Orebites were followers of the Hussites in Eastern Bohemia. The founders took part in the procession on the Mount Oreb near Třebechovice pod Orebem

Trebechovice pod Orebem

Třebechovice pod Orebem is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has ca. 5,600 inhabitants.-External links:* *...

. Later most of the noble supporters belonged to the East Bohemian church known as the Bohemian Brethren. The ideological founder of the Orebites was a priests named Ambrož Hradecký

Ambrož Hradecký

Ambrož Hradecký was a Bohemian priest, preacher and political leader in the era of the Hussite Wars.- Life :Ambrož is first mentioned in 1419 as pastor of the Holy Spirit Cathedral in the East Bohemian town of Hradec Králové . Queen Sofia and her burgrave had him driven out of town, because he...

. Leaders included Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg

Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg

Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg was a Hussite commander and governor and lien holders of the County of Glatz, the Duchy of Münsterberg and the city of Ząbkowice Śląskie ....

 and Diviš Bořek z Miletínka, captain of the Hussites in Eastern and Central Bohemia. The Orebites were instrumental in the burning of the Benedictine monastery in Mnichovo Hradiště

Mnichovo Hradište

Mnichovo Hradiště is a town in the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic. Its population is 8,500.The town was first mentioned in 1279 and contains a Renaissance castle which used to belong to the Wallenstein family...

 in the early summer of 1420 and supported in the autumn of 1420 the rest of the Hussites at the Battle of Vyšehrad

Battle of Vyšehrad

The Battle of Vyšehrad was a series of engagements at the start of the Hussite War between Hussite forces and Catholic crusaders sent by Emperor Sigismund. The battle took place at the castle of Vyšehrad from August 16, 1419, to c...

. In 1423 they merged with the Sirotčí

Sirotčí

Sirotčí , was a radical wing of the followers of Hussites. The association, founded in 1423 consisted mostly of city nobles, who joined with Jan Zizka and joined the East Bohemian Hussites, the so-called Orebites. From 1428, they were led by the priest Andreas Prokop...

of Jan Žižka

Jan Žižka

Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha , Czech general and Hussite leader, follower of Jan Hus, was born at small village Trocnov in Bohemia, into a gentried family. He was nicknamed "One-eyed Žižka"...

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