Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)
Ooltgensplaat, a village in the Dutch province of South Holland on the island Goeree-Overflakkee (coordinates: 51° 41′ 0″ N, 4° 21′ 0″ E), where there was once a Mennonite congregation in conjunction with nearby Bommel. The Mennonites of Ooltgensplaat had some difficulty in 1622 in performing their marriages, which had hitherto been done according to their old customs. By 1676 the congregation had died out.
See also Bommel and Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland , Netherlands)
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1899): 183; (1908): 114.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 305.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, 2, No. 298 f.
Maps
Map:Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ooltgensplaat_(Zuid-Holland,_Netherlands)&oldid=145963.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ooltgensplaat_(Zuid-Holland,_Netherlands)&oldid=145963.
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