Mariahilf Roman Catholic Cemetery in Killaly, Saskatchewan

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Coordinates: 50.68140, -102.86295
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Mariahilf Chapel and Cemetery have been declared a historic site. It is located in southeastern Saskatchewan, near the villages of Neudorf and Killaly. Legal description: SW1-20-7-W2M in the Rural Municipality of McLeod # 185.
Excerpts from St. Elizabeth Parish History: The origin of St. Elizabeth's Parish in Killaly dates back to the year of 1892. Mr. Johann M. Bruch left his native village of Bronndorf near Lemberg, Galicia early in 1892 to verify the prospects advertised in the Old Country regarding the acquisition of land on the Western Prairies. Soon he was on his way back home to move his wife and family to their new homestead. His nephew Konrad Kletschko, joined the family group. On June 22, 1892, they moved from Grenfell to the selected homestead on SW34-19-7 W2M, two miles west and ~2 miles south of Mariahilf Church. This land is now owned by Dennis Waldbauer of Neudorf. In 1893 Mr. Johann Hubenig from Rosch near Czernowitz (Bukowina) and Mr. Johann Kletschko, father of Konrad, with their families followed. They found temporary shelter on the homestead of Johann Bruch, the patriarch of the Catholic settlement that was to become known as "Mariahilf." With the advent of the CPR line going through the district, this developed into the Killaly Parish. In 1895 Father Woodcutter and Father J. E. Zerbach, diocesan priests from the Mission of Kaposvar celebrated monthly masses in the homes of Mr. Johann Bruch, Mr. Anton Exner and others. (continued under Mariahilf Church photo).