Asperen is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland where there formerly was a Mennonite congregation. It is not known whether the congregation existed during the life of the well-known martyr Dirk Willems of Asperen, who was executed in 1569. The congregation, which always remained very small, belonged to the Flemish in the seventeenth century. It was represented at the conference of the Flemish in 1699 at Haarlem and in 1664 joined the Zonists. In any case it was no longer in existence in 1731.      

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 179. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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