Kronau, Saskatchewan
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 Rural Municipality of Lajord No. 128. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 209 in the Canada 2006 Census.[1]
History
[edit]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
[edit]- St. Peter's Church and Grotto at St. Peter's Colony[3] is 12 km 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
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kronau had a population of 288 living in 101 of its 103 total private dwellings, a change of -26.9% from its 2016 population of 394. With a land area of 0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 429.9/km2 (1,113.3/sq mi) in 2021.[10]
| 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Population | 250 (+23.4% from 2006) |
| Land area | 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population density | 390.1/km2 (1,010/sq mi) |
| Median age | 32.9 (M: 30.6, F: 36.0) |
| Private dwellings | 84 (total) |
| Median household income |
Amenities
[edit]- Kronau Memorial Hall (built in the late 1940s to honour the soldiers coming home from World War II)
- Kronau Heritage Museum
- gas station
- curling rink
- outdoor skating rink
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Canada 2006 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
- ^ "Saskatchewan's Marian Shrines". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "NDSU Library (Germans from Russia)". Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ "Saskatchewan's Marian Shrines". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Artist: Father (Henry) Metzger". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "NDSU Libraries". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Canada's Historic Places". Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Canada's Historic Places" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Saskatchewan 1936 (see page 105)" (PDF). Government of Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
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