Münsterrol (Franche-Comté, France)

Münsterrol (French, Montreux), a former (Amish) Mennonite congregation in France, some five miles (8 km) from Belfort. The congregation was founded about 1750 by immigrants from the Swiss Jura. Their first ministers were Klaus Engel of Münsterrol, Peter Klopfenstein of Bourogne, and Michael Miiller of Chavanatte. The Münsterrol congregation was not found in the Naamlijst.

Bibliography

Gratz, Delbert L. Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1953. Reprinted Elverson, PA : Old Springfield Shoppe, 1994: 93.

Author(s)	Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published	1957

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