Sixteenth-century settlement · tradition
Danzig and Prussian Mennonites
Mennonite communities in the Vistula region linked Dutch Anabaptist histories with later migrations into the Russian Empire.
The photographed timeline follows Dutch Mennonite lines into Danzig and Prussia. Congregations in the Vistula region included differing Flemish and Frisian traditions, so this geographical label does not identify a single denomination.
Letters preserved by Mennonite Heritage Archives connect Prussian congregations with the early Chortitza settlement. They include correspondence from 1789 and a 1791 letter from the Danzig Flemish church. These documents let readers follow migration through the voices of the communities involved. The chart also records the disruption of Danzig and Prussian congregations during the Second World War and continuing congregations in northwestern Germany.
Sources for this history: [1] [2] [3]
