Alt Bergthal Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)

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Alt Bergthal (also called Bergthal) was a Mennonite colony founded in 1963 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia to eventually dissolve in 1986. The colony comprised a land area of 7,400 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Menno (Paraguay) and some from Canada.

Bibliography

Le Polain de Waroux, Yann, Janice Neumann, Anna O’Driscoll and Kerstin Schreiber. “Pious pioneers: the expansion of Mennonite colonies in Latin America.” Journal of Land Use Science 16, no. 1 (2021): 1-17.


Author(s) Samuel Boucher
Date Published June 2023

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Boucher, Samuel. "Alt Bergthal Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Alt_Bergthal_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176003.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Alt Bergthal Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Alt_Bergthal_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176003.



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