Richter, Adrian (d. 1535)

Adrian Richter (Henkel), an Anabaptist martyr from Emseloh, a village near Sangerhausen in Thuringia, Germany, the servant of a slater, Georg Knoblauch, stayed with his family in the Lutter forest near Lauterberg (Osterode district), was drowned in the Bode in the city of Groningen on the Bode on 20 September 1535, with Hans Höhne and Petronella, after a steadfast confession of his faith.

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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 500.

Jacobs, Eduard. "Die Wiedertäufer am Harz." Zeitschrift des Harz-Vereins für Geschichte und Altertumskunde, 1899: 525-28.

Wappler, Paul. Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 107, 134, passim.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 325. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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