Orłowskie Pole Mennonite Cemetery
Also known as Cmentarz Mennonicki w Orłowskim Polu
Powiat nowodworski, Pomorskie, Poland
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Powiat nowodworski, Pomorskie, 82-100 PolandCoordinates: 54.21528, 19.07139 - Cemetery ID:
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Surrounded by trees, the Mennonite Cemetery in Orłowskie (formerly Orłowskie Pole) is located in the northern part of the village and was connected to the Mennonite prayer house, built in the mid-18th century. The cemetery has several well preserved headstones. The headstones have been under the care of a Polish-German-Dutch youth group in recent years. During the cleaning work, Peter Stobbe's headstone was excavated. Peter was a former distillery owner and producer of juniper Machandel, an old Gdansk national drink distilled from juniper berries. A type of Gin.
The Orlofferfelde Mennonite Cemetery is located in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. (54.215278, 19.071389)
Formerly located in the County of Gross Werder, in West Prussia after 1773. Before 1773 it was located in Royal Prussia or Polish Prussia.
Orlofferfelde was situated in the district (Kreis) of Marienburg until the establishment of the Free City of Danzig in 1920. The village came under the control of Nazi Germany during World War II until February 1945, when it was occupied by Soviet forces and returned to Poland. In 2012 Orlofferfelde (now Orłowskie Pole) was a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The 1776 Prussian census lists 15 Mennonite families in Orlofferfelde, all members of the Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church, with the following surnames: Daniels, Dick, Dircksen, Friesen, Froese, Gerbrand, Grunau, Harms, Hein, Jantzen, Janzen, Jopp, Martens, Nickel, Penner, Quiring, Schroeder, Spenst, and Unger. In 1820 the village of Orlofferfelde had 169 inhabitants, of which 89 were Mennonites.
One of the villages using this cemetery was Pietzkendorf, now Pieczewo.
Surrounded by trees, the Mennonite Cemetery in Orłowskie (formerly Orłowskie Pole) is located in the northern part of the village and was connected to the Mennonite prayer house, built in the mid-18th century. The cemetery has several well preserved headstones. The headstones have been under the care of a Polish-German-Dutch youth group in recent years. During the cleaning work, Peter Stobbe's headstone was excavated. Peter was a former distillery owner and producer of juniper Machandel, an old Gdansk national drink distilled from juniper berries. A type of Gin.
The Orlofferfelde Mennonite Cemetery is located in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. (54.215278, 19.071389)
Formerly located in the County of Gross Werder, in West Prussia after 1773. Before 1773 it was located in Royal Prussia or Polish Prussia.
Orlofferfelde was situated in the district (Kreis) of Marienburg until the establishment of the Free City of Danzig in 1920. The village came under the control of Nazi Germany during World War II until February 1945, when it was occupied by Soviet forces and returned to Poland. In 2012 Orlofferfelde (now Orłowskie Pole) was a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The 1776 Prussian census lists 15 Mennonite families in Orlofferfelde, all members of the Orlofferfelde Frisian Mennonite Church, with the following surnames: Daniels, Dick, Dircksen, Friesen, Froese, Gerbrand, Grunau, Harms, Hein, Jantzen, Janzen, Jopp, Martens, Nickel, Penner, Quiring, Schroeder, Spenst, and Unger. In 1820 the village of Orlofferfelde had 169 inhabitants, of which 89 were Mennonites.
One of the villages using this cemetery was Pietzkendorf, now Pieczewo.
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- Added: 4 Jun 2017
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