–1945) , British Zone of Occupation (1945–1949), Federal Republic of Germany / Schleswig-Holstein (from 1949/46) | The Mennonites and the other two Dutch religious groups in the city (Reformed and Remonstrant) used the house at Schlachterstrasse 7 as a church and school. Between 1655 and 1734, a smaller building at Am Hafen 34 was used as a Mennonite prayer house / meeting house. The Dutch cemetery was outside the city moat on Itzehoer Straße. |
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Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online |
| Mennonite Church, Neustadtgödens |
1751 | Holy Roman Empire German Nation / County of East Friesland (until 1806), Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810), French Empire / Ems-Oriental (1810–1815), Kingdom of Hanover (1815–1866), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of Hanover (1866– 1918), German Empire (1871–1945), British Zone of Occupation (1945–1949), Federal Republic of Germany / Lower Saxony (from 1949) | Anabaptists from the Netherlands were among the first residents of the city, which was founded in the 16th century, a Mennonite prayer house had existed since 1709, the current church building (Vermaning) was built in 1751, after 1800 the number of Mennonites on site fell, and the last sermon was held in 1841 , since 1893 the community has been considered extinct, today a café has been set up in the former Mennonite church. |
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Art. Neustadtgödens at gameo.org |
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Monsheim - home of war |
? | Holy Roman Empire German Nation (until 1806), German Empire (1871–1945), French zone of occupation (1945–1949), Federal Republic of Germany / Rhineland-Palatinate (from 1949) | The old church was sold in 1820 due to its dilapidation and the risk of flooding by the neighboring Pfrimm river. The money raised was used to build a new church in neighboring Monsheim. | Art. War home at gameo.org | |
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Mennonite Church , Neuwied |
1768 | Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (until 1806), Duchy of Nassau (1806–1815), Kingdom of Prussia (1815–1918), German Empire (1871–1945), French zone of occupation (1945–1949), Federal Republic of Germany / Rhineland-Palatinate ( from 1949) | In the second half of the 20th century, the local Mennonite congregation sold the church, most of the church burned down in 1985, then it was rebuilt, now used as a municipal gallery. |
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Art. Neuwied at gameo.org |
West and East Prussia
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Mennonite Church , Danzig / Gdańsk |
1819 |
Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (until 1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / Nazi State (1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland ( 1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989)
before 1819: Royal Prussia (before 1793), Kingdom of Prussia (1793–1807 and from 1814), Republic of Danzig (1807–1814) |
The first Anabaptists settled in Gdansk in the 16th century, the first Mennonite churches were built in the 17th century, the current church was built in 1819, in the vicinity there were other facilities of the community such as an almshouse, cemetery and hospital, the church is now owned by one Polish Pentecostal Church. |
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Mennonite Church , Elbing / Elbląg |
1590 (further church buildings 1783, 1852, 1900) | Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (until 1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), East Prussia (1920–1939), Danzig-West Prussia (1939–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | As in Danzig, Dutch Anabaptists settled in Elbing and the surrounding area (Ellerwald) as early as the 16th century, the first Mennonite church in Elling was built in 1590, a second church in Ellerwald I / Władysławowo was built in 1783, and a separate congregation established another Mennonite church in 1852 in the Reiferbahnstrasse, the fourth Mennonite Church in Elbing was built in 1900 at Berlinerstrasse 20. The first church from 1590 is the oldest still existing Mennonite church building. |
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| Mennonite Church, Prussian Rosengart / Rozgart , municipality of Thiensdorf-Pr.Rosengart |
1890 | German Reich / Nazi State (1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The first Anabaptists settled in Marienburger Kleiner Werder (between the Nogat and Drausensee / Druzno ) in the middle of the 16th century , the community was called Kleinwerder , and at the beginning of the 17th century there were occasional contacts with the Hutterites in Moravia there was a Hutterite Bruderhof in the village of Wengeln / Węgle-Żukowo , after the Thirty Years' War displaced Hutterites settled in the region again and probably formed their own Hutterite community for a time, Mennonite parish houses existed in Markushof / Markusy and Thiensdorf / Jezioro between 1791 and 1890 Markushof and Thiensdorf each formed two independent communities, after a dike breach with subsequent flooding of the Kleiner Werder, both communities reunited to form the community of Thiensdorf-Pr.Rosengart and built the church in Prussian Rosengart / Rozgart in 1890, the church was built and decreed in the neo-Gothic style - on the contrary atz to many other Mennonite churches - via a church tower and a bell. In 1939 the congregation had 1,124 baptized members. The church is used today by a Polish Catholic community.
