Locations and Landmarks
A GPS Project
Places in Europe:
Source: Guth, Hermann; "Amish Mennonites in German"; Chapter 8, page 70 - 89, "The Zweibrücken Congregation":
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PLACE ........................... LOCATION
Heckenaschbacherhof -- 49.2141, 7.41229
Offweilerhof -- 49.2231, 7.43253
Zweibrücken -- 49.2469, 7.3608
Pirmasens -- 49.2037, 7.60483
Izheim -- 49.2336, 7.36118
Ernstweiler -- 49.2529, 7.34614
Conwig -- 49.2496, 7.4257
Felsenbrunnerhof-- 49.1444, 7.57307
Monbijou -- 49.1959, 7.41184
Kirschbacherhof -- 49.2068, 7.42923
Wahlerhof -- 49.2019, 7.31476
Bickenaschbacherhof -- 49.194, 7.32491
Brenschelbach -- 49.1517, 7.33484
Freudenbergerhof -- 49.2641, 7.34703
Gersbergerhof -- 49.2833, 7.4
Hornbach -- 49.1875, 7.36827
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Places in Europe
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NAMES Associated with these places: (Guth, page 70 - Zweibrücken Congregation)
Heckenaschbacherhof - Nicholas Hauter, Jacob Weis - 1742, Schrag, Kinzinger, Stalter
Offweilerhof - Roggy, Stalter, Schmitt, Steinmann, Güngerich
Pirmasens -
Izheim - A Mennonite congregation (hook and eye), as early as the middle of the 18th century; see also “Ernstweiler”.
Ernstweiler - A Mennonite congregation (button), as early as the middle of the 18th century. Family names associated with these two congregations: Stalter, Hauter, Oesch, Guth, Güngerich, Nafziger, Kinsinger, Schrag, Dettweiler, Leyenberger, Roggy, Eyer, and Reidiger.
Conwig
Felsenbrunnerhof - Christian Eyer (d. 1829)
Monbijou - Hauter, Stalter
Kirschbacherhof - Andreas Leyenberger, Daniel Oesch, Benedikt Bollinger - 1742, Stalter
Wahlerhof - Stalter, Oesch
Bickenaschbacherhof - Hauter, Stalter
Brenschelbach - Hauter
Freudenbergerhof - Rudolf Schmitt, Ulrich Koller, Wittmer, Schrag, Güngerich, Guth
Gersbergerhof - Hans and ChristianStalter - 1742
Hornbach - (at the Oberhof, near Hornbach) Ulrich Schnebele - 1733