Wiens, Kornelius Abraham (19th-20th century)

Kornelius Abraham Wiens, a teacher, graduated from the Ohrloff Zentralschule and the Halbstadt Normal School and was for a number of years an elementary teacher in the Molotschna settlement, Russia. He attended the Theological Seminary (Predigerschule) at Basel and taught Bible and German at the Halbstadt Mädchenschule. In 1907 he became teacher of the Halbstadt Zentralschule where he was also elected minister of the Halbstadt Mennonite Church. He is likely the co-author of Biblische Geschichten für mennonitische Elementarschulen (Halbstadt, 1902), prepared by K. Unruh, W. Neufeld, and K. Wiens. He received a medal from the Russian government in recognition of his educational achievements.

Bibliography

Friesen, Peter M. Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 604, 626.

Görz, H. Die Molotschnaer Ansiedlung. Steinbach, 1951: 165.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 949. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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