Friedenberg, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

37°42′03″N 89°47′38″W / 37.70083°N 89.79389°W / 37.70083; -89.79389CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyPerryTownship CentralElevation

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551 ft (168 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

63775

Area code573FIPS code29-25995 ^[2]GNIS feature ID740859^[1]

Friedenberg is an unincorporated community in Central Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.

Name

The Bavarians who settled just outside Perryville, Missouri in the 1830s felt so strongly about the importance of peace that they named their town “Friedenberg” (German: Hill of Peace). An old nickname for Friedenberg is “Raccoon Ridge”.

History

Unlike the communities of Altenburg, Frohna, and Uniontown that were settled by Saxon Lutherans from Germany, Friedenberg was founded in 1838 by Lutheran immigrants from Bavaria, Germany.^[3] These Bavarians came from the Upper Franconian region, some from the city of Langenstadt near present-day Kulmbach. They worshiped in members’ homes until a log church was built in 1846 north of Cinque Hommes Creek. From 1852 until 1885 the congregation worshiped at their church on Frankenberg overlooking the Cinque Hommes Bottoms. In 1885 the congregation moved to its present site in Friedenberg and built a brick church. Peace Lutheran Church disbanded in 1980.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Friedenberg, Missouri
^ Road Side Thoughts.com http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/friedenberg-misc.htm Archived 2013-07-01 at archive.today
^ Martin Oswald (1998). Friedenberg remembrances: A story of peace, faith, and life. ISBN 9780965955508.
^ "Hill of Peace Lutheran Church". Concordia Historical Institute. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ Lutheran Church Missouri Synod: Friedenberg http://mo.lcms.org/Index.asp?PageID=10392&Function=News&NewsID=15253 Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine