Neukirch (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)
Neukirch (known as Udarrik in Russian and Udarnik / Udarnyk in Ukrainian; coordinates: 47.0518, 35.8617 [47° 03' 06" N, 35° 51' 42" E]; population of 242 in 1838, 507 in 1914, 385 in 1939) was a village in the south of the Molotschna Mennonite settlement in Ukraine. It was located north of Friedensruh, east of Lichtfelde, and west of Prangenau.
Neukirch was settled in 1820 by 21 Mennonite families from Marienburg, Elbing, and Tiegenhof in (former) West Prussia, Germany. By 1910 there were 168 Mennonite families with 526 persons living on 52 farms in the village, which embraced 4,400 acres of land. A church was built in the village in 1865.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 212.
Mannhardt, H. G. Jahrbuch der altevangelischen Taufgesinnten oder Mennoniten (1888): 68.
Neuer Haus- und Landwirtschafts-Kalender für deutsche Ansiedler im südlichen Russland (1911): 111-112.
| Author(s) | Cornelius Krahn |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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Krahn, Cornelius. (1957). Neukirch (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Neukirch_(Molotschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine)&oldid=176306.
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