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Hans Anken (Ancken) was a Swiss Mennonite farmer-preacher and elder in the [[Emmental (Switzerland)|Emmental]], born 1673 or 1674 in Spiez, [[Bern (Switzerland)|canton of Bern]], who was deported to [[Netherlands|Holland]] 13 July 1711, at the age o37f , with his wife, 30, a son and two daughters. They were placed in the <em>Neuenburger </em>boat, on which he was supervisor with [[Lehner, Peter (1677-1755)|Peter Lehner]]. He settled with several families near the Dutch town of [[Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands)|Groningen]], where he founded a small congregation, and served as their first preacher. When he purchased his house, called the "large monastery," its architecture offended some as being "too ostentatious," which resulted in a division of the congregation into Old and New Swiss (about 1720). Anken was the head of the <em>Nieuwe Zwitsers.</em>

See also: [[Swiss Mennonites in the Netherlands|Swiss Mennonites in the Netherlands]]<em>

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