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Rohrhof, an estate in the district of Schwetzingen, [[Baden-Württemberg (Germany)|Baden-Württemberg]], Germany, about 8 miles east of [[Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Mannheim]], was formerly the seat of a Mennonite congregation, usually called Rohrhof-Bruchhausen. A list of 1731 reports that the congregation consisted of 16 families and had Jost Eschbacher of Eppelheim (?) and Jakob Falman of [[Bruchhausen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Bruchhausen]] as preachers, and Christian Neukomm of Rohrhof as deacon. Jakob Fellmann and his son (?) Jakob Fellmann, the latter from 1765, were its elders in the 18th century. In 1822 the congregation numbered 57 members, 22 of whom lived at Rohrhof. After the immigration of most of the Rohrbach Mennonites to [[North America|America]] in the 1830s, meetings were held only at Bruchhausen and by 1840 the congregation of Rohrhof had disappeared. | Rohrhof, an estate in the district of Schwetzingen, [[Baden-Württemberg (Germany)|Baden-Württemberg]], Germany, about 8 miles east of [[Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Mannheim]], was formerly the seat of a Mennonite congregation, usually called Rohrhof-Bruchhausen. A list of 1731 reports that the congregation consisted of 16 families and had Jost Eschbacher of Eppelheim (?) and Jakob Falman of [[Bruchhausen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Bruchhausen]] as preachers, and Christian Neukomm of Rohrhof as deacon. Jakob Fellmann and his son (?) Jakob Fellmann, the latter from 1765, were its elders in the 18th century. In 1822 the congregation numbered 57 members, 22 of whom lived at Rohrhof. After the immigration of most of the Rohrbach Mennonites to [[North America|America]] in the 1830s, meetings were held only at Bruchhausen and by 1840 the congregation of Rohrhof had disappeared. | ||
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| − | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. | + | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 529. |
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Rohrhof, an estate in the district of Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 8 miles east of Mannheim, was formerly the seat of a Mennonite congregation, usually called Rohrhof-Bruchhausen. A list of 1731 reports that the congregation consisted of 16 families and had Jost Eschbacher of Eppelheim (?) and Jakob Falman of Bruchhausen as preachers, and Christian Neukomm of Rohrhof as deacon. Jakob Fellmann and his son (?) Jakob Fellmann, the latter from 1765, were its elders in the 18th century. In 1822 the congregation numbered 57 members, 22 of whom lived at Rohrhof. After the immigration of most of the Rohrbach Mennonites to America in the 1830s, meetings were held only at Bruchhausen and by 1840 the congregation of Rohrhof had disappeared.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 529.
| Author(s) | Gerhard Hein |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Hein, Gerhard. (1959). Rohrhof (Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rohrhof_(Schwetzingen,_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,_Germany)&oldid=146185.
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