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The Bergholz Community, also called Bergholz Clan or Bergholz Amish, is a religious group of former Amish under the leadership of Sam Mullet, formed in 1995 and located at Bergholz, Ohio, that became known for a series of "beard cutting" attacks on members of an Amish community in 2011. [1] [2]
More tourists visit Berlin, permanent population 685, than any other town in Ohio Amish Country. [29]: 83 Berlin was the first town in Ohio to market the Amish to tourists. [29]: 83 Berlin's business district is large, with as of 2012 more than 40 shops, 10 hotels, and multiple restaurants large and small.
In September 2012, a group of 16 Amish men and women from the Bergholz Community, were convicted on federal hate-crime and conspiracy charges after five hair- and beard-cutting incidents. Samuel Mullet Sr., who did not participate in the five hair- and beard-cutting attacks, was tried as the leader of the campaign. [ 7 ]
Huntsburg Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,657, [3] up from 3,297 at the 2000 census. [4] Huntsburg is home to a sizable Amish community that is part of the Middlefield settlement, the fourth largest in the world. [5]
Amish youth groups listening to a tour guide at Behalt. The center houses Behalt, a 10 ft x 265 ft cyclorama, [10] [11] also known as a mural-in-the-round, illustrating the heritage of the Amish and Mennonite people from their origin in Switzerland (circa 1525) to the present day.
There is a large Amish community founded in 1886 in Geauga County. It is the fourth largest of all Amish settlements with 18,650 people in 132 congregations in 2017. [7] In 2017 the Amish accounted for 19.8% of Geauga, Trumbull, Ashtabula and Portage counties area population.
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Young's house still stands outside of Peoli; it is owned by the Amish community and is currently home to their livestock. Peoli was originally called Newtown, and under the latter name was laid out in 1817. [2] A post office called Peoli was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1956, the year after Young's death. [3]