# Danzig and Prussian Mennonites

Sixteenth-century settlement · Overview

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.



- [Mennonite Heritage Archives: early Chortitza correspondence](https://www.mharchives.ca/documents-regarding-the-early-chortitza-mennonite-settlement/)
- [Supplied timeline photograph 9377](https://github.com/trueChristian/history.truechristian.church/blob/main/sources/church-history/photos/IMG_9377.jpg)
- [Supplied timeline photograph 9380](https://github.com/trueChristian/history.truechristian.church/blob/main/sources/church-history/photos/IMG_9380.jpg)

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