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Neu-Falkenstein in [[Galicia (Poland & Ukraine)|Galicia]], is the village, formerly Austrian, now Polish, about 20 miles (35 km) from [[Lemberg (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)|Lemberg ]](Lviv), where a number of Mennonite families from the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], [[Germany|Germany]], settled in 1784-1785. They formed a small congregation which held its first communion service on Christmas Day 1785. Neu-Falkenstein was the center of the Mennonites in Galicia until about 1800, when [[Einsiedel (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)|Einsiedel]] became the center. Neu-Falkenstein is probably identical with [[Falkenstein (Galicia, Poland)|Falkenstein]]. | Neu-Falkenstein in [[Galicia (Poland & Ukraine)|Galicia]], is the village, formerly Austrian, now Polish, about 20 miles (35 km) from [[Lemberg (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)|Lemberg ]](Lviv), where a number of Mennonite families from the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], [[Germany|Germany]], settled in 1784-1785. They formed a small congregation which held its first communion service on Christmas Day 1785. Neu-Falkenstein was the center of the Mennonites in Galicia until about 1800, when [[Einsiedel (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)|Einsiedel]] became the center. Neu-Falkenstein is probably identical with [[Falkenstein (Galicia, Poland)|Falkenstein]]. | ||
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Neu-Falkenstein in Galicia, is the village, formerly Austrian, now Polish, about 20 miles (35 km) from Lemberg (Lviv), where a number of Mennonite families from the Palatinate, Germany, settled in 1784-1785. They formed a small congregation which held its first communion service on Christmas Day 1785. Neu-Falkenstein was the center of the Mennonites in Galicia until about 1800, when Einsiedel became the center. Neu-Falkenstein is probably identical with Falkenstein.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Neu-Falkenstein (Galicia, Austria)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Neu-Falkenstein_(Galicia,_Austria)&oldid=108681.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Neu-Falkenstein (Galicia, Austria). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Neu-Falkenstein_(Galicia,_Austria)&oldid=108681.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 848. All rights reserved.
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