Historic Sites of Manitoba: Neuanlage Village Mennonite Monument (Municipality of Rhineland)

This site near Gretna in the Municipality of Rhineland has two gravestones and a monument, erected in 1950, commemorating the 75th anniversary of Mennonite settlement in the West Reserve.

Neuanlage Village Mennonite Monument

Neuanlage Village Mennonite Monument (September 2011)
Source: Peter McLure

Neuanlage Village Mennonite Monument

Neuanlage Village Mennonite Monument (September 2011)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Neuanlage Village Mennonite Monument

Neuanlage Village Mennonite Monument (August 2020)
Source: George Penner

Gravestone of David A. Schellenberg who homesteaded on this section of land

Gravestone of David A. Schellenberg who homesteaded on this section of land (September 2011)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Gravestone of Heinrich Wiebe, first minister of the Edenburg Church

Gravestone of Heinrich Wiebe, first minister of the Edenburg Church (September 2011)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.01520, W97.54908
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Neuanlage Mennonite Village and Cemetery (RM of Hanover)

Sources:

Neuanlage Village Mennonite Cemetery, Waymarking.

We thank Peter McLure, Rose Kuzina, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 January 2023

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