Hirsch
Hamlet
Hirsch is located in Saskatchewan
Hirsch
Hirsch
Hirsch is located in Canada
Hirsch
Hirsch
Coordinates: 49°10′31″N 102°35′35″W / 49.1753°N 102.5931°W / 49.1753; -102.5931
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Census divisionDivision No. 1
Rural MunicipalityRM of Coalfields No. 4
Post office founded1893
Elevation
574 m (1,883 ft)
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0C 0Y0
Area code306
HighwaysHighway 18
[1][2][3]

Hirsch is a hamlet in the RM of Coalfields in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and is located about 18 miles east of the city of Estevan along Highway 18. The post office originally opened on 1 December 1893 with the town misspelled as "Hirsh". It closed on 31 March 1970.

History

Hirsch Jewish Cemetery near Hirsch, Saskatchewan
Plaque at Hirsch Cemetery

Hirsch was founded in May 1892 by Jewish settlers as part of the activities of the Baron Maurice de Hirsch Foundation and the Jewish Colonization Association (JCA). It was the first settlement of the JCA and was named after the founder of the foundation, one of the most important Jewish philanthropists of the 19th century.[4][5]

In Hebrew religion and custom, the dead of the community are afforded great respect and a proper cemetery must be built before other needs are attended to. Therefore, even before the first synagogue was built, the early settlers were setting aside land for a cemetery. A colonist, Mr. Blank, paced off an acre of his quarter section for a cemetery. Almost ninety years after the first settlers arrived, descendants, neighbours, and friends of the Hirsch Colonists attended the consecration and designation of the Hirsch Cemetery as a Saskatchewan historic site. The Hirsch Jewish Cemetery can be found along Highway 18, just west of Hirsch. The original synagogue still exists but has been converted into a home.

During the Dust Bowl crisis of the 1930s, most Jewish families left Hirsch and moved to nearby Winnipeg.

The place is best known for the autobiography of Mrs. Zellickson (also: Zelickson), first name unknown, who immigrated in 1891 and wrote extensively about life on the prairies in 1925, especially about the role of women in it. In 1925 she responded to a discussion in the magazine Nor'-West Farmer on the topic of what a woman's work was worth.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on 21 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Lehr, John C. (Spring 2019). "Doomed to Failure: The Jewish Farm Colony of Hirsch, Saskatchewan". Manitoba History. Manitoba Historical Society (89).
  6. ↑ "MRS. Zelickson".

49°10′38″N 102°35′34″W / 49.17722°N 102.59278°W / 49.17722; -102.59278

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