Kronau, Saskatchewan
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Kronau is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan located 28 km (17.5 miles) south east of Regina on Highway 33 in the R.M. of Lajord No. 128, Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 209 in the Canada 2006 Census.[1]
History
The area of Kronau was first settled by German-Russians from near the Black Sea and German-Americans from the northern United States during the late 19th and early 20th century.[2]
Heritage sites
- St. Peter's Church and Grotto at St. Peter's Colony[3] is twelve kilometres east of Kronau. The Catholic church was completed in 1904 next to a cemetery established in 1892. The grotto built in 1917 by Father Henry Metzger became a pilgrimage site.[4] Father Metzger, a noted artist,[5] also painted the Stations of the Cross[6] in the church. The church and grotto site was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2010.[7]
- Kronau Bethlehem Heritage Cemetery or Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery was established in 1896.[8] and was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Demographics
Amenities
- Kronau Memorial Hall (built in the late 1940s to honor the soldiers coming home from WWII)
- Kronau Heritage Museum
- gas station
- curling rink
- outdoor skating rink
- Schnider's Ice Cream Shop
Kronau was once home of the Saar Elementary School, featuring the Eagle mascot.
References
- ↑ Canada 2006 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
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