Rakowitz (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic)
Rakowitz (Räkowitz, Rakvice), a Bruderhof of the Hutterian Brethren, a village with 2,187 (in 2006) inhabitants, north of Eisgrub in Moravia, where the Anabaptists purchased several houses and settled in 1540. Johann von Lipa sold and also leased some lands to them. The chronicles relate that a brother was killed here on 16 July 1605.
Bibliography
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 149, 344 f.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III: 427.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 157, 175, 240, 487.
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 223, 316, 636.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 248. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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