Difference between revisions of "Rauffer, Wolf (d. 1585)"

From GAMEO
Jump to navigation Jump to search
[checked revision][checked revision]
m (Text replace - "<em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>" to "''Mennonitisches Lexikon''")
(Changed date of execution by one day)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
−
Wolf(gang) Rauffer, a martyr of the [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterian]] Brethren, a tailor, hence also called Wolf Schneider, was taken prisoner with [[Zuckenhammer, Hans (d. 1598)|Hans Zuckenhammer]] in 1579 at Tittmoning in Upper Bavaria but released; he returned safely to the brotherhood in [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]]. In two songs Hans Zuckenhammer described the arrest and imprisonment. Wolf Rauffer was seized again on the Wednesday following Easter in 1585 with [[Aichner, Hans (d. 1585)|Hans Aichner]] and [[Bruckmaier, Georg (d. 1585)|Georg Bruckmaier]] in the vicinity of Ried (at that time belonging to Bavaria, now Upper Austria), taken to [[Burghausen (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Burghausen]] on the Salzach, and executed on 14 August 1585. He is the author of the beautiful song, "Weil ich so arm und elend bin."
+
__TOC__
 +
Wolf(gang) Rauffer, a martyr of the [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterian]] Brethren, a tailor, hence also called Wolf Schneider, was taken prisoner with [[Zuckenhammer, Hans (d. 1598)|Hans Zuckenhammer]] in 1579 at Tittmoning in Upper Bavaria but released; he returned safely to the brotherhood in [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]]. In two songs Hans Zuckenhammer described the arrest and imprisonment. Wolf Rauffer was seized again on the Wednesday following Easter in 1585 with [[Aichner, Hans (d. 1585)|Hans Aichner]] and [[Bruckmaier, Georg (d. 1585)|Georg Bruckmaier]] in the vicinity of Ried (at that time belonging to Bavaria, now Upper Austria), taken to [[Burghausen (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Burghausen]] on the Salzach, and executed on 13 August 1585. He is the author of the beautiful song, "Weil ich so arm und elend bin."
 
= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
Beck, Josef. <em>Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn</em>. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 274, 293.
 
Beck, Josef. <em>Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn</em>. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 274, 293.
Line 15: Line 16:
 
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. <em>Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit</em>. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 541-44.
 
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. <em>Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit</em>. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 541-44.
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 256|date=1959|a1_last=Neff|a1_first=Christian|a2_last=|a2_first=}}
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 256|date=1959|a1_last=Neff|a1_first=Christian|a2_last=|a2_first=}}
 +
[[Category:Persons]]
 +
[[Category:Sixteenth Century Anabaptist Martyrs]]

Latest revision as of 13:55, 31 May 2020

Wolf(gang) Rauffer, a martyr of the Hutterian Brethren, a tailor, hence also called Wolf Schneider, was taken prisoner with Hans Zuckenhammer in 1579 at Tittmoning in Upper Bavaria but released; he returned safely to the brotherhood in Moravia. In two songs Hans Zuckenhammer described the arrest and imprisonment. Wolf Rauffer was seized again on the Wednesday following Easter in 1585 with Hans Aichner and Georg Bruckmaier in the vicinity of Ried (at that time belonging to Bavaria, now Upper Austria), taken to Burghausen on the Salzach, and executed on 13 August 1585. He is the author of the beautiful song, "Weil ich so arm und elend bin."

Bibliography

Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 274, 293.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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 ,754.

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: 1060 f.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III: 430.

Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 418-21.

Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 237 f.

Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 541-44.


Author(s) Christian Neff
Date Published 1959

Cite This Article

MLA style

Neff, Christian. "Rauffer, Wolf (d. 1585)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 23 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rauffer,_Wolf_(d._1585)&oldid=168222.

APA style

Neff, Christian. (1959). Rauffer, Wolf (d. 1585). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rauffer,_Wolf_(d._1585)&oldid=168222.



Hpbuttns.png

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 256. All rights reserved.


©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.

Retrieved from "https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rauffer,_Wolf_(d._1585)&oldid=168222"