Neubergthal Street Village National Historic Site of Canada
Neubergthal Street Village Village de Neubergthal Links and
documents 1876/01/01 to 1880/01/01 Listed on the Canadian
Register: Statement of Significance Description of Historic
Place Neubergthal Street Village National Historic Site of
Canada was founded in 1876 by a group of related Mennonite
families on the open plains of southern Manitoba. The village is
now surrounded by flat farmland. The community occupies six
sections of land where residences, farmyards, and communally
owned arable fields and pasturelands are arranged in long narrow
farmsteads. The farmsteads that form the village are positioned
in traditional fashion behind fencing along a single tree-lined
street, creating a distinct identity. Official recognition
refers to the street village on the block of six sections of
land. Neubergthal Street Village was designated a national
historic site of Canada in 1989 because: - Mennonite Street
Villages are Prairie settlement forms of both nati