 In general, Storch was considered by commentators of the 16th century as a leading ‘Anabaptist’ However, there was a tendency to call almost any radical preacher an Anabaptist, with hindsight only and without distinction.Such classification therefore needs to be treated with caution.He is credited with having established Anabaptism in central Germany, after the report by the Hof chronicler Widmann that he practised adult-baptism in the town of Hof.