Hubmaier, Balthasar#
Hubmaier, Balthasar, b. Friedberg near Augsburg (Germany), after 1480, d. Vienna (executed), March 10, 1528. Theologian, cathedral preacher in Regensburg, turned Anabaptist. Worked until 1525 in southern Germany, 1526/27 in Nikolsburg and Austria, where the Anabaptist movement spread rapidly. He advocated the right to military action and was publicly burnt at Erdberg near Vienna.
Literature#
R. Reingrabner, Die Protestanten in Oesterreich, 1981; E. Mabry, B. H. doctrine of the church, 1994; NDB.