Wittenberg is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,081 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Wittenberg and has a total area of 1.79 square miles (4.64 km2), all of it land.
From 1883 to 1955, Wittenberg was the location of the Bethany Indian Mission, the long-lived American Indian missionary outreach of the Norwegian Synod and, after the merger in 1917, of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (NLCA).
These vintage color slides from ELCA Archives documented everyday life of Wittenberg, Wisconsin in the early 1950s.
2nd graders in classroom with teacher Norma Garness, Bethany Indian Mission, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, circa. 1953
Alice Bigthunder and Annie Henzley with quilts, Bethany Indian Mission, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, circa. 1953
Angelina Hopinka graduating from Luther College , Bethany Indian Mission, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, circa. 1953
Angelina Hopinka, her stepparents and brother Chauncey, Bethany Indian Mission, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, circa. 1953
Anita Hill, Bethany Indian Mission, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, circa. 1953
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