Annweilertal (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)

Annweilertal is the beautiful valley of the Queichnear Annweiler, a town not far from Landau in the Palatinate, Germany. Ernst Müller's list of Mennonite congregations in the Palatinate above Mannheim mentions a Mennonite church at Annweiler, two hours south of Landau, with 20 families. The preachers were Christian Eicher and Steffen Affholter. It is obviously the St. Johann congregation.

Bibliography

Müller, Ernst. Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1895. Reprinted Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1972: 209.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 128. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

To cite this page:

MLA style: Neff, Christian. "Annweilertal (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 24 May 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/A556.html.

APA style: Neff, Christian. (1953). Annweilertal (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 May 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/A556.html.

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