Gufidaun
(now Gudon; north of Chiusa)
Alto Adige (Südtirol),
Italy
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Martyrs Mirror by Thieleman J. van Braght
The Radical Reformation by George H. Williams
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1529

July 1529
George Blaurock & Hans Langenegger were arrested by magistrate Hans Preu and placed in the prison tower of Gufidaun Castle. Over the following weeks they were subjected to extreme torture in hopes that they would betray their Anabaptist colleagues. Finally, the death sentence was passed on both men. Their execution took place in Klausen, just south of here.

1536

28 April 1536
Katherine Hutter escaped from her prison cell here. Her whereabouts for the following 2 years are unknown. She next appears in the historical record in Schoneck.


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