Bierum (Groningen, Netherlands)
Bierum, a village in the northeastern part of the Dutch province of Groningen,
where there was once a Mennonite congregation belonging to the Groninger Old
Flemish. It was always quite small. They had no meetinghouse, but held services
in the room of a house. In 1710 there were about 30 members, in 1755, 10, and
in 1767 only 4. The so-called Martini flood of 1686 and a second severe flood
in 1717 caused heavy losses to the village of Bierum and to the members of
the congregation, all of whom were engaged in agriculture. Jan Kriens, an influential
elder of the Groninger Old Flemish, lived in Bierum. After 1769 the congregation
was no longer listed in the register of Mennonite preachers.
Bibliography
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Groningen,
Overijssel en Oost-Friesland. 2 v. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff en J. B. Wolters,
1842: I, 127, 140, 201.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1879): 3.
©1996-2009 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.
To cite this page:
MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Bierum (Groningen, Netherlands)."
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 07 January 2009 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B54007.html>
APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1953). "Bierum (Groningen, Netherlands)."
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 07 January 2009 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B54007.html>
