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| − | Kalkwijk is a canal near Hoogezand in the Dutch province of Groningen, [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], where there are a number of small farms. This hamlet, originally called Oude Friesche Compagnie (Old Frisian Company), was founded in 1631 by some peat-farmers, mostly Mennonites, who had come from the environs of Heerenveen, [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]]. During the 17th century, about 1670, a number of Mennonites from the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], [[Germany|Germany]], are said to have settled here, but concerning these "Palsters" no further information was available. The name Kalkwijk, according to an old tradition, is derived from the Swiss Mennonite Kalken family, which settled here in 1711. Others are of opinion that the name Kalkwijk originated from a lime (Dutch: <em>kalk</em>) found here, which was owned by a Mennonite family, later called Calkema. It was at Kalkwijk, too, that the Swiss emigrant Samuel Peter (Maihusen), the ancestor of the Dutch Mennonite [[Meihuizen family|Meihuizen family]], settled in 1714. | + | Kalkwijk is a canal near Hoogezand in the Dutch province of Groningen, [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], where there are a number of small farms. This hamlet, originally called Oude Friesche Compagnie (Old Frisian Company), was founded in 1631 by some peat-farmers, mostly Mennonites, who had come from the environs of Heerenveen, [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]]. During the 17th century, about 1670, a number of Mennonites from the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], [[Germany|Germany]], are said to have settled here, but concerning these "Palsters" no further information was available. The name Kalkwijk, according to an old tradition, is derived from the Swiss Mennonite Kalken family, which settled here in 1711. Others are of opinion that the name Kalkwijk originated from a lime (Dutch: <em>kalk</em>) found here, which was owned by a Mennonite family, later called Calkema. It was at Kalkwijk, too, that the Swiss emigrant Samuel Peter (Maihusen), the ancestor of the Dutch Mennonite [[Meihuizen family|Meihuizen family]], settled in 1714. |
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<em class="gameo_bibliography">Doopsgezind Jaarboekje</em> (1932): 71. | <em class="gameo_bibliography">Doopsgezind Jaarboekje</em> (1932): 71. | ||
| − | Huizinga, J. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Stamboek | + | Huizinga, J. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Stamboek van Samuel Peter (Meihuizen) en Barbara Fry. </em>Groningen, 1890: 43, 54 f. |
Müller, Ernst. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer</em>. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1895. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1972: 322. | Müller, Ernst. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer</em>. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1895. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1972: 322. | ||
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Kalkwijk is a canal near Hoogezand in the Dutch province of Groningen, Netherlands, where there are a number of small farms. This hamlet, originally called Oude Friesche Compagnie (Old Frisian Company), was founded in 1631 by some peat-farmers, mostly Mennonites, who had come from the environs of Heerenveen, Friesland. During the 17th century, about 1670, a number of Mennonites from the Palatinate, Germany, are said to have settled here, but concerning these "Palsters" no further information was available. The name Kalkwijk, according to an old tradition, is derived from the Swiss Mennonite Kalken family, which settled here in 1711. Others are of opinion that the name Kalkwijk originated from a lime (Dutch: kalk) found here, which was owned by a Mennonite family, later called Calkema. It was at Kalkwijk, too, that the Swiss emigrant Samuel Peter (Maihusen), the ancestor of the Dutch Mennonite Meihuizen family, settled in 1714.
Bibliography
Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1932): 71.
Huizinga, J. Stamboek van Samuel Peter (Meihuizen) en Barbara Fry. Groningen, 1890: 43, 54 f.
Müller, Ernst. Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1895. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1972: 322.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Kalkwijk (Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kalkwijk_(Hoogezand-Sappemeer,_Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=122533.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Kalkwijk (Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kalkwijk_(Hoogezand-Sappemeer,_Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=122533.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 138. All rights reserved.
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