Frischau (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic)

Frischau (Frýsava na Státní Dráze) a village and county in Moravia, about 15 miles east of Znaim. In the 16th century it changed owners a number of times. In 1581 Peter of the
Tschertorej family settled the Hutterian Brethren on his estate, who built their Bruderhof "on the open field." As in Frischau, Hutterian Brethren were also found in the village of Maskowitz. With a short interruption (1597-1598) the Brethren remained in Frischau until the beginning of the Thirty Years' War; 30 July 1619, the house was plundered by the troops of Ferdinand II, and 2 August burned down.

Bibliography

Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967:276, 300, 324, and 326.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 12.

Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923.

Wolny, Gregor. Kirchliche Topographie von Mähren: meist nach Urkunden und Handschriften. (2nd edition): III, 207.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 412. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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