Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kronsthal Consolidated School No. 1994 / Kronsthal School (Kronsthal, Municipality of Rhineland)

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The Kronsthal Consolidated School District was established in April 1958 following the consolidation of the Kronsthal School District No. 2133 with the Exeter School District No. 1994 and Aesop School No. 2132. A new school was built at SW17-1-2 West of the Prime Meridian within the community of Kronsthal in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland. The school operated at least into the 1990s as part of the Rhineland School Division.

Once decommissioned as a school, the classroom section of the structure was demolished and the former auditorium was converted into offices for an agricultural business. What remained of the building was demolished between 2020 and 2023.

Principals

Period	Principal
1959-1961	Frank H. Zacharias
1961-1964	Abram Peters
1964-1965	Larry Neufeld
1965-1975	Menno Martin Friesen
1975-1976	Peter Abram Petkau
1976-1977	Peter Alvin Toews
1977-1981	Bernard Klassen

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1959-1960	Katherine Friesen (grades 4-6), Martha Elizabeth Tiessen (grades 1-3), Frank H. Zacharias (grades 7-10)
1960-1961	Lydia Marie Ens (grades 1-3), Katherine Friesen (grades 4-6), Frank H. Zacharias (grades 7-10)
1961-1962	Lydia Marie Ens (grades 1-2), Katherine Friesen (grades 3-5), Larry Neufeld (grades 6-8), Abram Peters (grades 9-11)
1962-1963	Lydia Marie Ens (grades 1-2), Elisabeth Krueger (grades 3-5), Larry Neufeld (grades 6-8), Abram Peters (grades 9-11)
1963-1964	Lydia Marie Ens (grades 1-3, August-September; grade 1, September-June), Eva Hildebrand (grades 2-3), Elisabeth Krueger (grades 3-5, August-September; grades 4-5, September-June), Larry Neufeld (grades 6-8), Abram Peters (grades 9-10)
1964-1965	Lydia Marie Ens (grades 1-2), Elisabeth Krueger (grades 5-6), Larry Neufeld (grades 7-8), Mary Neufeld (grades 3-4)
1965-1966	Katherine June Bergen (grades 1-2), Edna Mary Enns (grades 3-4), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Elisabeth Krueger (grades 2 & 5-6)
1966-1967	Katherine June Bergen (grades 1-2), Edna Mary Enns (grades 1 & 3-4), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Elisabeth Krueger (grades 1 & 5-6)
1967-1968	Katherine June Bergen (grades 1-2), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Elisabeth Krueger (grades 4-6)
1968-1969	Menno Martin Friesen (grades 6-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-5), Elizabeth M. Hoeppner (grades 1-2)
1969-1970	Caroline Ann Ens (grades 1-2), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6)
1970-1971	Linda Helen Dueck (grades 1-2), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6)
1971-1972	Linda Helen Dueck (grades 1-2), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6)
1972-1973	Sylvia Dueck (grades 1-2), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6)
1973-1974	Sylvia Dueck (grades 1-2), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6)
1974-1975	Linda Helen Dueck (grades 1-2), Menno Martin Friesen (grades 7-8), Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6)
1975-1976	Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Abram Petkau (grades 7-8), Toni A. Schroeder (grades 1-2, September-June), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6), Valerie Wiebe (grades 1-2, September)
1976-1977	Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 3-4), Peter Abram Petkau (grades 7-8), Toni A. Schroeder (grades 1-2), Peter Alvin Toews (grades 5-6)
1977-1978	Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 4-6), Marilyn Louise Funk (grades 1-3), Bernard Klassen (grades 7-8)
1978-1979	Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 4-6), Marilyn Louise Funk (grades 1-3), Bernard Klassen (grades 7-8)
1979-1980	Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 4-6), Marilyn Louise Funk (grades 1-3), Bernard Klassen (grades 7-8)
1980-1981	Nellie Irene Friesen (grades 4-6), Marilyn Louise Funk (grades 1-3), Bernard Klassen (grades 7-8)

Photos & Coordinates

Kronsthal School (October 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 12 Kronsthal School. The gymnasium from the former Kronsthal Consolidated School building, used as office space for an agricultural business. (May 2014) Source: Frank Kehler Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.03519, W97.72855 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kronsthal School No. 68 (RM of Rhineland)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kronsthal School No. 2133 (RM of Rhineland)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Exeter School No. 1994 (Neuhorst, RM of Rhineland)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Neu Kronsthal School No. 1137 (RM of Rhineland)

Sources:

Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, Kronsthal School - File 12, Local Government Boundaries Commission, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Kronsthal School District No. 2133 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Altona East topographic map, 62H/4 East, Edition 1 ASE, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

We thank Frank Kehler for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 21 March 2026

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