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Schärding (Oberösterreich, Austria)

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Schärding, Austria
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Schärding, a town on the Inn River, 8 miles from Passau in Upper Austria (Oberösterreich; formerly in Bavaria), where there was strong Anabaptist activity by 1527, Wolfgang Brandhuber preaching here. Concerning the Schärding congregation there is little information. Virgil Plattner was executed here in 1529, Wolf Binder in 1571.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 443. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Schärding (Oberösterreich, Austria)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S33363.html.

APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Schärding (Oberösterreich, Austria). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/S33363.html.
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