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Michael (Kleinmichel) Matschidl, a [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterite]] chosen as deacon in 1539, and as preacher in 1542, was captured at [[Ortenburg (Carinthia, Austria)|Ortenburg]] in [[Carinthia (Austria)|Carinthia]], [[Austria|Austria]], with his wife Lisel and [[Gurtzham, Hans (d. 1550)|Hans Gurtzham]]. After a cross-examination, in which they acquitted themselves with credit, they were taken to Vienna. Here they were put into a prison with Hans Staudacher, to the great joy of both. After Staudacher's execution, concerning which Matschidl wrote a letter on 5 December 1546, in [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]], he and Gurtzham remained in prison three years. Then a fire broke out, and the prisoners were freed. Matschidl and his wife reached Moravia uninjured, and he died there in 1553 at Altenmarkt. He wrote several epistles, which were preserved in Pressburg.
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Michael (Kleinmichel) Matschidl, a [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterite]] chosen as deacon in 1539, and as preacher in 1542, was captured at [[Ortenburg (Carinthia, Austria)|Ortenburg]] in [[Carinthia (Austria)|Carinthia]], [[Austria|Austria]], with his wife Lisel and [[Gurtzham, Hans (d. 1550)|Hans Gurtzham]]. After a cross-examination, in which they acquitted themselves with credit, they were taken to Vienna. Here they were put into a prison with Hans Staudacher, to the great joy of both. After Staudacher's execution, concerning which Matschidl wrote a letter on 5 December 1546, in [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]], he and Gurtzham remained in prison three years. Then a fire broke out, and the prisoners were freed. Matschidl and his wife reached Moravia uninjured, and he died there in 1553 at Altenmarkt. He wrote several epistles, which were preserved in Pressburg.
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= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
Beck, Josef. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn</em>. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 167 f.
 
Beck, Josef. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn</em>. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 167 f.
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Zieglschmid, A. J. F. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit</em>. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 267 f.
 
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit</em>. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 267 f.
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Michael (Kleinmichel) Matschidl, a Hutterite chosen as deacon in 1539, and as preacher in 1542, was captured at Ortenburg in Carinthia, Austria, with his wife Lisel and Hans Gurtzham. After a cross-examination, in which they acquitted themselves with credit, they were taken to Vienna. Here they were put into a prison with Hans Staudacher, to the great joy of both. After Staudacher's execution, concerning which Matschidl wrote a letter on 5 December 1546, in Moravia, he and Gurtzham remained in prison three years. Then a fire broke out, and the prisoners were freed. Matschidl and his wife reached Moravia uninjured, and he died there in 1553 at Altenmarkt. He wrote several epistles, which were preserved in Pressburg.

Bibliography

Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 167 f.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685. Part II: 73.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 474. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon., 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 59.

Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 205 1, 259.

Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 267 f.


Author(s) Christian Neff
Date Published 1957

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Neff, Christian. "Matschidl, Michael (d. 1553)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Matschidl,_Michael_(d._1553)&oldid=89488.

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Neff, Christian. (1957). Matschidl, Michael (d. 1553). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Matschidl,_Michael_(d._1553)&oldid=89488.



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