Waasten (Hainaut, Belgium)
Waasten(e) (Warneton), a town formerly located in the province of West Flanders and now part of the municipality of Comines-Warneton in Hainaut, Belgium. Here there was a Mennonite congregation about the middle of the 16th century, of which, however, there is no further information. Waasten was one of the congregations in whose name Adriaan van Kortrijk wrote to the congregation of Antwerp ca. 1545. Like most congregations in Flanders it was probably soon wiped out by persecution. Hans Vermeersch was an Anabaptist martyr in Waastene in 1559.
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Anabaptism in Flanders, 1530-1650: A Century of Struggle. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History 9. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1961.
Verheyden, A. L. E. "Het Mennisme in Vlaanderen (1530-1650)." Ph.D., Ghent, 1946.
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| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Waasten (Hainaut, Belgium)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waasten_(Hainaut,_Belgium)&oldid=61705.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Waasten (Hainaut, Belgium). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Waasten_(Hainaut,_Belgium)&oldid=61705.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 865. All rights reserved.
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