Prušánky (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic)

Prušánky (German, Pruschanek, Pru(t)schän) is a Moravian village sit­uated between Kostel and Göding, which belonged to the domain of the Závis of Vitchkov in 1566, when the Hutterian Brethren settled there. It suffered great hardship during the wars of the 17th century. It was plundered and burned by Bocskay's troops on 12 July 1605; four of the in­mates were murdered, thirty-five kidnapped - men as well as women. The householder Cornelius Harb was held responsible for their seizure and was ex­pelled from the brotherhood; he was later restored to fellowship. In spite of the high price demanded by the Turks and Hungarians for their captured Hutterites, the women priced at 100 or even 200 ducats depending on their appearance and age, the elders decided to redeem them. They were appar­ently not successful in this undertaking, for in 1607 complaints from the sisters held in Ofen were still reaching Prushanek, and Sigel (Sigmund) Pühler was in this year tardily called to account for his negligence in providing for the safety of the sisters. Salomon Böger, a miller, whose wife and son were among the victims taken into slavery in Tur­key, made a courageous journey into Turkey to try to redeem them as well as the others.

In 1609 the Brethren began to clear away the rub­ble and to rebuild the Bruderhof; but after another decade, on 23 September 1619, it was again burned down, this time by Dampierre's troops. Scarcely had the Brethren completed rebuilding it, when Polish aux­iliaries and peasants pillaged it on 12 January 1621, murdering the householder, Hans Walmann. It was not reopened. In 1624 the Jesuits of Olomouc pur­chased the Tscheikowitz estate and built the chapel of St. Catherine in Pruschanek.

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Author(s)	Paul Dedic
Date Published	1959

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