On Wednesday evening, February 28, 2024, the Anabaptist Heritage Foundation was founded in the Jeanguisboden Chapel/Archive/Library in Corgémont. The founders are the Swiss Mennonite Association for Anabaptist History, the Memoria Mennonitica Association, the Swiss Mennonite Conference, the Evangelical Mennonite Community of Sonnenberg, the community of heirs of Isaac Zürcher and six private individuals Arlette Mäder Studer, Daniel-Bernard Studer, Marianne Christine Briner Lavater, Christine Elfriede Gerber Rihs, Michel Ummel and Beat Daniel Gerber. The act of foundation was performed by Mrs. Camille Lehnherr, notary of the Canton of Bern, and was accompanied by a reinterpretation of ancient Anabaptist songs and a reading of a historical Anabaptist text. This was followed by an aperitif. Numerous media outlets reported on the Foundation’s establishment. The Foundation has since been entered in the commercial register of the Canton of Berne.
