 When Rapp emigrated to the United States in 1803, a Separatist group from Rottenacker took over the leading role within the movement.It had been initiated in 1800 by a farmgirl named Barbara Grubenmann from Teufen in the Swiss canton Appenzell-Ausserrhoden south of Lake Constance who had come to Rottenacker.About 70 inhabitants of the village separated from church.