Excursion in 1 hour. Mennonites

The modern settlement consists of two Mennonite colonies at once - Khortytsya and also Rosenthal.

If you you face against the Mennonite Monument, which appeared in 2009, you can see the schoolyard on the right.

The White House deserves special attention.   Once in the building there was the Central School of the Khortytsa Colony (Zentralschule).  The largest wing of this building ( stay perpendicular to Istomin Street) was built in 1891.  It had a small outbuilding with a small bell tower and large clocks manufactured by the local Krieger watch factory.

Walking on the park path up - to the old building of dark brick.  Pay attention to how originally designed and skillfully executed the front facade of the building - well, it's  very modern!

Nowdays here is one of the buildings of the 81st school.  And once the biography of Zaporizhzhya Pedagogical College began here.  The building was built in 1913 to educate future teachers.  Here was "Lehrerseminare" - a teacher's seminary.  Teachers for Mennonite schools were trained in these strong walls.  In every Mennonite settlement there was a primary school - "Dorfschule" (rural school).  Secondary education could be obtained in the "Zentral Schule" - Central School.  These schools were compulsory for all Mennonite children between the ages of 6 and 14.  This was due to the confessional characteristics of the Mennonite

If you want to  become a full member of the Mennonite community, you had to be able to read and interpret the Bible.

We will complete our virtual journey.  However, the history of the Mennonites in Zaporizhzhia does not end there.  Our city still has many incredible stories

Excursion based on the materials of Roman Akbash