Rosenort, Manitoba
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Rosenort is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district[1] in Manitoba located about 17 kilometres from Morris and about 47 kilometres south of Winnipeg. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Morris which had a population of 3,047 inhabitants in 2016.[2]
The location is named after a Mennonite village in Imperial Russia. The name means "Village of Roses" or "Place of Roses" in German. A post office was located on 32-5-1E and was opened in 1899. Rosenort has a K-12 school that is a part of the Red River Valley School Division.
The community was settled in the 1874 by 31 Plautdietsch speaking families of Mennonites of German descent, who came from Chortitza Colony in the Russian Empire. Until today Rosenort is inhabited by people with typical Mennonite names like Friesen, Loewen, Dueck/Dyck, Rempel, Kroeker, Siemens, Reimer, Klassen, Thiessen, Toews, Waldner etc.
References
- ^ "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
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- Geographic Names of Manitoba (Rosenort: pg. 233) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
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