Alexandertal (Molotschna Mennonite settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)
Alexandertal was a village in the southeast of the Molotschna Mennonite colony, district of Gnadenfeld, province of Taurida (Russia), founded in 1820. It embraced 3,300 acres and in 1913 numbered about 400 inhabitants. The village had one steam mill, one windmill, and one store. (For later developments see Molotschna).
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 24.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 45. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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