Dammersfeld (Ballenstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)
Dammersfeld (Thankmarsfelde) was once a Benedictine monastery, near Ballenstedt in the Harz, on which Prince Friedrich Albrecht settled a Swiss Mennonite family by the name of Sommer in 1787. They remained here until 1816, and were highly esteemed for their piety and economic capability. Very likely, they became homesick and returned to their Swiss mountains
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 388.
Mennonitische Blätter (1859): 39.
Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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Date Published | 1955 |
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Neff, Christian. "Dammersfeld (Ballenstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Dammersfeld_(Ballenstedt,_Sachsen-Anhalt,_Germany)&oldid=144067.
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Neff, Christian. (1955). Dammersfeld (Ballenstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Dammersfeld_(Ballenstedt,_Sachsen-Anhalt,_Germany)&oldid=144067.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 5. All rights reserved.
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