Kronau, Saskatchewan Explained

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

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

• 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

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 from its 2016 population of 394. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.^[9]

Amenities

• 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

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

50.3083°N -104.2969°W

Notes and References

1. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47&CMA=0 Canada 2006 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
2. Web site: Saskatchewan’s Marian Shrines. 2013-01-09.
3. Web site: NDSU Library (Germans from Russia) . 2013-02-28.
4. Web site: Saskatchewan’s Marian Shrines. 2013-01-09.
5. Web site: Saskatchewan Artist: Father (Henry) Metzger. 2013-01-09 .
6. Web site: NDSU Libraries. 2013-01-09.
7. Web site: Canada's Historic Places. 2013-01-09.
8. Web site: Canada's Historic Places. 2013-01-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019012751/http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/227.pdf. 2012-10-19. dead.
9. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places . . February 9, 2022 . Aug 31, 2022.