Oostzaan, near Zaandam, in the Dutch province of North Holland, was for a few years the seat of a Mennonite circle organized in 1946, which belonged to the Zaandam congregation. From the earliest times Anabaptist-Mennonites lived at Oostzaan; Anabaptist activity here is mentioned as early as 1534.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 70. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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