Kaltern an der Weinstraße (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy)

Kaltern (Italian: Caldaro sulla Strada del Vino) is a town (1957 population 4,000; 2004 population 7,200) located in southern Tyrol, Austria (now Italy), on the right side of the Adige Valley, 10 miles (16 km) south of Bozen (Bolzano). In the vicinity of Kaltern, Jörg Zaunring worked in 1528; in 1533 he suffered martyrdom near Bamberg. According to a register of the Hutterite congregations of 1581, four Anabaptists were executed for their faith in Kaltern.

Bibliography

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 613; II, 455.

Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 64, 73, and 182.

Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 89, 233.

Author(s)	Christian Hege
Date Published	1957

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Hege, Christian. (1957). Kaltern an der Weinstraße (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kaltern_an_der_Weinstra%C3%9Fe_(Trentino-Alto_Adige/S%C3%BCdtirol,_Italy)&oldid=92209.

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