Insel Chortitza (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)
Insel Chortitza (Russian: Ostrov Khortitsa), one of the oldest villages of the Mennonites in Russia, was founded in 1789 in the Chortitza settlement, province of Ekaterinoslav. The inhabitants belonged to the Kronsweide congregation, which had (in 1905) 1,955 members and 1,055 children. It was also known as Ostrovo Chortitza.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 326.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 93. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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