The Fernheim Colony is a Plautdietsch-speaking settlement of Mennonites originally from Russia of about 5000 in the Chaco of Paraguay. Mennonites from the Soviet Union founded it between 1930 and 1932.
Filadelfia is the administrative center of the colony, seat of Boquerón department and is considered the 'Capital of the Chaco'. Fernheim is the second Mennonite colony in Paraguay, after Menno Colony.
The Fernheim Colony is a Plautdietsch-speaking settlement of Mennonites originally from Russia of about 5000 in the Chaco of Paraguay. Mennonites from the Soviet Union founded it between 1930 and 1932.
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