Reinfeld Colony

Mennonites from Reinfeld on a Saturday in San Ignacio.

Reinfeld Colony is a Mennonite settlement in Misiones Department in Paraguay that was foundet in 1965/66 on 500 hectares of land near San Ignacio by people from Sommerfeld and Bergthal Mennonite settlements in Paraguay. The settlement emerged from a conservative split of people who refused modernisation trends in their home settlements.[1]

Over the years, the area of the coolony increased to 882 hectares through the purchase of additional land. Like other Mennonite colonies the inhabitants practice agriculture, mostly maize and soja, and livestock farming, especially dairy farming and also cheese and egg production. They are descendants of Russian Mennonites, who speak Plautdietsch.[2][3][4]

In 1986 there were 120 persons in 20 families in the settlement, of whom 64 were members of the congregation. In 2022 there were 365 persons in the settlement.[5][6]

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26°56′20″S 56°57′39″W / 26.9388°S 56.9607°W / -26.9388; -56.9607

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