Schanzenfeld is a small community about 1 km south of Winkler, Manitoba

Winkler, Manitoba

Winkler is a small city with a population of about 9,900 located in southern Manitoba, Canada in the Rural Municipality of Stanley...

, Canada

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. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Stanley

Stanley, Manitoba

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. Largely a Mennonite

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 community, its close vicinity to Winkler should one day make it a suburb

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of the much larger City of Winkler. The village was named after Jacob Schantzer, who was a business man from Ontario who helped the Mennonites migrate from Russia to southern Manitoba more than 100 years ago. Coincidentally, the early 21st century has also seen a steady influx of Russian and German born Mennonites settle in Schanzenfeld and surrounding areas.

School:' Southwood Elementary (k-6)