Lindenhofje (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)

Lindenhofje was a former Mennonite home for aged women at Amsterdam, which was founded in 1614 by the Waterlander congregation for its poor members. In 1801 it was closed and the inmates were moved to other homes of the Amsterdam Mennonite congregation.

Bibliography

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, Nos. 427-430.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 350. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

To cite this page:

MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Lindenhofje (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 20 June 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/lindenhofje_amsterdam_noord_holland_netherlands.

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Lindenhofje (Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 June 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/lindenhofje_amsterdam_noord_holland_netherlands.

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