Cemeteries belonging to the community were located in Schwansdorf / Żurawiec, Thiensdorf and Prussian Rosengart. |
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| Mennonite Church, Heubuden / Stogi near Marienburg / Malbork , Heubuden-Marienburg parish |
1768 | Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (until 1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / Nazi State (1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland ( 1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The first Anabaptists settled in southern Marienburger Werder around 1565, the community was characterized by a rural character throughout their life, only a small part lived directly in the city of Marienburg, until the middle of the 18th century Dutch was still used as the church language, thanks to a privilege of the bishop von Culm from June 17, 1768, a wooden church was built in hay stalls in the same year, in 1853 the church was lengthened by 14 meters and a brick foundation was laid, at the end the church had about 800 seats, in the years 1906-1907 it was In addition, a community hall was built in the city of Marienburg, this had a capacity of 350 places, previously community activities also took place in Czattkau / Czatkowy (until 1897), in Wernersdorf / Pogorzała Wieś and Lesewitz (until 1907) and in Klein-Lichtenau (until 1911) instead of. The Heubuden-Marienburg congregation had 1,092 baptized members in 1929, and the church was used by a Polish Catholic congregation after 1945.
There is a 2.6 hectare Mennonite cemetery in the hay stalls. |
Mennonite cemetery in hay stalls |
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| Mennonite Church, Fürstenwerder / Żuławki , Fürstenwerder or Bärwald parish |
1768 (burned down in 1990) | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / NS State ( 1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | Thanks to a privilege granted by the Bishop of Culm on June 17, 1768, a wooden church could be built in Fürstenwerder in the same year, before about 1830 Fürstenwerder belonged to the Flemish congregation in Großer Werder, in 1924 the congregation had 540 members, and in 1990 the church building became one Fire destroyed. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Tiegenhagen, Tiegenhagen community |
1768 (replaced by a brick church in 1892) | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / NS State ( 1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The parishes of Tiegenhagen came into being in 1735 from the division of the Flemish parish in Großer Werder into four smaller parishes, thanks to a privilege granted by the Bishop of Culm on June 17, 1768, a wooden church was built in Tiegenhagen that same year, but the wooden church was demolished in 1892 and at the same place on the bank of the Tiege a new brick church was built. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Rosenort / Żuławki near Tiegenhof / Nowy Dwór Gdański , Rosenort community |
1768 | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / NS State ( 1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The community goes back to the immigration of Dutch Anabaptists to the regions south and east of the town of Tiegenhof / Nowy Dwór Gdański in Großer Werder, Rosenort originally belonged to the Flemish community in Großer Werder, from 1639 its own elders were elected, initially the community activities took place in private houses, Barns and stables instead, thanks to a privilege granted by the Bishop of Culm on June 17, 1768, a wooden church was built in Rosenort in the same year; on January 19, 1812, the church in Rosenort was destroyed by fire, but was destroyed until the 20th Rebuilt November 1814, records were completely destroyed in the fire between 1772 and 1809, the church was damaged several times by floods (e.g. in 1681, 1848 and 1888), there was also a Mennonite cemetery near the church, another was opened in Zeyersvorderkampen / Kępiny Małe, in 1941 the parish had about 800 members.
Due to the Mennonite emigration, the place name Rosenort is also found in Manitoba, Canada, Mexico and Paraguay. |
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| Mennonite Church, Orlofferfelde / Orłowskie Pole, municipality of Ladekopp-Orlofferfelde-Pordenau |
1751 | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / NS State ( 1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The municipality of Orlofferfelde goes back to the year 1562, when Mennonite settlers were supposed to drain and cultivate the lowlands of the Great Marienburger Werder, the municipality extended over about 20 villages, the community activities took place in private houses and barns in the first decades, one was not allowed until 1751 Church in Orlofferfelde, the parish Orlofferfelde was assigned to the Frisian direction, in the same region there was also a Flemish parish with church buildings in Ladekopp and Pordenau, both parishes united in 1882, the respective church buildings in Orlofferfelde, Ladekopp and Pordenau continued to be used, In 1940 the united congregation had 739 baptized members, the current use of the church building is unknown. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Ladekopp / Lubieszewo, municipality of Ladekopp-Orlofferfelde-Pordenau |
