Allstedt (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)
Allstedt (population in 2006, 3,122), a village in Thuringia, Germany, where Erhard Polrus or Pulrus, an Anabaptist leader, was executed as a martyr in 1532 after repeated torture. In 1523 Thomas Müntzer was the parson of Allstedt.
Bibliography
Wappler, Paul. Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 536.
Wiswedel, Wilhelm. Bilder and Führergestalten aus dem Täufertum, 3 vols. Kassel: J.G. Oncken Verlag, 1928-1952: v. I, 89.
Maps
| Author(s) | Christian Hege |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Hege, Christian. "Allstedt (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Allstedt_(Sachsen-Anhalt,_Germany)&oldid=74673.
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Hege, Christian. (1953). Allstedt (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Allstedt_(Sachsen-Anhalt,_Germany)&oldid=74673.
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