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Margarete Koch, a widow, known as "die alte Garköchin," was banished on account of her faith from her home in Hersfeld, Hesse, Germany, and later also from Vacha, and was arrested with [[Erbe, Fritz (d. 1548)|Fritz Erbe]]<em>, </em>who had taken her in, was released, and seized again. For years she languished in prison. She had to undergo many cross-examinations, through which she remained faithful. Her fate is not known.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 516.

Wappler, P. <em>Die Stellung Kursachsens und des Land-grafen Philipp von Hessen zur Tauferbewegung. </em>Münster, 1910.
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