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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 Mennonite population in the rural municipali­ties of Stanley and Rhineland, which were settled village-style in 1875. At the time it had an 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.
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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 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 =
 
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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
Date Published 1959

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Brown, Peter. "Winkler (Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winkler_(Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=170444.

APA style

Brown, Peter. (1959). Winkler (Manitoba, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Winkler_(Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=170444.



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