Riegel, Bärtl (d. 1572)
Bärtl (Bartholomäus) Riegel (erroneously Ringel in the Hutterite chronicles), of Gündelbach, Maulbronn district, Württemberg, Germany, chosen preacher at Sobotiste in 1553. In 1557 he and Burkhart Bämerle were arrested and tortured. He was active in his office until his death in December 1572 at Neumühl in Moravia. He also wrote two hymns: "O Mensch, kehr dich von Sünden" (27 stanzas) and "O reicher Gott, lass uns von Herzen singen" (44 stanzas).
Bibliography
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 198, 260.
Die Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder. Scottdale: Herald Press. 1914: 305, 308, 312.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 505.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 259, 323, 361.
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 343, 422, 470.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 328. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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