 Johann Cornies

Johann(es) Cornies (20 June 1789 – 13 March 1848) was a Prussian Mennonite settler in the Russian Empire, who became an important agricultural and architectural reformer for the Mennonites, Hutterites and other minorities in the Russian Empire.Cornies was born in the Vistula delta Mennonite settlement of Bärwalde "(Niedźwiedzica)", near Danzig (Gdańsk) in West Prussia.