Ausbund, das ist: Etliche schöne christliche Lieder, wie sie in dem Gefängnüs zu Passau in dem Schloss von den Schweitzer-Brüdern … gedichtet worden. The hymnal of the Swiss Brethren and the Amish.
Free copies used
- First American edition, Germantown 1742 (Christopher Sauer): https://archive.org/details/ausbunddasistetl00unse
- Lancaster edition, 1834 (Google scan, better OCR): https://archive.org/details/ausbunddasistet00imbrgoog
- Other free editions on archive.org: 1751, 1785, 1815, 1846, 1856, and a 1970 reprint.
Hymns that matter for this tree
- Hymns 81 and following: the Passau hymns. In the 1834 edition the heading reads: “Es folgen noch etliche sehr schöne christliche Gesänge, wie dieselbigen zu Bassau von den Schweizer-Brüdern in der Gefängniß im Schloß … gedicht und gesungen worden.” See 1535 Anabaptist prisoners at Passau write the Ausbund hymns.
- Hymn 139: “Ein Lied von etlichen Brüdern, die gefangen worden sind zu Dürsrüte in der Schweitz”. See 1659 Anabaptists arrested at Dürsrüti (Ausbund hymn 139).
- Hymn 140: “Ein schön geistlich Lied von dem Haßlibacher”, tune Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz. See 1571 Last Anabaptist execution in Bern.
- An appended account of the Zurich persecution of the 1630s (Wädenswil, Horgen, Grüningen; Peter Brubacher, Hans Landis, Jacob Rüsterholz, Hans Jacob Heeß).
No surname from the tree appears in the martyr ballads (searched 2026-10-31).
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.