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Why was Amish named what it is?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

The history of the Amish church began with a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptists in 1693 led by Jakob Ammann. Those who followed Ammann became known as Amish.

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