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Prague (Czech, <em>Praha</em>) (population in 2007, 1,204,897), capital since 1919 of Czechoslovakia and since 1993 of the Czech Republic, the center of the Hussite movement of the 15th century. In 1521-1522 [[Müntzer, Thomas (1488/9-1525)|Thomas M]][[Müntzer, Thomas (1488/9-1525)|ü]][[Müntzer, Thomas (1488/9-1525)|ntzer]] visited the city and on 1 and 25 November 1521, announced his peculiar religious views in his "Manifesto of Prague." [[Fischer, Volkmar (d. 1535?)|Volkmar Fischer]], an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] of Hesse, was imprisoned at Prague in 1532. [[Lober, Julius (16th century)|Julius Lober's]] list of martyrs (1531) names four martyrs beheaded in Prague, and the list of the <em>Geschicht-Buch </em>names eleven by 1542. The archives of the Ministry of the Interior contain some source materials on Anabaptist history. No Anabaptist congregation was ever established here.
= Bibliography =
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