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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.

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Map of Kronau, SK, Canada

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.

Heritage sites

  • St. Peter's Church and Grotto at St. Peter's Colony 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. Father Metzger, a noted artist, also painted the Stations of the Cross in the church. The church and grotto site was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2010.
  • Kronau Bethlehem Heritage Cemetery or Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery was established in 1896. and was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 1985.

    • Amenities

  • Kronau Memorial Hall (built in the late 1940s to honor the soldiers coming home from World War II)
  • 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

    Kronau, Saskatchewan Wikipedia
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