The Grossweide School District was established in September 1893 by Rhineland Municipal By-Law No. 28 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at NE20-3-2W in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland. The district was dissolved in January 1971 and its area became part of the Plum Coulee Consolidated School District and later the Rhineland School Division. The school yard was bought by the farmer who owned the adjoining land and the former school building was moved to the yard of the son of the man who had originally donated the school site. In 1991, a school reunion was held, during which a commemorative metal marker was erected at the school site.
Among the teachers of Grossweide School were D. D. Duerksen (Fall 1945 - Spring 1947), Jacob Krueger (Fall 1947 - Spring 1948), Abraham “Abe” Toews (Fall 1948 - Spring 1952), John Enns (Fall 1952 - Spring 1955), John Klassen (Fall 1955 - Spring 1959), Herb Warkentin (Fall 1959 - Spring 1960, Fall 1961 - Spring 1964), Pete Hildebrand (Fall 1960 - Spring 1961), Jake Driedger (Fall 1964 - Spring 1965), Menno Giesbrecht (Fall 1965 - Spring 1967), F. G. Blatz (Fall 1967), D. H. Dueck (Spring - Fall 1968), and Mary Dueck (Spring 1969).
Grossweide School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 126.
Grossweide School (no date)
Source: Jim Dyck
Grossweide School commemorative sign (November 2021)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.23410, W97.68547
denoted by symbol on the map above
Cummin’s Rural Directory Map for Manitoba published by the Cummins Map Company, 404 Chambers of Commerce, Winnipeg, 1923. [Copies held by Edward M. Ledohowski and Gordon Goldsborough]
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
Prairie Roots and Branches by Arnie Neufeld, Heritage Valley Publications, 1995.
Obituary [John Enns], Mennonite Brethren Herald, 1 June 2010.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Grossweide School District No. 786 - Daily Register, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Grossweide School District No. 786 - Cash Books, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Pam Klassen for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre), Jim Dyck, Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, and Rose Kuzina.
Page revised: 6 March 2024
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