Esslingen

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany


1527

November 1527
Several members of the Anabaptist group here were arrested and tortured.

December 1527
Rumors began to spread that the Anabaptists were secretly plotting to overthrow the town's government. The rumors originated with one Hans Zuber who, it was said, ate and drank too much.


1528

January 1528
Anabaptist leader Leonhart Lutz was forced to leave town. He later left the Anabaptist movement altogether.





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