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| − | [[File:Winkler.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia Commons]'']] Winkler, a town (population in 1959, 2,500; population in 2006, 9,106) in southern [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], 80 miles southwest of Winnipeg, 12 miles north of the [[United States of America|United States]] boundary (coordinates: 49° 10′ 0″ N, 97° 56′ 0″ W), in an area where grains, fruits, sugar beets, [[Sunflower Cultivation|sunflowers]], corn, and canning crops are grown, was founded in 1892. During the 1950s it was the business, educational, and religious center for a 6,000 | + | [[File:Winkler.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia Commons]'']] Winkler, a town (population in 1959, 2,500; population in 2006, 9,106) in southern [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]], 80 miles southwest of Winnipeg, 12 miles north of the [[United States of America|United States]] boundary (coordinates: 49° 10′ 0″ N, 97° 56′ 0″ W), in an area where grains, fruits, sugar beets, [[Sunflower Cultivation|sunflowers]], corn, and canning crops are grown, was founded in 1892. During the 1950s it was the business, educational, and religious center for a Mennonite population of 6,000 in the rural municipalities of Stanley and Rhineland, which were settled village-style in 1875. At the time it had a Mennonite Brethren Bible school ([[Winkler Bible Institute (Winkler, Manitoba, Canada)|Winkler Bible Institute]]), organized in 1925, with 4 teachers and 80 students; a public high school, largely Mennonite in teachers and student body, with 9 teachers and 225 students; and four Mennonite churches: Bergthal, [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]], [[Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC)|Rudnerweide]], and [[Sommerfeld Mennonites|Sommerfeld]], with a total membership of over 1,000. The Winkler Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church, organized in Burwalde in 1886, was the first MB church in Canada. |
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
Brown, Frank. A history of the Town of Winkler, Manitoba. Winkler: F. Brown, 1973. | Brown, Frank. A history of the Town of Winkler, Manitoba. Winkler: F. Brown, 1973. | ||
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Winkler, a town (population in 1959, 2,500; population in 2006, 9,106) in southern Manitoba, 80 miles southwest of Winnipeg, 12 miles north of the United States boundary (coordinates: 49° 10′ 0″ N, 97° 56′ 0″ W), in an area where grains, fruits, sugar beets, sunflowers, corn, and canning crops are grown, was founded in 1892. During the 1950s it was the business, educational, and religious center for a Mennonite population of 6,000 in the rural municipalities of Stanley and Rhineland, which were settled village-style in 1875. At the time it had a Mennonite Brethren Bible school (Winkler Bible Institute), organized in 1925, with 4 teachers and 80 students; a public high school, largely Mennonite in teachers and student body, with 9 teachers and 225 students; and four Mennonite churches: Bergthal, Mennonite Brethren, Rudnerweide, and Sommerfeld, with a total membership of over 1,000. The Winkler Mennonite Brethren (MB) Church, organized in Burwalde in 1886, was the first MB church in Canada.
Bibliography
Brown, Frank. A history of the Town of Winkler, Manitoba. Winkler: F. Brown, 1973.
Brown, Frank. "Winkler, Manitoba." Mennonite Life XI (July 1956).
Werner, Hans Peter. Living between worlds: a history of Winkler. Winkler: Winkler Heritage Society, 2006.
Maps
Map:Winkler (Manitoba, Canada)
| Author(s) | Peter Brown |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Brown, Peter. "Winkler (Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winkler_(Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=139716.
APA style
Brown, Peter. (1959). Winkler (Manitoba, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winkler_(Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=139716.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 960. All rights reserved.
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