1768 (destroyed in 1945) | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / NS State ( 1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The municipality of Ladekopp came into being between 1735 and 1740, when the Flemish municipality in Großer Werder was divided into four smaller municipalities.In the Ladekopp region, in addition to the Flemish-oriented municipality, there was also the Frisian municipality of Orlofferfelde; in 1768, a church building with around 600 seats could be found in Ladekopp In 1800 the parish was able to build another church in Pordenau with a capacity of 250 places, both churches had adjoining cemeteries, in 1882 the Ladekopp parish merged with that in Orlofferfelde to form the Ladekopp-Orlofferfelde-Pordenau parish , in 1940 the unified Congregation over 739 baptized members, the two church buildings in Ladekopp and Pordenau were destroyed in the fighting at the end of the Second World War. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Tragheimerweide / Barcice near Marienwerder / Kwidzyn, |
1768 (1866 building of a new brick church) | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1920), Free City of Danzig (1920–1939), German Empire / NS State ( 1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The municipality of Tragheimerweide goes back to the immigration of Mennonites in the first half of the 18th century, the settlers came partly from Lithuania / Memelland and partly from the communities of Montau and Schönsee, in 1728 the bishop of Culm granted the community its own church To be allowed to build wood, the church was enlarged in 1763 and a cemetery was laid out, the parish has been keeping church records since 1762, in 1866 a new brick church in the Gothic style was built in place of the old wooden church, an organ was installed in 1892, in Marienwerder and Zandersfelde there were temporary daughter parishes In 1940 the parish had 510 members, the further use of the church building is unknown. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Montau / Mątawy Parish of the Montau Group |
1586 (new building 1859) | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1918), Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), German Empire / Nazi State (1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland ( 1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The community in Montau has existed since 1568, when a number of Dutch Mennonites from Danziger Werder settled in the Vistula lowlands in and near Montau, and further Mennonite settlers from the Netherlands followed until the 17th century, probably since 1586 Mennonite parish hall, but it was rebuilt in the same place in 1859, the church in Montau had a church tower with a clock, in a group the parish had another smaller church without a tower, in 1941 the parish had around 300 baptized members, the continued use of the church building is unknown. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Group Community Montau Group |
1776 (1897 new church) | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1918), Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), German Empire / Nazi State (1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland ( 1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | A Mennonite church building has existed in Ober-Gruppe since 1776, it was rebuilt in 1865, a new church was acquired in 1897, an organ was installed in 1899, the further use of the church building is unknown. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Schönsee / Sosnówka |
1618 | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1918), German Empire (1871–1918), Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), German Empire / Nazi State (1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland ( 1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | Anabaptists / Mennonites settled in Schönsee and the surrounding villages early on, a second lease agreement between the city of Kulm (which owned the land around Schönsee) and the Mennonite settlers from 1594 is still preserved, and around 1570 there was one Flemish and one each in Schönsee Frisian Mennonite parish, the Flemish parish hall was called a small school , the Frisian parish hall built in 1618 was called a large school , in 1849 the Flemish and Frisian parishes were united, the Flemish parish hall was given up in favor of the Frisian parish hall built in 1618, and in 1941 the parish counted 179 members, the further use of the church building is unknown. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Obernessau near Thorn / Toruń Municipality of Obernessau |
1778 (destroyed by lightning strike in 1889, rebuilt in 1889/1890) | Royal Prussia (before 1772), Kingdom of Prussia / Province of West Prussia (1772–1806), Duchy of Warsaw (1806–1815), Kingdom of Prussia (1815–1918), Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), German Reich / Nazi state ( 1933–1945), People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989), Third Polish Republic (from 1989) | The community of Obernessau was one of the oldest Mennonite communities in the West Prussian region, founded in the middle of the 16th century near the Polish city of Thorn by Dutch Anabaptists, the local Mennonite church was built in 1778, but was destroyed by a lightning strike on June 11, 1889, then rebuilt, some of the members lived on the Korzeniecer Kämpe (an island in the Vistula opposite the city of Thorn that existed until 1909), many Mennonites emigrated due to repeated flooding of the Vistula and high taxes, so that the number of parish members steadily decreased, Around 1775 part of the congregation moved to Deutsch-Kazun near Warsaw, in 1852 the congregation still had 64 baptized members, in 1941 there were only 12, the building now serves as a church for a Polish Catholic congregation. | ||
