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'']] Passau (<span id="coordinates">coordinates: <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for 48°34′0″N 13°28′0″E"><span class="latitude">48° 34′ 0″ N,</span> <span class="longitude">13° 28′ 0″ E</span></span></span>)</span></span>, a city on the Danube in Lower [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], [[Germany|Germany]], once a fortress, where, according to some reports, a small [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] congregation formed at the beginning of the Reformation period. In 1527 [[Hut, Hans (d. 1527)|Hans Hut]] baptized Hermann Kheil, a citizen of Passau (<em>Vergicht Passau</em>, 4 February 1529; Nicoladoni: 28). [[Brandhuber, Wolfgang (d. 1529)|Wolfgang Brandhuber]], Lienhard Stieglitz, and other Anabaptist leaders stemmed from Passau. The appendix to Nicoladoni's book contains the records of several Anabaptist trials in Passau. In 1537 about sixty Anabaptists on their way from [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]] to South Germany, were seized in Passau and held in the castle prison for five years. Many died including the song writers [[Betz, Hans (d. 1537)|Hans Betz]] (Petz) and [[Schneider, Michael (16th century)|Bernhard (Michael) Schneider]]. The prisoners wrote fifty-one hymns, which are contained in the [[Ausbund|Ausbund]]. (See also Philippites.) | '']] Passau (<span id="coordinates">coordinates: <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for 48°34′0″N 13°28′0″E"><span class="latitude">48° 34′ 0″ N,</span> <span class="longitude">13° 28′ 0″ E</span></span></span>)</span></span>, a city on the Danube in Lower [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], [[Germany|Germany]], once a fortress, where, according to some reports, a small [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] congregation formed at the beginning of the Reformation period. In 1527 [[Hut, Hans (d. 1527)|Hans Hut]] baptized Hermann Kheil, a citizen of Passau (<em>Vergicht Passau</em>, 4 February 1529; Nicoladoni: 28). [[Brandhuber, Wolfgang (d. 1529)|Wolfgang Brandhuber]], Lienhard Stieglitz, and other Anabaptist leaders stemmed from Passau. The appendix to Nicoladoni's book contains the records of several Anabaptist trials in Passau. In 1537 about sixty Anabaptists on their way from [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]] to South Germany, were seized in Passau and held in the castle prison for five years. Many died including the song writers [[Betz, Hans (d. 1537)|Hans Betz]] (Petz) and [[Schneider, Michael (16th century)|Bernhard (Michael) Schneider]]. The prisoners wrote fifty-one hymns, which are contained in the [[Ausbund|Ausbund]]. (See also Philippites.) | ||
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Erbkam, H. W. <em>Geschichte der protestantischen Sekten im Zeitalter der Reformation</em>. Hamburg and Gotha, 1848. | Erbkam, H. W. <em>Geschichte der protestantischen Sekten im Zeitalter der Reformation</em>. Hamburg and Gotha, 1848. | ||
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Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder</em>. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 74. | Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder</em>. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 74. | ||
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Revision as of 18:55, 20 August 2013
Passau (coordinates: , a city on the Danube in Lower Bavaria, Germany, once a fortress, where, according to some reports, a small Anabaptist congregation formed at the beginning of the Reformation period. In 1527 Hans Hut baptized Hermann Kheil, a citizen of Passau (Vergicht Passau, 4 February 1529; Nicoladoni: 28). Wolfgang Brandhuber, Lienhard Stieglitz, and other Anabaptist leaders stemmed from Passau. The appendix to Nicoladoni's book contains the records of several Anabaptist trials in Passau. In 1537 about sixty Anabaptists on their way from Moravia to South Germany, were seized in Passau and held in the castle prison for five years. Many died including the song writers Hans Betz (Petz) and Bernhard (Michael) Schneider. The prisoners wrote fifty-one hymns, which are contained in the Ausbund. (See also Philippites.)
Bibliography
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: X and 132.
Erbkam, H. W. Geschichte der protestantischen Sekten im Zeitalter der Reformation. Hamburg and Gotha, 1848.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 336.
Nicoladoni, A. Johannes Bunderlin von Linz und die oberösterreichischen Täufergemeinden. Berlin, 1893.
Winter, V. A. Gesch. der bayerischen Wiedertaufer im 16. Jahrhundert. Munich, 1809.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 74.
| Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Neff, Christian. "Passau (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Passau_(Freistaat_Bayern,_Germany)&oldid=76860.
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Neff, Christian. (1959). Passau (Freistaat Bayern, Germany). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Passau_(Freistaat_Bayern,_Germany)&oldid=76860.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 122. All rights reserved.
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