Montauerweide (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Montauerweide (formerly known as Pastwisko Montki, Pastwisko Przy Montowach, Montowskie Pastwisko, Muntauerweyde, Montauer Weide; now known as Mątowskie Pastwiska; coordinates: 53.847778 N, 18.934444 E [53° 50′ 52″ N, 18° 56′ 4″ E]; population in 1905, 254, in 1939, 364, in 2012, 200), is located 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk in the Marienburg Marsh near the Vistula, West Prussia. In 1730 it was rented in long-lease to a number of Dutch farmers; soon the majority of the inhabitants were Mennonites, belonging to the congregation of Zwanzigerweide, later Tragheimerweide. Among the names are Unrau (6), Stobbe (3), Penner (2), Sibert (2), Schultz (2), Harder, Claass, Tgart, Ewert, Harm, Pauls, Jantz, Nickel, Ediger, Frantz, Bartel, Woelms, Block, Baltzer.
Bibliography
"Familienforschung in Westpreußen." Hans-Jürgen Wolf. Web. 29 September 2012. http://www.westpreussen.de.
"Mątowskie Pastwiska." Wikipedia. Web. 30 September 2012. Pastwiska http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mątowskie Pastwiska.
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Wiebe, Herbert. Das Siedlungswerk niederländischer Mennoniten im Weichseltal zwischen Fordon und Weissenberg bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts. Marburg a.d. Lahn : Johann Gottfried Herder-Institut, 1952: 40, 84 f.
Maps
Map:Mątowskie Pastwiska (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Richard D. Thiessen | |
| Date Published | September 2012 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne and Richard D. Thiessen. "Montauerweide (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. September 2012. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Montauerweide_(Pomeranian_Voivodeship,_Poland)&oldid=90132.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne and Richard D. Thiessen. (September 2012). Montauerweide (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Montauerweide_(Pomeranian_Voivodeship,_Poland)&oldid=90132.
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