Konopat (Konopath, Konopat in Polish) was located near Przechovka (Wintersdorf) in the district of Schwetz, on the Vistula River, in West Prussia. It was a village where Mennonites lived (in 1772 one-third of the population was Mennonite), who, together with those of Przechovka, formed a congregation of the Groningen Old Flemish branch. Two elders from the Netherlands, Alle Derks and Hendrik Berends (Hulshoff), who visited the Mennonites of Konopath shortly after 1700 and 1719, made a list of all the names of the members. In this list well-known West Prussian names are found, such as Raatslof (Ratzlaf), Tesmer, Nagtegaal (Nagtigal), Voet (Foth), Smit (Schmidt), Jans, Jansen, Boeler (Buhler), Isaachs, Onrouw (Unruh). In 1719 the group of Mennonites at Konopath (in the Dutch sources called Kunpad or Koenpat) numbered 52. This congregation, regularly found in the Dutch Naamlijst, emigrated to the Molotschna Mennonite settlement in South Russia in 1819-1820 and 1823-1824.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 222. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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