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Jakob Storger, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr of Koburg, who was baptized at [[Wels (Oberösterreich, Austria)|Wels]] in Upper Austria in 1528 by [[Brandhuber, Wolfgang (d. 1529)|Wolfgang Brandhuber]], lived at first as a gunsmith in Gittelde im Grund, a valley in the Upper Harz, Germany, but considering his trade sinful he left the region and settled with his family above Zorge near the Spitzenberge. Here he made troughs with other Anabaptists. He was chosen preacher at a meeting of Anabaptists at Langenwiese. In the middle of August he was expelled from Brunswick territory. For six weeks he wandered preaching and baptizing in [[Thuringia (Germany)|Thuringia]]. In October 1537 he settled with his family in a suburb of Mühlhausen. There he was arrested and examined on the rack on 11 October. On 8 November 1537, he suffered a martyr's death with three other Anabaptists; he was drowned in the Unstrut between Mühlhausen and Ammern. | Jakob Storger, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr of Koburg, who was baptized at [[Wels (Oberösterreich, Austria)|Wels]] in Upper Austria in 1528 by [[Brandhuber, Wolfgang (d. 1529)|Wolfgang Brandhuber]], lived at first as a gunsmith in Gittelde im Grund, a valley in the Upper Harz, Germany, but considering his trade sinful he left the region and settled with his family above Zorge near the Spitzenberge. Here he made troughs with other Anabaptists. He was chosen preacher at a meeting of Anabaptists at Langenwiese. In the middle of August he was expelled from Brunswick territory. For six weeks he wandered preaching and baptizing in [[Thuringia (Germany)|Thuringia]]. In October 1537 he settled with his family in a suburb of Mühlhausen. There he was arrested and examined on the rack on 11 October. On 8 November 1537, he suffered a martyr's death with three other Anabaptists; he was drowned in the Unstrut between Mühlhausen and Ammern. | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
| − | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. | + | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 251. |
Wappler, Paul. <em>Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584</em>. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 150, 194. | Wappler, Paul. <em>Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584</em>. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 150, 194. | ||
| − | Wappler, Paul. <em>Inquisition | + | Wappler, Paul. <em>Inquisition und Ketzerprozesse in Zwickau zur Reformationszeit. </em>Leipzig, 1908. |
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Jakob Storger, an Anabaptist martyr of Koburg, who was baptized at Wels in Upper Austria in 1528 by Wolfgang Brandhuber, lived at first as a gunsmith in Gittelde im Grund, a valley in the Upper Harz, Germany, but considering his trade sinful he left the region and settled with his family above Zorge near the Spitzenberge. Here he made troughs with other Anabaptists. He was chosen preacher at a meeting of Anabaptists at Langenwiese. In the middle of August he was expelled from Brunswick territory. For six weeks he wandered preaching and baptizing in Thuringia. In October 1537 he settled with his family in a suburb of Mühlhausen. There he was arrested and examined on the rack on 11 October. On 8 November 1537, he suffered a martyr's death with three other Anabaptists; he was drowned in the Unstrut between Mühlhausen and Ammern.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV, 251.
Wappler, Paul. Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 150, 194.
Wappler, Paul. Inquisition und Ketzerprozesse in Zwickau zur Reformationszeit. Leipzig, 1908.
| Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Neff, Christian. "Storger, Jakob (d. 1537)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Storger,_Jakob_(d._1537)&oldid=146270.
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Neff, Christian. (1959). Storger, Jakob (d. 1537). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Storger,_Jakob_(d._1537)&oldid=146270.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 637-638. All rights reserved.
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