Gartental is a Mennonite agricultural settlement in Río Negro Department, Uruguay. It is located NW of Montevideo, near San Javier, not far from Route 24.
Established in 1951 by Vistula delta Mennonites who came from West Prussia, Danzig and Poland to Uruguay. Its German name means "garden valley".
Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Gartental."Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 29/51.
See also El Ombú Mennonites in Uruguay
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