Zomergem (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)
Zomerg(h)em, a hamlet near Ghent, Belgium (coordinates: 51° 7′ 0″ N, 3° 33′ 0″ E), where the Mennonites from near and far used to meet after nearly all the Mennonite congregations in Belgium had died out because of persecution. In 1630 Elder Jacques van Maldeghem was still preaching in the meetinghouse (preeckhuys) at Zomergem, but in that year this last center of Flemish Mennonitism was given up.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1876): 96, 101-4, 109.
Maps
Map:Zomergem (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Zomergem (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Zomergem_(Oost-Vlaanderen,_Belgium)&oldid=94002.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Zomergem (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Zomergem_(Oost-Vlaanderen,_Belgium)&oldid=94002.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1037. All rights reserved.
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