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Dülmen is a town located southwest of the city of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (coordinates: 51° 49′ 51″ N, 7° 16′ 42″ E), in which Bernhard Rothmann introduced the Reformation in 1533. On 8 September 1533, Bishop Franz of Waldeck had two preachers of this movement arrested. That the Anabaptist movement had also gained a foothold here and that a group survived after the collapse of the movement in Münster is indicated by the fact that even at the beginning of the 17^th century, after the severe activity of the Counter Reformation, at least one Anabaptist is reported to have resided here.

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