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− | Neukirch was a village in the south of the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna Mennonite settlement]] in [[Ukraine|Ukraine]]. It was settled in 1820 by 21 Mennonite families from [[Marienburg (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Marienburg]], [[Elbing (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Elbing]], and [[Tiegenhof (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Tiegenhof]] in (former) [[West Prussia|West Prussia]], [[Germany|Germany]]. By 1910 there were 168 Mennonite families with 526 persons living on 52 farms in the village, which embraced 4,400 acres of land. A church was built in the village in 1865. | + | Neukirch (known as Udarrik in Russian and Udarnik / Udarnyk in Ukrainian; coordinates: 47.0518, 35.8617 [47° 03' 06" N, 35° 51' 42" E]; population of 242 in 1838, 507 in 1914, 385 in 1939) was a village in the south of the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna Mennonite settlement]] in [[Ukraine|Ukraine]]. It was located north of Friedensruh, east of [[Lichtfelde (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Lichtfelde]], and west of [[Prangenau (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Prangenau]]. |
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+ | Neukirch was settled in 1820 by 21 Mennonite families from [[Marienburg (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Marienburg]], [[Elbing (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Elbing]], and [[Tiegenhof (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Tiegenhof]] in (former) [[West Prussia|West Prussia]], [[Germany|Germany]]. By 1910 there were 168 Mennonite families with 526 persons living on 52 farms in the village, which embraced 4,400 acres of land. A church was built in the village in 1865. | ||
See [[Neukirch Mennonite Church (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Neukirch Mennonite Church ]] | See [[Neukirch Mennonite Church (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Neukirch Mennonite Church ]] |
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Neukirch (known as Udarrik in Russian and Udarnik / Udarnyk in Ukrainian; coordinates: 47.0518, 35.8617 [47° 03' 06" N, 35° 51' 42" E]; population of 242 in 1838, 507 in 1914, 385 in 1939) was a village in the south of the Molotschna Mennonite settlement in Ukraine. It was located north of Friedensruh, east of Lichtfelde, and west of Prangenau.
Neukirch was settled in 1820 by 21 Mennonite families from Marienburg, Elbing, and Tiegenhof in (former) West Prussia, Germany. By 1910 there were 168 Mennonite families with 526 persons living on 52 farms in the village, which embraced 4,400 acres of land. A church was built in the village in 1865.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 212.
Mannhardt, H. G. Jahrbuch der altevangelischen Taufgesinnten oder Mennoniten (1888): 68.
Neuer Haus- und Landwirtschafts-Kalender für deutsche Ansiedler im südlichen Russland (1911): 111-112.
Author(s) | Cornelius Krahn |
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Date Published | 1957 |
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Krahn, Cornelius. "Neukirch (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 1 Sep 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Neukirch_(Molotschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=176306.
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Krahn, Cornelius. (1957). Neukirch (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 1 September 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Neukirch_(Molotschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=176306.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 852. All rights reserved.
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