Amish European Heritage Tour – Third Update
By John Sharp, Tour Leader
Still on the trail of Jacob Ammann, the tailor-elder of the Amish: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mine and Ohnenheim, Alsace, France.
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Ohnenheim: “The way I see it, the division did not have to happen.”
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The mill at Ohnenheim, scene of a last-ditch effort to reconcile the differences between Ammann and the Mennonites. As the meeting ended, one of them said, “There you have it.” It was over.
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Jacob Ammann’s home in the 1690s— at the foot of the ridge, upstream from Saint-Mary-of-the-Mines. (Thanks to Leroy Beachy for the location tip.)