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Mennonite Church (prayer house), Königsberg / Kaliningrad |
1770 | Kingdom of Prussia / Province of East Prussia (until 1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1947), Soviet Union / Russian SFSR (1947–1991), Russian Federation (from 1991) | Mennonites in Königsberg were first mentioned in 1579, but a community was only founded in 1722 after some Mennonite families established the whiskey distillation in the city, the community center / prayer house of the Königsberg Mennonites was built in 1770, in 1934 the community Königsberg had 65 members, whereabouts of the building are unknown . |
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| Mennonite Church, Plauschwarren / Plaušvariai, municipality Memelniederung (formerly also called Litthauer municipality and municipality Adlig Pokraken (1938–1946: Adliggrieteinen, Russian: Winogradowka, no longer existent)) |
1767 (1897 sold) | Kingdom of Prussia / Province of East Prussia (until 1919), under Allied control (1919 / 20–1923 / 24), Lithuania (1923 / 24–1939), German Empire (1939–1944), Soviet Union (1944–1991), Lithuanian SSR ( 1948–1990), Lithuania (from 1990) | From 1713 Mennonites settled in and around the city of Tilsit / Sowetsk on the southern bank of the Memel , but from 1724 the Mennonites had to leave the region again, most of them then moved to the Kulmerland , where they co-founded the municipality of Tragheimerweide, who came from 1740 new Mennonite immigrants to the Tilsit region and founded the Litthau parish in Plauschwarren / Plaušvarė in 1758 , the local Mennonite church was built in 1767, after the construction of a new parish hall in Adlig Pokraken, the church in Plauschwarren was no longer used for parish activities between 1831 and a major renovation in 1884 used, in 1897 the church building in Plauschwarren was sold, the current use is unknown. | ||
| Mennonite Church, Adlig Pokraken (also Adlig Grieteinen), Memelniederung municipality (formerly also called Litthauer municipality and Adlig Pokraken municipality) |
1831 | Kingdom of Prussia / Province of East Prussia (until 1918), German Empire (1871–1920), Free State of Prussia (1918–1947), Soviet Union / Russian SFSR (1947–1991), Russian Federation (from 1991) | Around 1831, the Mennonite Church was set up as a meeting place for the Memelniederung community in the former manor house by nobleman Pokraken; its use today is unknown. |
East Brandenburg
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| Parish hall, Brenkenhoffswalde / Błotnica and Franztal / Głęboczek, municipality of Brenkenhoffswalde |
End of the 18th century | Kingdom of Prussia (before 1918), German Empire (1871–1945), Poland (from 1945) | In 1765 Frederick the Great allowed 35 Mennonite families expelled from the Kulmerland to settle in Brenkenhoffswalde and in the adjacent Franztal in eastern Brandenburg.They immediately founded the Flemish community of Brenkenhoffswalde , and a short time later a community hall was built, the community existed until 1834 as the majority of the Community emigrated to Russia. |
Poland
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| Mennonite Church, Deutsch-Kazun, now Kazuń Nowy |
1823 (new building in 1892, destroyed in World War I , new building in 1924) | Poland (before 1793), South Prussia (1793–1807), Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815), Congress Poland (1815–1918), Poland (1918–1939), Generalgouvernement (1939–1945), Poland (from 1945) | The community in Deutsch-Kazun was founded in 1776 by Mennonite immigrants from the Kulmerland and the region around Thorn. The local Mennonite church was built in 1823, but demolished again in 1891 because it was threatened by flooding from the Vistula.A new church building protected by a dam was finally inaugurated on October 30, 1892, which was also destroyed in the First World War, but could be restored in 1924 The congregation Deutsch-Kazun temporarily had up to ten daughter congregations, before the First World War the congregation had 375 baptized members, about half of whom lived in Kazun itself, in 1940 the congregation only had 260 baptized members, in 1923 it was in Kazun A Mennonite Brethren Congregation was founded next to the already existing congregation , before the beginning of the Second World War the congregation fell victim to the charged national mood between Poles and Germans, on September 7, 1939, eight members of the congregation were shot by Polish soldiers, others were temporarily imprisoned, the current one Use of the church building is unknown annt. |
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| Chapel, German Wymysle, now Nowe Wymyśle |
between 1764 and 1770 (burned down between 1860 and 1864) | Poland (before 1793), South Prussia (1793–1807) Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815), Congress Poland (1815–1918), Poland (1918–1939), Generalgouvernement (1939–1945), Poland (from 1945) | The community in Deutsch-Wymysle goes back to Mennonite immigrants from the region around Montau, who settled in 1762 not far from the town of Gabin ( Gombin ), church and school buildings were built between 1764 and 1770, between 1860 and 1864 the church burned down, in In the 1870s, many members emigrated to North and South America. In addition to the church Mennonite congregation , a Mennonite Brethren congregation was formed at the end of the 19th century . |
Galicia
