1621

April 1621

A group of 186 Hutterites from Moravia were brought here by force, under orders of Gabor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania. The prince employed the Hutterites as carpenters, masons, potters, craftsmen and farmers on his estates. [Hostetler, p.73]

1658

War broke out between the Hapsburgs and Turkey, changing the fortunes of the Hutterite community for the worse. The Hutterites had to take refuge in the high ridges about 5 miles away, where they built rock "hide-outs". [Hostetler, p.74]

1661

The Bruderhof buildings here were plundered and burned by Turk and Tartar invaders. The Hutterite settlement was rebuilt but the community never fully recovered. Some members left to join other German-speaking churches.

1690

By this time communal living was abandoned by the Hutterites here.

1755

October 1755

A group of 270 Lutheran refugees from Carinthia (Austria) arrived at the Hutterite settlement. Two of the Lutherans, Andreas Wurz & George Waldner, took an interest in the old Hutterite literature and way of life. Eventually the Carinthian newcomers adopted the Hutterite faith and became a revitalizing force among the Hutterites. [Hostetler, p.75]

1762

April 1762

Hans Kleinsasser, one of the Lutheran refugees, was rebaptized and ordained by Hutterite Elder Mertl Roth. [Hostetler, p.76]

1764

8 April 1764

Joseph Kuhr was arrested at the instigation of the Jesuits and imprisoned at Klausenburg (Kolosvar), and later at Hermannstadt.

1767

The Jesuits conducted a book raid on the Hutterite Bruderhof here. Eighteen well-preserved codices from this raid are now in the Betthyany Library in nearby Karlsburg (Alba Iulia). [Hostetler, p.74]