Niederausmass and Oberausmass (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Niederausmass (also known as Nieder Ausmaaß, Nieder Ausmaß, Niederuasmaaß, and Niederausmaß, now known as Dolne Wymiary; coordinates: 53.39, 18.5383 [53° 24′ 0″ N, 18° 32′ 0″ E]; population in 1852, 278, in 1905, 353), lies 9 kilometres (6 miles) north-east of Chełmno (Culm), 42 km. (26 miles) north of Toruń, and 48 km. (30 miles) north-east of Bydgoszcz. Oberausmass (also known as Ober Ausmaaß, Ober Ausmaß, Oberausmaaß, and Oberausmaß, now known as Górne Wymiary; coordinates: 53.385, 18.503889 [53° 23′ 6″ N, 18° 30′ 14″ E]; population in 1852, 260, in 1905, 347), lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 miles) east of Chełmno (Culm), 40 km. (25 miles) north of Toruń, and 45 km. (28 miles) north-east of Bydgoszcz.
These two villages in West Prussia, Germany (Polish before 1772 and after 1919), belonging to the territory of the city of Culm (now Chełmno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland), were largely inhabited by Dutch families who settled there shortly after 1600. Most of them may have been Mennonites. Niederausmass was a Mennonite village belonging to the Schönsee congregation and had a Mennonite school.
Bibliography
"Familienforschung in Westpreußen." Hans-Jürgen Wolf. Web. 29 September 2012. http://www.westpreussen.de.
Mennonite Life 10 (April 1955): 76, 78.
Wiebe, H. Das Siedlungswerk niederlandischer Mennoniten im Weichseltal. Marburg a. d. Lahn, 1952: 13, 33, 97.
Wikipedia. "Dolne Wymiary." Web. 30 September 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolne_Wymiary.
Wikipedia. "Górne Wymiary." Web. 30 September 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Górne Wymiary.
Maps
Map:Dolne Wymiary (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) Map:Górne Wymiary (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Richard D. Thiessen | |
| Date Published | September 2012 |
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