In Berchtesgaden, the
Protestants were held back
from emigrating for a time.
Instead, the church began
a toilsome rooting out and
used systematic conversion
methods. Despite these
intense measures, it was not
until a parish report from
the year 1788 that it was
confidently stated that
"the erring faith" was
finally eliminated.
Protestants were held back
from emigrating for a time.
Instead, the church began
a toilsome rooting out and
used systematic conversion
methods. Despite these
intense measures, it was not
until a parish report from
the year 1788 that it was
confidently stated that
"the erring faith" was
finally eliminated.
A painting in the pilgrimage
church by Maria Kunterweg
shows fourteen local
Protestants at the bottom
getting their punishment
from a Catholic God.
church by Maria Kunterweg
shows fourteen local
Protestants at the bottom
getting their punishment
from a Catholic God.
After the groups from Dürrnberg had been exiled, hundreds more Berchtesgaden
families over the mountain also requested permission to emigrate. Recruiters from
Hannover had been active, and in 1733 about one thousand Berchtesgadeners, not
miners, but peasants and small farmers, were finally allowed to leave and most settled
around Hannover. Later, in 1733 on the eastern side of the Salzburg emigration route,
around 1,200 declared Protestants were ordered to be faithful to the Catholic religion
or depart, even though forbidden from doing so! But many would eventually be forced
to resettle in far away Hapsburg Realms where, even though they were Protestant, they
buffered the Turkish threat in those distant lands.
families over the mountain also requested permission to emigrate. Recruiters from
Hannover had been active, and in 1733 about one thousand Berchtesgadeners, not
miners, but peasants and small farmers, were finally allowed to leave and most settled
around Hannover. Later, in 1733 on the eastern side of the Salzburg emigration route,
around 1,200 declared Protestants were ordered to be faithful to the Catholic religion
or depart, even though forbidden from doing so! But many would eventually be forced
to resettle in far away Hapsburg Realms where, even though they were Protestant, they
buffered the Turkish threat in those distant lands.