Pierz may refer to: Francis Xavier Pierz, Roman Catholic missionary to the Ottawa and Ojibwa Indians Pierz, Minnesota, a small city in the United States...

Pierz is a city in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,418 at the 2020 census. Pierz was named for Father Francis Xavier Pierz...

Francis Xavier Pierz (Slovene: Franc Pirc or Franc Pirec; German: Franz Pierz) (November 20, 1785 – January 22, 1880) was a Slovenian-American Roman Catholic...

Pierz Township is a township in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 513 at the 2000 census. Pierz Township was organized in...

easily be compared to the German Till Eulenspiegel. Father Francis Xavier Pierz, a pioneer missionary priest, is the subject of many tales told among the...

could reach him, Roman Catholic priest and missionary Father Francis Xavier Pierz entered Hole in the Day's camp at great personal risk and convinced the...

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public and lawmakers. He was succeeded by Timothy J. Sloan. A native of Pierz, Minnesota, Stumpf grew up as one of 11 children on a dairy and poultry...

widely in Europe, inspiring the priests John Neumann and Francis Xavier Pierz to emigrate to the United States. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI declared him...

station on the Soo Line Railroad, which originally went by the name of "New Pierz". It had several other buildings, including a post office, a saloon, and...

invited to the area by Slovenian-American missionary Fr. Francis Xavier Pierz and which remained, until shortly before the Second World War, a major center...

St. Joseph's Church-Catholic is a historic church on Main Street in Pierz, Minnesota, United States. It was built 1886–1888 and was added to the National...

Xavier Pierz came to the area in 1852 and started many communities in central Minnesota, including Sobieski and Rich Prairie (later renamed Pierz) in Morrison...

Hemisphere by the German Catholic peasant pioneers whom Francis Xavier Pierz persuade to settle in central Minnesota following the Treaty of Traverse...

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as the main route in the community, leading southwest 6 miles (10 km) to Pierz and 20 miles (32 km) to Little Falls, the county seat, and east 20 miles...

surrounded by Leigh Township. It is 12 miles (19 km) east-northeast of Pierz, 28 miles (45 km) east of Little Falls, the county seat, and 16 miles (26 km)...

School District Onamia Public School District Pequot Lakes Public Schools Pierz Public School District Pine River-Backus Public School District National...

Jim Northrup (writer) Keller Paap (educator and author) Francis Xavier Pierz (19th century Roman Catholic priest , poet, and missionary to the Ojibwe...

Marilyn J. Chiat described early settlement in the region, "Father Francis X. Pierz, a missionary to [Native Americans] in central Minnesota, published a series...

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main routes in the community. Highway 25 leads north 7 miles (11 km) to Pierz and southeast 23 miles (37 km) to Foley. County Road 34 (93rd Street) leads...

1850s by Catholic immigrants invited by local missionary Fr. Francis Xavier Pierz. According to local historian Fr. Colman J. Barry, during the traditional...

eastern states, who were recruited to the region by Father Francis Xavier Pierz, a Catholic priest who also ministered as a missionary to Native Americans...

in the 2005 DCYSC † ‡ MPC · 21926 21927 Sarahpierz 1999 VB55 Sarah Marie Pierz, American finalist in the 2005 DCYSC † ‡ MPC · 21927 21928 Prabakaran 1999...

10, 1970 Pierz, Minnesota, United States Roger Arkuszewski, 18 1 dead Roger Arkuszewski, 18-year-old student, was strangled to death at Pierz Healy High...

judoka Franc Palme (born 1914), Slovenian former ski jumper Francis Xavier Pierz (Slovene: Franc Pirc or Franc Pirec) (1785–1880), Roman Catholic priest...

Father Francis Xavier Pierz, Bishop Baraga's friend and fellow Slovenian, was also assigned to Cross Village for many years. Father Pierz, however, was bothered...

after Philip Deidesheimer, a German immigrant. Pierz Minnesota Named after Francis Xavier Pierz (Pierz was the German version of his last name: Pirc)...

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