The Orebites ( cz, Orebité) or Hradecti were followers of the

Hussites The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chalice People") were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation. The Hussit ...

in Eastern Bohemia. The founders took part in the procession on Mount Oreb, near

Třebechovice pod Orebem Třebechovice pod Orebem () is a town in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,700 inhabitants. Třebechovice pod Orebem is best known for the Museum of Nativity Scenes. Administrative parts ...

and Hradec. Later, most noble supporters belonged to the East Bohemian church known as the '' Bohemian Brethren''. The ideological founder of the Orebites was the priest

Ambrož Hradecký Ambrož Hradecký ( cz, Ambrož Hradecký or ; died 16 October 1439, in Kolín) was a Czech priest, preacher and political leader from the Kingdom of Bohemia in the era of the Hussite Wars. Life Ambrož is first mentioned in 1419 as pastor of th ...

. Leaders included

Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg (also: ''Henry Kruschina of Lichtenburg'', in cz, Hynek Krušina IV. z Lichtenburka; 1392 – 4 March 1454, Kłodzko ( cs, Kladsko, german: Glatz)) was a Hussite commander and governor and lien holders of the Cou ...

and

Diviš Bořek of Miletínek Diviš Bořek z Miletínka (german: Diwisch Borek von Miletin) (died 8 January 1438) was a captain of the Hussites in eastern and central Bohemia. He started his career as a poor, rural nobleman of Czech origin, seated at small stronghold named ...

, the captain of the Hussites in Eastern and Central Bohemia. The Orebites were instrumental in the burning of the Benedictine monastery in

Mnichovo Hradiště Mnichovo Hradiště (; german: Münchengrätz) is a town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,700 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monum ...

in the early summer of 1420, and in autumn, they supported the rest of the Hussites at the

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 16 August 1419 to c. 1 November 14 ...

. In 1423, they merged with the ''

Sirotci The Sirotci ("Orphans"; german: Waisen), officially Orphans' Union ( cz, Sirotčí svaz), were followers of a radical wing of the Hussites in Bohemia. Founded in 1423 originally under the name Lesser Tábor, it consisted mostly of poorer burghers ...

'' of

Jan Žižka Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha ( en, John Zizka of Trocnov and the Chalice; 1360 – 11 October 1424) was a Czech general – a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus and a Radical Hussite who led the Taborites. Žižka was a successful milita ...

References

* Hussite Wars {{Proto-Protestantism