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Sittard, a town in the Dutch province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]] (pop. ca. 24,000; 94% Roman Catholic), which until 1794 belonged to the duchy of [[Jülich (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Jülich]], was, like some of the neighboring villages, for example, Hoingen, [[Millen (Limburg, Netherlands) |Millen]], Gangelt, and Nieuwstad, a center of [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] activity about 1530-1534; later also some Anabaptists lived here. [[Lenart van Ysenbroeck (16th century)|Lenart van Ysenbroek]] and Theunis van Hastenrath baptized in this vicinity about 1550; the latter baptized Herman van Sittart, a surgeon, Remken Ramakers was burned at the stake at Sittard in 1550.

[[Gerrit Siebenacker (16th century)|Gerhart Siebenacker]], the author of some beautiful hymns, was from this town, as apparently were also [[Sittart, Gijsbertus (17th century)|Gijsbertus Sittart]], a Mennonite (Flemish) preacher at [[Leiden (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Leiden]] until 1679, and the van Sittert family at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] and Haarlem.
= Bibliography =
Bax, Willem<em>. Het protestantisme in het bisdom Luik en vooral te Maastricht. </em>s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1937-1941.

<em>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1909): 125.

Rembert, Karl. <em>Die "Wiedertäufer" im Herzogtum Jülich</em>. Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1899: 450.

Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 100.
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