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Köhler, Georg (d. 1535)Georg Köhler, an Anabaptist martyr, an illiterate day laborer of Mülsen St. Michall near Zwickau, Germany, was baptized with Georg Knobloch on 6 October 1534. He at once became a zealous propagandist for his faith, making a deep impression. He was seized at Riestedt near Sangerhausen, 2 September 1535, and was soon afterward executed at Sangerhausen with Georg Möller and an Anabaptist woman. BibliographyHege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 518. Jacobs, E. "Die Wiedertäufer im Harz," in Zeitschrift des Harzvereins für. Geschichte und Altertumskunde. XXXII (1899): 440 ff. Wappler, P. Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584. Jena, 1913: 166 ff. 
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