Kofler, Hans (d. 1529)
Hans Kofler, an Anabaptist martyr, one of the first Anabaptists in Tyrol, Austria. He was seized in 1528, but was pardoned. At the end of February 1529 he was again captured in Rattenburg, Austria, and executed several weeks later at Sterzing, Austria.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 518.
Loserth, Johann. Der Anabaptismus in Tirol. Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1892: 472, 477.
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