Rauschenburg (Alsace, France)

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Rauschenburg (Rauschenbourg), an estate near Ingweiller (Ingwiller) in Alsace listed in the Dutch [[Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de Vereenigde Nederlanden|Naamlijsts]] of 1775 and 1780 ("Ruseburg" in the district "Leeuwenhoff") as the seat of an Amish Mennonite congregation, of which Nikolaus (Nicolaas) Koch was an elder and Abraham Oesch (Esch) a preacher. According to Hermann Guth, Amish Mennonites were leaseholders on the estate at the middle of the 18th century and the district was then known as Löwenhaupt. Oesch was likely the son-in-law of Koch.

Bibliography

Guth, Hermann. Amish Mennonites in Germany: Their Congregations, the Estates Where They Lived, Their Families. Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 1995: 101.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Joe Springer
Date Published February 2009

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Zijpp, Nanne van der and Joe Springer. "Rauschenburg (Alsace, France)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 2009. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rauschenburg_(Alsace,_France)&oldid=110787.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der and Joe Springer. (February 2009). Rauschenburg (Alsace, France). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rauschenburg_(Alsace,_France)&oldid=110787.



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