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Tilsit (now Sovetsk), (1959 pop., ca. 60,000; 2004 pop., 43,278) a town now Russian, in former times Lithuanian, and in the 17th and 18th centuries a district city of East Prussia. It is located on the left bank of the Neman River. In the vicinity of Tilsit (Tilsit Lowlands) Mennonites from [[West Prussia|West Prussia]] settled in 1713 ff. Most of them, however, by the order of [[Friedrich Wilhelm I, King in Prussia (1688-1740)|Friedrich Wilhelm I]], had to leave the country in 1724; they went to the [[Culm (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Culm]] area and to Tragheimerweide in West Prussia. Shortly after 1740, during the reign of [[Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1712-1786)|Friedrich II the Great]], a new group of immigrants settled in the neighborhood of Tilsit. The Mennonites of the Tilsit Lowland formed the congregation of [[Plauschwarren (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Plauschwarren]], later called Adlig Pokraken. In 1776 there were 16 Mennonite families with 77 souls in the Tilsit district, four families living in the town of Tilsit. In 1861, 29 Mennonites were living in the town of Tilsit and 49 in the Tilsit-Ragnit district; in 1910 these figures were 100 and 50 respectively, and in 1925, 85 and 50.
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Tilsit (now Sovetsk), (1959 pop., ca. 60,000; 2004 pop., 43,278) a town now Russian, in former times Lithuanian, and in the 17th and 18th centuries a district city of East Prussia. It is located on the left bank of the Neman River. In the vicinity of Tilsit (Tilsit Lowlands) Mennonites from [[West Prussia|West Prussia]] settled in 1713 ff. Most of them, however, by the order of [[Friedrich Wilhelm I, King in Prussia (1688-1740)|Friedrich Wilhelm I]], had to leave the country in 1724; they went to the [[Culm (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Culm]] area and to Tragheimerweide in West Prussia. Shortly after 1740, during the reign of [[Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1712-1786)|Friedrich the Great]], a new group of immigrants settled in the neighborhood of Tilsit. The Mennonites of the Tilsit Lowland formed the congregation of [[Plauschwarren (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Plauschwarren]], later called Adlig Pokraken. In 1776 there were 16 Mennonite families with 77 souls in the Tilsit district, four families living in the town of Tilsit. In 1861, 29 Mennonites were living in the town of Tilsit and 49 in the Tilsit-Ragnit district; in 1910 these figures were 100 and 50 respectively, and in 1925, 85 and 50.
  
 
For details see [[East Prussia|East Prussia]], [[Gumbinnen (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Gumbinnen]], [[Lithuania|Lithuania]], and [[Memelniederung (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Memelniederung]], and the literature mentioned there
 
For details see [[East Prussia|East Prussia]], [[Gumbinnen (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Gumbinnen]], [[Lithuania|Lithuania]], and [[Memelniederung (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Memelniederung]], and the literature mentioned there
 
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Tilsit (now Sovetsk), (1959 pop., ca. 60,000; 2004 pop., 43,278) a town now Russian, in former times Lithuanian, and in the 17th and 18th centuries a district city of East Prussia. It is located on the left bank of the Neman River. In the vicinity of Tilsit (Tilsit Lowlands) Mennonites from West Prussia settled in 1713 ff. Most of them, however, by the order of Friedrich Wilhelm I, had to leave the country in 1724; they went to the Culm area and to Tragheimerweide in West Prussia. Shortly after 1740, during the reign of Friedrich the Great, a new group of immigrants settled in the neighborhood of Tilsit. The Mennonites of the Tilsit Lowland formed the congregation of Plauschwarren, later called Adlig Pokraken. In 1776 there were 16 Mennonite families with 77 souls in the Tilsit district, four families living in the town of Tilsit. In 1861, 29 Mennonites were living in the town of Tilsit and 49 in the Tilsit-Ragnit district; in 1910 these figures were 100 and 50 respectively, and in 1925, 85 and 50.

For details see East Prussia, Gumbinnen, Lithuania, and Memelniederung, and the literature mentioned there


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Cornelius Krahn
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der and Cornelius Krahn. "Tilsit (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tilsit_(Kaliningrad_Oblast,_Russia)&oldid=126334.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der and Cornelius Krahn. (1959). Tilsit (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tilsit_(Kaliningrad_Oblast,_Russia)&oldid=126334.



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