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Bodockh (also Bodock, Bodtock, Potok am Bodroch, Slavic: Sárospatak, Šarišský potok), a [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterian Brethren]] [[Bruderhof|Bruderhof]] in [[Transylvania|Transylvania]], where there had previously been a Bruderhof at [[Alwinz (Transylvania, Romania)|Alwinz]]. The Brethren settled here upon a demand by Prince George Rákóczy I of Transylvania, who, like his son George II, was Calvinist. At first the Brethren were unwilling to obey the order; but when the prince proceeded with intimidation they decided in August 1645 to transfer the household at [[Schäkowitz (Moravia, Czech Republic)|Schäkowitz]] in [[Hungary|Hungary]] to Bodockh on the estates of the Rákóczy family. The group prospered at first, but later they suffered from heavy taxation, and after a brief existence it died out, when the successor of George II (d. 1660), Franz Rákóczy, became Catholic.


= Bibliography =
Beck, Josef. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn</em>. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 472.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 240.



= Maps =
[[Map:Bodockh Hutterite Colony (Transylvania)|Map:Bodockh Hutterite Colony (Transylvania)]]
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