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Hans Jacob Landis (1167-1730), a 1717 immigrant to the area that became Lancaster County, is connected to the home here. The portion on the right, which is difficult to see, dates back to the mid-1500s. It is called Moosacher and is located one mile northwest of Hirzel, Switzerland. It is believed that this site is the ancestral home of most all of Pennsylvania Landis/Landes families. For more information see, Joanna Hess Siegrist, “Landis Homestead near Hirzel, Canton Zurich, Switzerland,” in Mennonite Family History, volume XXVI, number 3, July 2007.

                     Photo courtesy of Sam E. Wenger 2002

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