World's Smallest Church

USA / Iowa / Fort Atkinson /
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The Little Church was built by German pioneers Frank and Maryann Gaertner Huber and dedicated to St Anthony to honor a pledge made by Maryann's mother in 1814, that should her husband Johann Gaertner survive Napoleon's Moscow Campaign, she would build the saint a chapel. Gaertner survived the Disaster and is buried in the tiny churchyard with a DAR commemorative plaque, honoring him as the only Veteran of Napoleon's Grand Army buried in the State of Iowa.
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Coordinates:   43°6'28"N   91°53'37"W

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  • Actually, the church is a short distance south of here, and the location is indicated under "old locations."
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