Hans Blietel

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Hans Blietel , also Hans Blüetl († June 24, 1545 in Ried im Innkreis ), was a missionary of the Hutterite movement and a martyr of the Anabaptist movement .

Life

Nothing is known about the origin of Hans Blietel. The sources are also silent about his encounter with the Anabaptist movement, and especially with the Hutterites. Only the end of his effectiveness as a Hutterite missionary and his martyrdom are reported. Thereafter, in the summer of 1545, Blietel was accepted into the house of a citizen of Ried who pretended to be a brother in faith in order to receive the bounty premium that was given to the Anabaptist missionary. This betrayed him. While on the run, Blietl was caught in Obernberg and handed over to the authorities in Ried. After several unsuccessful attempts to use torture to induce Blietel to renounce his Anabaptist views, he was sentenced to death at the stake . Eyewitnesses reported that he was still preaching and singing praises in the flames. The traitor is said to have committed suicide a short time later - deeply impressed by Hans Blietel's courage to believe.

The poem Aus Eifer der divine Ehr , which describes the martyrdom of Hans Blietel in 44 stanzas, comes from an unknown songwriter .

Web links

literature

  • Josef Beck: The history books of the Anabaptists in Austria-Hungary , Vienna 1883, p. 161ff
  • Wilhelm Wiswedel: Pictures and Leadership Figures from Anabaptism , Volume II, Kassel 1928, p. 148
  • Rudolf Wolkan : The songs of the Anabaptists , Berlin, 1903, p. 209.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Hege (1953): Article Blüetl, Hans (d. 1545) , in: GAMEO ; accessed on March 1, 2013
  2. ↑ This song was printed in the yearbook of the Society for the History of Protestants in Oesterreich XIII (1892), p. 82ff
personal data
SURNAME Blietel, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blüetl, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Martyrs of the Hutterites
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1545
Place of death Ried im Innkreis or another vineyard in Bavaria