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Alexander Heinrich Detmer was chief librarian at [[Münster Anabaptists|Münster]] in Westphalia and a research scholar in history, who rendered valuable service to Mennonite history in a series of articles on the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist ]]disorders in Münster. Of great importance is his publication of the source book by [[Kerssenbroick, Hermann von (ca. 1520-1585)|Hermann von Kerssenbroich]], <em>Anabaptistici furoris Monasterium inclitam Westphaliae metropolim evertentis historica narratio </em>(in <em>Geschichtsquellen des Bistums</em> <em>Münster, </em>1899-1900). His extensive introduction to the book also appeared separately under the title, <em>Hermann von Kerssenbroichs Leben und Schriften </em>(Münster, 1900).

Other works in this field showing his thorough mastery of the material are (1) <em>Bilder aus den religiösen und sozialen Unruhen in Münster während des 16. Jahrhunderts </em>(Münster, 1903); (2) <em>Bernhard Rothmann, Kirchliche und soziale Wirren in Münster </em>1525-35; (3) <em>Ueber die Auffassung von der Ehe und die Durchführung der Vielweiberei in Münster während der Täuferherrschaft; </em>(4) <em>Das Religionsgespräch zu Münster i.W. am 7. und 8. August </em>1533. <em>Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte Bernhard Rothmanns und des sozialen Anabaptismus.</em>

Of his critical edition of the historical works of Hermann Hamelmann<em> </em>only the first two numbers appeared, 1902-1905 <em>(Veröffentlichungen derhistorischen Kommission für Westfalen). </em>The book,<em> Zwei Schriften des Münsterischen Wiedertäufers Bernhard Rothmann, </em>edited by Detmer and Robert Krumbholtz, with an introduction on contemporary conditions, was published posthumously in Dordrecht, 1904.<strong></strong>
= Bibliography =
<em>Comeniushefte </em>(1900): 273-300.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff.<em> Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 415.
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