Braitenstainer, Burckhart (16th/17th century)
Burckhart Braitenstainer was a Hutterite preacher in Moravia who was ordained 24 March 1608. He wrote the song, "Billich heb ich zu singen an, dan ich herzlich verlangen han." Nothing further is known about him.
Bibliography
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 355.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 253.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1965: 241.
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