Historedia
Episode 2 of 2

Execution of Leaders

When
January 1536
Where
Münster marketplace
Part of
End of the Münster Rebellion

Prominent Anabaptist leaders were tortured and executed in the marketplace in January 1536.

John of Leiden, Bernhard Knipperdolling, and Bernhard Krechting were executed in the marketplace. Their corpses were subsequently displayed in metal cages on the church tower.

Sources

  1. Münster rebellion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
  2. Münster Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-07

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