Bon Homme Hutterite Colony, located in
Bon Homme County, South Dakota, is the mother colony of all
Schmiedeleut Hutterite Colonies in North America and also the oldest
Hutterite Colony in the world still in existence.
It was founded in 1874 by Hutterite immigrants from what is today Ukraine under the leadership of Michael Waldner (1834–1889), who reestablished communal living among the Hutterites in
Hutterdorf, Ukraine
Kushchove ( uk, Кущове ''Kushchove'') is a small village in Orikhiv Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine, some 35 km east of Zaporizhia. It has population of 191 people.
Originally it was founded as Hutterdorf also known as Kucheva (Germa ...
, in 1859. It was the only Hutterite Colony that did not relocate to Canada after
World War I.
Bon Homme Hutterite Colony in 2012 belonged to the more conservative Committee Hutterites, also called Schmiedeleut 2.
Bon Homme Hutterite Colony (Tabor, South Dakota, USA) at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
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See also
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* Bon Homme Colony, South Dakota, census-designated place covering the colony
References
Geography of Bon Homme County, South Dakota
German-Russian culture in South Dakota
Hutterite communities in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota
Populated places established in 1874
1874 establishments in Dakota Territory
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