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This Prussian Mennonite family name probably originated in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] and may be related to the Nagtegaal family of [[Ameland (Friesland, Netherlands)|Ameland]]. Nachtigal was found in a number of Prussian families from the early 18th century, particularly at Jeziorka, [[Schönsee (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Schönsee]], and [[Montau (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Montau]]. Jonas Nachtigal was among the Mennonites expelled from [[Dannenberg (Lithuania)|Dannenberg]] in [[Lithuania|Lithuania]] in 1732; he settled in the Netherlands with the aid of the Dutch Committee of Foreign Needs and farmed at Serooskerke on the island of [[Walcheren (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Walcheren]] in the province of [[Zeeland (Netherlands)|Zeeland]]. In 1739 he returned to [[West Prussia|West Prussia]] with the larger part of this group.

In the early 19th century some Nachtigals emigrated from West Prussia to [[Russia|Russia]]. Among them was David Nachtigal, of the Montau area, who settled in Rudnerweide on the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]]. Outstanding members of this family were [[Nachtigal, Abram (1876-1950)|Abram Nachtigal]] and the missionary Peter Nachtigal, who served in Sumatra.

See also [[Nagtegaal family|Nagtegaal family ]]
= Bibliography =
Reimer, Gustav E. <em>Die Familiennamen der westpreussischen Mennoniten</em>. Weierhof, 1940: 114.

Unruh, B. H. <em>Die niederlandisch niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen</em>. Karlsruhe-Rüpurr, 1955: 368.

de Hoop Scheffer, J. G. <em>Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam</em> I. Amsterdam, 1883-84: Nos. 1922 f. and 2183-2199, passim.
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