Zürich
Zürich was the setting of the 1525 believers’ baptisms and Felix Manz’s execution in 1527.
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Places
Explore the cities, regions, settlements, and meeting places that connect the church history accounts.
Schleitheim
The 1527 gathering at Schleitheim produced seven articles of agreement for Anabaptist church life.
Read the storyMoravia
Moravia provided a setting for Anabaptist refugee communities and the development of Hutterite common life.
Read the storyDanzig and the Vistula region
Mennonite settlements in the Vistula region linked Dutch congregations with later migration to the Russian Empire.
Read the storyChortitza
The Chortitza settlement became the Old Colony within the Mennonite history of the Russian Empire.
Read the storyMolotschna
The Molotschna settlement was the setting of Kleine Gemeinde and Mennonite Brethren beginnings.
Read the storyPennsylvania
Pennsylvania connects early Mennonite migration with later congregational and fellowship histories.
Read the storyManitoba
Migration to Manitoba in the 1870s shaped several distinct Mennonite church histories.
Read the storySannerz
Sannerz was the German village where the Bruderhof began in 1920.
Read the storySomerset County, Pennsylvania
The Amish congregation associated with Moses Beachy divided in 1927 in Somerset County.
Read the storyJerusalem
Jerusalem is the setting of the Pentecost preaching and the gathered community described in Acts. The first-century source passages connect baptism with teaching, fellowship, prayer, and the care of believers for one another.
Read the storyRome
Rome connects the accounts of Peter and Paul under Nero with the later journey and death of Ignatius under Trajan. Martyrs’ Mirror gives 69 for the apostolic accounts and 111 for Ignatius.
Read the storyLyons and the Rhône
The Rhône accounts preserve the witness of Blandina and her companions; the medieval account returns to Lyons in the story of Peter Waldo. The place links two distinct periods of Christian witness.
Read the storyCordova
Cordova is a recurring setting in the ninth- and tenth-century accounts. John’s witness in 850 is followed by other named Christians, including Eugenia near the city in 923.
Read the storyOrleans
Orleans is the setting of the account of fourteen witnesses, with Stephen named as their chief figure. The narrative places the proceedings near the close of 1022 or at the latest in 1023.
Read the storyNorwich
Norwich is the setting of the accounts of William White, Abraham of Cholchester, and John Waddon. Their 1428 witness is accompanied by sections on the order for arrest, their confession, and imprisonment.
Read the storyVienna
Vienna is the setting of the death of Stephen, an elder of the Waldenses, in Martyrs’ Mirror. His community had sought safety in Austria after persecution in and around Bohemia.
Read the storyInnsbruck
Innsbruck is the place where Jakob Hutter was executed on 25 February 1536, according to the Hutterite institutional history. The event belongs to the period when he led and organized believers moving between Tyrol and Moravia.
Read the storyAsperen
Asperen in Holland is the setting of Dirk Willems’s imprisonment, flight across the ice, rescue of his pursuer, and recapture. Martyrs’ Mirror gives the local setting as part of the account of his faith and suffering.
Read the storyDordrecht (Dort)
Dordrecht, called Dort in the supplied edition, connects the confession of faith drawn up on 21 April 1632 with the later work of Thieleman J. van Braght. The introductory line of the Third Confession identifies the gathering and its date.
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