Scharfenberg (Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland)

Scharfenberg (Polish Wocławy), together with Landau and the Sperlingsdorfer Bruch, in the Danzig Werder, West Prussia, were colonized by Dutch farmers as early as 1547. At least the second generation of settlers were Mennonites, the family names of Jantzen, Philippsen, Peters, and Giesbrecht, soon also those of Andres and Froese being predominant. If it may be assumed - as is probable - that the first generation of settlers were Mennonites from the Netherlands, this area was the first settlement of Mennonites in Prussia.

Bibliography

Penner, Horst. Ansiedlung Menn. Niederländer im Weichselmündungsgebiet . . . . Weierhof, 1940: 12 ff.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 44. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

To cite this page:

MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Scharfenberg (Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 14 February 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S33373.html.

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Scharfenberg (Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 February 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S33373.html.

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