1525 · Zurich · Swiss Brethren
What happened
On 17 January 1525 the council ruled for Zwingli on infant baptism and banned the radicals’ meetings. On 21 January 1525, in the house of Felix Manz’s mother, Blaurock asked Grebel to baptize him and then baptized the others — the traditional founding of Anabaptism. Within days a congregation formed at Zollikon. This is the root of every Swiss line in this tree (Ramseyer, Neuenschwander, Lehman, Sprunger, Mast, Hochstetler, Mishler).
Sources
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.