house in Gartental, 2010

Gartental is a Mennonite agricultural settlement in Río Negro Department, Uruguay. It is located 360 km (220 mi) NW of Montevideo, near San Javier, not far from Route 24.

Established in 1951 by Vistula delta Mennonites who came from West Prussia, Danzig and Poland to Uruguay.[1] Its German name means "garden valley".

Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Gartental.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ William Schroeder; Helmut Huebert (1996). Mennonite historical atlas. Kindred Productions. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-0-920643-05-1. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 29/51.
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