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Schönwiese Mennonite Church (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)Schönwiese Mennonite Church, Alexandrovsk (now Zaporizhia), Ukraine, was a branch of the Kronsweide Mennonite Church. Some of the ministers who served the church and lived in the village of Schönwiese were Peter Krahn, Jakob Janzen, and Peter Janzen. A meetinghouse was erected in Schönwiese in 1862. In distinction from the Chortitza Mennonite Church, which was of Flemish background, this church was Frisian. BibliographyEpp, D. H. Die Chortitzer Mennoniten. Odessa, 1889: 105. Friesen, Peter M. Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 702. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 477. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: Krahn, Cornelius. "Schönwiese Mennonite Church (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S36838.html. APA style: Krahn, Cornelius. (1959). Schönwiese Mennonite Church (Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S36838.html. Document Actions |
