📍 Open in OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Emmental, Canton Bern, Switzerland · coordinates 46.94, 7.79 (exact)
About
Legal home town (Heimatort) of the Neuenschwander and Lehman (Leeman) families even after they moved to the Jura. The Bern state archive’s K Langnau 36, the Heimatrodel der Täuferfamilien von Langnau, 1791–1870, lists these Jura-dwelling Anabaptist families. Langnau got anti-Anabaptist schools and parishes in 1719. Registers 1555–1875 online (37 volumes).
Narratives and research
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.