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| Meetinghouses , Kiernica , Neuhof , Ehrenfeld-Błyszczywody and Lemberg , Lemberg-Kiernica municipality |
1839 in Einsiedel , 1860 in Kiernica, 1865 in Neuhof and Ehrenfeld-Błyszczywody, 1911 in Lemberg | Austria / Austrian Crown Land Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1772–1918), Empire Austria (1804–1867), Austria-Hungary (1867–1918), West-Ukrainian People's Republic (partly in Lemberg / East Galicia in 1918/19), Second Polish Republic ( 1918 / 19-1939), Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR (1939-1941 in Eastern Galicia), Generalgouvernement (1939 / 1941-1944), Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR (1944-1991), Ukraine (from 1991) | With the first partition of Poland , Galicia came to Austria in 1772, the Roman-German Emperor Joseph II issued a settlement permit and a tolerance patent in 1781, as a result Protestant immigrants from the Palatinate settled in Galicia ( Galician Germans ), including many Mennonites, Mennonite settlers initially settled in the three settlements of Einsiedel, Falkenstein and Rosenberg (in today's Schtschyrez ), church records have been kept since 1805, a Mennonite school was built in Einsiedel in 1816, where community activities also took place, and in 1839 the school became one Church was rebuilt, further parish halls were built in Kiernica in 1860 and in Neuhof and Ehrenfeld-Błyszczywody in 1865, at the end of the 19th century around 70 Mennonite families emigrated to North America, in 1909 the community was also legally organized, and in 1910 an association for the promotion of cultural and established social interests of the Galician Mennonites, In 1911 a house was bought in Lemberg, which included both a chapel and a pastorate, in April 1913 the Lemberg-Kiernica parish founded the Mennonite parish journal for Austria (published until 1939), in 1914 the parish had around 400 baptized members, at the beginning of the During the Second World War the Galician Mennonites were resettled, after the war most of them moved to Uruguay, the further use of the former Mennonite meetinghouses is unknown. |
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Volhynia
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| church | 18th century | Russia (1793 / 95–1919), divided between the Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR and the Second Polish Republic (1919–1939), Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR (1939–1941), Reichskommissariat Ukraine / Volhynien-Podolia General District (1941–1944), Soviet Union / Ukrainian SSR (1944–1991), Ukraine (since 1991) | Volhynia was temporarily settled by several Mennonite settlement groups, mostly at the request of the local nobility, among the first settlers were Mennonites of Dutch origin, some of whom came from the West Prussian Graudenz and had previously settled in Michalin (also Wolhynia / Ukraine), they settled between 1801 and 1812 near Ostroh , the first village was Karolswalde, later Antonovk, Jadvinin, Dossidorf, Fürstendorf, Gnadenthal, Waklheim and Fürstenthal followed, between 1806 and 1618 other Dutch-Prussian Mennonites came who lived near the city Rafalovka settled, and southern German Anabaptists also settled in Volhynia in 1797 after they had previously lived on the Hutterite Bruderhof in Wischenka, Swiss-French Amish from the region around Montbéliard also founded the village of Eduardsdorf around 1807, the French Amish had previously lived in Poles settled between the settlements of Kutusovka and Neumannovka a church was built in the 18th century, at the end of the 19th century the majority of the Volhyn Mennonites emigrated to North America, the current use of the church is unknown.
Former Mennonite communities existed in Heinrichsdorf ( Shitomir ), Kalswalde ( Ostroh ), Kutusowka (Shitomir), Michalin and Franzthal ( Lutsk ) |
France
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| Chapel / Wissembourg - Geisberg | 1711 (?) | France (until 1870), German Empire (1871–1918), Third French Republic (1918–1940), German Empire / Nazi State (1940–1944 / 45), France / Provisional Government / Fourth French Republic / Fifth French Republic ( after 1944/45) | The gate building of the castle, built in 1711, which today is no longer preserved apart from a few remains, served as a chapel after a corresponding renovation in 1849 until the seventies of the last century. Today it dreams, partly overgrown with ivy, unused and is perceived by the community as a burden that is listed as a historical monument. The castle and the chapel were destroyed in the fighting of the Second World War from 1944 to 1945. With the help of American Mennonites, it was restored until 1947. | Willy Storck, place of faith and battlefield at the same time. There is a Mennonite settlement near Wissembourg in Alsace - there used to be a large castle on Geisberg , in: Saarbrücker Zeitung from 12./13. January 2013. | |
| Chapel / Wissembourg - Geisberg | 1972 | France | Next to a former children's home, which today houses the library and archive of the Mennonite community Geisberg, there is a chapel, which was started in 1972 and which today houses meeting, event and youth rooms. The current chapel was built on the slope at the end of the nineties. As usual with the Mennonites, this is a rather unadorned, but architecturally very attractive building. | Willy Storck, place of faith and battlefield at the same time. There is a Mennonite settlement near Wissembourg in Alsace - there used to be a large castle on Geisberg , in: Saarbrücker Zeitung from 12./13. January 2013. |