page_title: Petrus Zwicker
hierarchical_section_title: Petrus Zwicker
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das von Gerald Brandstötter entworfene Denkmal erinnert an die im Jahr 1397 unter Inquisitor Petrus Zwicker verbrannten Steyrer Waldenser. Es wurde 1997 am Prof.-Jörg-Reitter-Platz errichtet (Berggasse, Abzweigung Blumauergasse)
context_page_description: Petrus Zwicker was an East Prussian Inquisitor and cleric of the Roman Catholic Order of the Celestines. Between 1391 and 1403, he led one of the largest inquisitorial operations in the German-speaking world. The victims of this persecution of heretics, in Austria, Pomerania, Brandenburg and Hungary, were almost exclusively Waldensians. The Inquisition records of this period are today only represented by a few fragments.
context_section_description: Petrus Zwicker (died 1403, in Vienna) was an East Prussian Inquisitor and cleric of the Roman Catholic Order of the Celestines. Between 1391 and 1403, he led one of the largest inquisitorial operations in the German-speaking world. The victims of this persecution of heretics, in Austria, Pomerania, Brandenburg and Hungary, were almost exclusively Waldensians. The Inquisition records of this period are today only represented by a few fragments.
caption: 1997 Monument to those burned by Petrus Zwicker in Steyr in 1397
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