Johannesruh

Johannesruh was a Hutterite village in Melitopolsky Rayon, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine, some 20 km west of Melitopol in southern Taurida, founded in 1852/3.

The village was founded by 17 Hutterites families from Hutterthal, some 4 km south of the new village. It was named after Johann Cornies, who had helped the Hutterites to relocate from Radichev. In 1857 some 35 Hutterite families under the leadership of Georg Waldner (1794–1857) left Johannesruh and moved to Hutterdorf, where they had purchased 1,500 desiatinas of land to reestablish communal living. In 1877 the German inhabitants of Johannesruh migrated to the United States.[1]

References

  1. ↑ John A. Hostetler: Hutterite Society, Baltimore, MD, 1974, page 107.

Coordinates: 46°47′06″N 35°12′36″E / 46.785°N 35.21°E / 46.785; 35.21

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