Timeline of the history of the Anabaptists
The chronological table on the history of the Anabaptists gives an overview of the various events in the years after the emergence of the Anabaptist movement in 1523. Sources for the events listed here are:
- the history book of the Hutterite Brothers ; Abbreviation: GHB.
- Heinold Fast : The Left Wing of the Reformation ; Abbreviation: LFR
| year | Place / region | event | source |
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| 1523 | Zurich | At the Second Zurich Disputation , there was an open break between Zwingli and his radical supporters - among them: Konrad Grebel and Felix Manz . | |
| 1525 | Zurich | First baptism of faith ; Foundation of the Zurich Anabaptist Congregation | GHB, 34 |
| Waldshut | Balthasar Hubmaier works in Waldshut and founds an Anabaptist congregation there. | ||
| 1526 | Zurich | The City Council of Zurich passed a law threatening the Anabaptists with the death penalty. | GHB 34 |
| St. Gallen | In St. Gallen there is a disputation about baptism between compulsory predicants and Anabaptists . | ||
| augsburg | Hans Hut is baptized by Hans Denck in Augsburg . | ||
| Grisons | Konrad Grebel dies of the plague in Graubünden. | ||
| Nikolsburg | Balthasar Hubmaier works for an Anabaptist Reformation in Nikolsburg. | ||
| 1527 | Zurich | Felix Manz is drowned in the Limmat near Zurich. | GHB 35 |
| Schleitheim | An Anabaptist synod takes place in Schleitheim, the so-called brotherly union . The Schleitheimer articles , which were created with the decisive help of Michael Sattler , are published. | GHB 40 | |
| Rottenburg | Michael Sattler is burned in Rottenburg . | ||
| augsburg | The so-called Synod of Martyrs will take place in Augsburg from August 20 to 24 . | ||
| 1528 | Rattenberg ( Tyrol ) | The Baptist apostles Leonhard Schiemer and Hans Schlaffer are beheaded in Rattenberg / Tyrol. | |
| Strasbourg | Pilgram Marbeck escapes from Tyrol and arrives at Steintal near Strasbourg. There he becomes the leader of an Anabaptist group and deals with Martin Bucer . | ||
| Vienna | Balthasar Hubmaier is burned in Vienna . | ||
| 1529 |
Nikolsburg Austerlitz ( Moravia ) |
After a dispute about the legitimacy of state violence among the Nikolsburg Anabaptists, the Stäbler group moved to Austerlitz and established the community of the Austerlitz Brothers, which was initially communitarian. | |
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Flensburg Pilsum |
Melchior Hofmann , still a Lutheran preacher, has to answer to Lutheran preachers in Flensburg because of his doctrine of the Lord's Supper in the Katharinenkloster . Karlstadt helps him with the preparation, but is not allowed to take part in the disputation and goes to Pilsum ( East Frisia ). | ||
| Strasbourg | Melchior Hofmann arrives in Strasbourg and joins the Anabaptist movement. | ||
| South-Tirol | Jörg Blaurock , co-founder of the Zurich Anabaptist Congregation, is executed in South Tyrol . | ||
| Teufen AR ( Appenzell ) | In Teufen (Appenzell) there is a disputation between Anabaptists and imperative predicants about baptism . | ||
| Speyer | At the Reichstag in Speyer , the so-called Anabaptist mandate is issued by the evangelical and "old-faith" imperial estates , which threatens the Anabaptists with the death penalty. | ||
| 1530 | Basel | The first death sentence is carried out on an Anabaptist in Basel.
An Anabaptist is also executed in Stuttgart. Melchior Hofmann follows Karlstadt to East Friesland . In Emden, an Anabaptist congregation was created through its effectiveness. Melchior Hoffman is expelled and traverses the Netherlands as an Anabaptist messenger . Anabaptist communities emerged in Auspitz (Moravia), which imitated the community of property of the Jerusalem early community ; later they were called Hutterites . At the Reichstag in Augsburg , the evangelical imperial estates present the Augsburg Confession (which is still in force in Lutheran and several United Churches) , which in Article 9 "rejects the Anabaptists who teach that infant baptism is not right" ( BSLK 63.7-9). The Anabaptists are condemned in other places too (Articles 5, 16, 17). The apology of the Augsburg Confession , written by Philipp Melanchthon , reaffirms in its Art. 9 the rejection of the so-called "Anabaptists" ( BSLK 246.50-247.42). |
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| 1531 | Strasbourg |
Pilgram Marbeck is expelled from Strasbourg after two disputations.
Jan Volkertsz Trypmaker , Hofmann's successor in the leadership of the East Frisian-Dutch Anabaptist movement, is executed together with other Anabaptists. Melchior Hofmann then decreed that the baptism should be suspended for two years . |
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| 1532 | Zofingen | In Zofingen ( Switzerland ), compulsory predicants from Bern hold a disputation on baptism with leaders from the local Anabaptist community .
Pilgram Marbeck left Strasbourg and stayed in various places in South Tyrol, Switzerland and probably also in Moravia in the following years. He earns his living as a hydraulic engineer , gathers and strengthens the Anabaptist communities in these regions that have been weakened by persecution . |
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| 1533 | Auspitz |
Jakob Hutter takes over the leadership of the Auspitzer Anabaptist congregation; he held it until 1536 .
Melchior Hofmann was imprisoned there on his return to Strasbourg and remained in prison for ten years until his death. |
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| 1534 | Haarlem / Netherlands |
Jan Mathys from Haarlem usurped the leadership of the Dutch Taufer ( called "Melchioriten" after Melchior Hofmann ). He lifts Hofmann's ban on baptism. Mattys sent messengers to Münster to “set up the sign of baptism”. Your missionary work is successful; the Anabaptists win the council election in Münster. Jan Mattys then also goes to Münster; the iconoclasm and expulsion of all who have not joined the Anabaptist community. Among them is the Bishop of Munster, who shortly afterwards organized the siege of Munster with the help of the surrounding cities. Jan Mattys dies that same year; in his place comes Jan van Leiden , who is proclaimed king.
Obbe Philipps , the co-founder of the later Mennonite communities , is baptized in Leeuwarden (Friesland). |
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| 1535 | Bolsward / Netherlands | Anabaptists storm the Oldekloster near Bolsward.
An Anabaptist uprising breaks out in Amsterdam. The city of Münster is recaptured by the siege troops. |
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| 1536 | Muenster | Jan van Leiden and other Anabaptists are executed in Münster.
Jakob Hutter is burned in Innsbruck . The priest Menno Simons from Witmarsum Friesland resigns from the Roman Catholic Church . The former Anabaptist Christian Entfelder becomes the Privy Councilor at the court of Albrecht von Hohenzollern and paves the way for Dutch Anabaptist communities to settle in Prussia. A synod of the Melchiorite Anabaptists is taking place in Bocholt, Westphalia, under the direction of David Joris . |
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| 1537 | Netherlands | The Baptist Jan van Batenburg is executed. | |
| 1538 | Bern | In Bern there is a disputation between compulsive predicants and Anabaptists.
Numerous Anabaptists expelled from Moravia are briefly imprisoned in the dungeons of Falkenstein Castle (Weinviertel / Austria). The women and children were soon released, while the men were taken to Trieste, where they were put on the galleys. |
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| 1539 | Hesse | The Baptist Peter Riedemann writes down his beliefs in a Hessian prison, the "accountability of our religion, teaching and belief".
Menno Simons publishes his “Fundament Book”. |
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| 1569 | Gelderland | Dirk Willems is burned at the stake. | |
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Goertz: The Anabaptists - History and Interpretation. Munich 1980, ISBN 3-406-07909-1