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Vitus Anton Winter, pastor of the St. Jacobs Church and professor in the Ludwigs Maximilian University at Landshut, [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], Germany, author of <em>Geschichte der bairischen Wiedertäufer im 16. Jahrhundert</em> (Munich, 1809). This book attempts a treatment of Bavarian [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] history on the basis of the sources, but actually offers little. Of value is only some information on Anabaptist leaders like Augustin Würzelburger and [[Wagner, Georg (d. 1527)|Georg Wagner]] and on the terrible persecution and suppression of the Anabaptist movement by the Bavarian dukes. The documents given at the end of the book are also valuable.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 545.
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