Kronau, Saskatchewan
Kronau is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan about 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.
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.Heritage sites
- St. Peter's Church and Grotto at St. Peter's Colony 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. Father Metzger, a noted artist, also painted the Stations of the Cross in the church. The church and grotto site was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2010.
- Kronau Bethlehem Heritage Cemetery or Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery was established in 1896. and was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 1985.