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Hutter auch Huter, JakobHutter (also Huter), Jakob, b. Pustertal/Val Pusteria (South Tyrol), d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Feb. 25, 1536, leader of the Austrian Anabaptist movement. In 1528 he organised the emigration of like-minded persons to Moravia, where he formed "Haushaben" and "Bruderhof" communities and introduced community of goods. He required members to renounce their families and private property and was opposed to military service. In 1535 he returned to the Tyrol, was arrested in Klausen and burnt in Innsbruck as a heretic. Literature: G. Mecenseffy, Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, part 1-3, 1964-1984; B. G. Längin, Die Hutterer, 1986; NDB.
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