Welcome to
the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
GAMEO provides Reliable information on Anabaptist-related (Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Brethren in Christ) topics, including
history, theology, biography, institutions and local congregations. Secular topics from an
Anabaptist perspective and full-text source documents are also included.
Who We Are | Sponsors | What's New
 |
Sample article: Falkenstein (Niederösterreich, Austria)
Falkenstein, a market village in Lower Austria, southeast of Nikolsburg, acquired special interest in Mennonite history through the surprise on Steinabrunn, where the Anabaptists were seized and taken to the Falkenstein castle in chains. The castle is now in ruins. In the vicinity there were many Anabaptists, according to the books of Christoph Andreas Fischer. About 1550 the priest Niklas Woisch reported to the authorities that four or five of his predecessors had had to deal with Anabaptists. He himself is reported to have joined them. At any rate, all that Fischer relates about affairs in Veldsberg applies also to Falkenstein. |
|
GAMEO is based on the Plone CMS system. Our move to this system would not have been possible without the support of several private donations and three foundations. We especially thank the Mennonite Foundation of Canada for a grant from their Legacy Fund. Grants were also received from the Reimer Express Foundation and the Kroeker Foundation Inc. |
GAMEO is a project of the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada, Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee,
Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission, Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite World Conference.
Women Who "Made Things Right": Midwife Healers in Canadian Mennonite Communities of the Past
