Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada

Rosenort, Manitoba, is an unincorporated community recognized as a List of local urban districts in Manitoba, local urban district within the Rural Municipality of Morris about 17 kilometres from the town of Morris, Manitoba, Morris and about 47 kilometres south of Winnipeg. Rosenort is named after a Russian Mennonite, Mennonite village in Russian Empire, Imperial Russia, meaning 'Rose Garden' in German language, German. A post office was located on 32-5-1E and was opened in 1899. Rosenort has a K-12 school that is a part of the Red River Valley School Division. Rosenort was established in 1874 after David Klassen, a Kleine Gemeinde Mennonite delegate and signer of the Privilegium of 1873 (Canada), Privilegium decided to establish a settlement along what is now called the Morris River rather than settle in the nearby East Reserve. The area became known the Scratching River Settlement. The community was settled by 31 Plautdietsch-speaking families of Mennonites of Dutch descent, who came from the Molotschna colony in the Russian Empire, whose descendants continue to have a significant presence in the community.

Demographics

In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rosenort had a population of 798 living in 275 of its 283 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 701. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

*Jordan Peters, curler

References

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba (Rosenort: pg. 233)'' - the Millennium Bureau of Canada Designated places in Manitoba Local urban districts in Manitoba Mennonitism in Manitoba Russian Mennonite diaspora in Canada Unincorporated communities in Pembina Valley Region {{Manitoba-geo-stub