Adelberg Meyer to the arrow

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Junker Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil (also Adelbert Meyer zum Pfeil ) (* 1474 in Basel ; † June 8, 1548 in Basel) was elected mayor by the Basel Council in 1521, for the first time in disregard of formal episcopal appointment rights, and became one of the most powerful politicians in Basel Time. He was a cloth merchant , councilor and member of the Basel “gentlemen's guilds” ( merchants' guilds ) for saffron and keys, as well as the craftsmen's guild for weavers . From a military point of view, he held the offices of Basler Zeug from 1524 to 1546 - and of the banner lord with the rank of captain . The Junker received a diploma from Emperor Ferdinand I on hereditary nobility.

Coat of arms of Meyer zum Pfeil

Life

origin

Junker Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil came from the Meyer zum Pfeil family named after the arrow in the family coat of arms. It appeared among the wealthy families of Basel as early as the 15th century. In the 15th and 16th centuries it carried the title of Junk . His parents were the humanist Junker Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil († 1500) and Barbara zum Lufft, daughter of the Basel councilor Ulrich zum Lufft zu Weinleuten and Magdalena Eberler. One of his brothers was the changer and councilor to the key Bernhard Meyer zum Pfeil (1488–1558), 1548–58 mayor of Basel.

Act

In 1504 Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil became a member of the Basel “gentlemen's guilds” (merchants' guilds) for saffron and keys as well as the craftsmen's guild for weavers, which indicates his activity in the cloth trade. Its economic activities were also directed towards business with property and real estate. In 1511 Adelberg Meyer became an arrow "six" member of the six-member saffron guild board .

With that began his political career. From 1509 court lord, he became a councilor in 1514 and until 1548 held the offices of "Siebners" ( finance ), "Neuners" ( war committee ), "Fünfers" ( court ), "Dreiers" (supreme financial supervisor), building and department store owner, a lord of adultery (council representative in the marriage court) and a lord of appeal (second and highest court instance). He was also responsible for the maintenance of the Steinen monastery estate . From 1518 he directed Basel politics as the "Thirteen". He also acted as a city changer from 1518 , which further increased his significant fortune.

The Basel council elected him mayor in 1521, for the first time in Basel's history in disregard of formal episcopal appointment rights. He held this office until his death in 1548, when he was followed by his brother Bernhard for ten years. Between 1522 and 1531, Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil was one of the most important councilors in matters of foreign policy. At that time, he was one of the most important Basel diplomats of the Reformation period, both because of his embassies to the Confederation and to the Upper Rhine . In the following period, however, he hardly appears as a member of the delegation . His brother Bernhard took a leading position as envoy in the closer and wider field of relationships in Basel. From 1524 to 1546 Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil also held the military offices of the stuff - and of the banner lord with the rank of captain .

During the Reformation decade, Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil worked as a guild representative in the office of mayor, alternating with Heinrich Meltinger , a patrician member of the Old Believer party. Meyer zum Pfeil is counted among the Reformation-minded forces in the council, but did not appear in the decided manner of Jakob Meyer zum Hirzen as an advocate of church renewal. He rather belonged to the group of council members who gradually followed the development towards the Reformation, but tried to prevent radical changes. It is thanks to such efforts that in Basel, despite the agitation of the spirits, both parties enjoyed free religious practice for a number of years, until an iconoclasm banned the concept of tolerance from Basel for a long time. As the leader of the middle party between the denominational positions of Basel in the 1520s, Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil made himself indispensable in domestic politics. As the first mayor of the Basel guild regiment not appointed by the bishop but elected by the council, he became one of the most powerful politicians in Basel of his time.

Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil left various records, including excerpts from council books, messages about his own family and about contemporary events. His historical and antiquarian interests, for example, are borne out by his copies from the Chronicle of Konrad Schnitt and the translation of Heinrich von Beinheim's Chronicle commissioned by him . The collection of the notes he wrote in 1543 from Basel's earlier history is still kept in the Basel church archive. The copies of older Basel chronicles, which he had produced for himself and his descendants at his own expense, represent an important tradition, because several important historical sources of the 15th century, such as the memorabilia of Henman Offenburg or the chronicle of Heinrich von Beinheim, are unique thereby obtained.

family

Junker Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil first married Katharina Hütschi (1470–1508), daughter of Melchior Hütschi, guild master at the key in Basel, in 1503 Margaretha Trutmann, daughter of Hans Trutmann, councilor to the key and chief guild master in Basel and the Clara Brunlin, in third marriage 1533 Katharina Bischoff (1515–1541), daughter of Andres Bischoff, Basel councilor to housemates and Barbara Bär.

He left two sons and three daughters. One son was Johann "Hans" Ludwig Meyer zum Pfeil (1539–1607), married to Anna Frobenius , daughter of the printer Hieronymus Frobenius (1501–1563), Basel guild master for saffron. A son of the Meyer zum Pfeil-Frobenius marriage was Bernhard Meyer zum Pfeil (1564-1610), married to Cordula Truchseß von Rheinfelden (1573-1608).

Other descendants of Adelberg Meyer zum Pfeil include:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hans Berner:  Meyer zum Pfeil, Adelberg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 324 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Samuel Schüpbach-Guggenbühl: Adelberg Meyer (to the arrow). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 23, 2010 , accessed June 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g patrician families Basel: extract from the Meyer zum Pfeil family (PDF; 29 kB)
  4. ↑ a b c August Bernoulli:  Meyer, Adelberg (Adelbert), on the arrow . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 555.
  5. ↑ Family research in Switzerland: Lineage Adolf Burckhardt ( Memento from March 2, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Family research in Switzerland: Wilhelm Vischer lineage
  7. ↑ Family research in Switzerland: Lineage Eduard Hoffmann ( Memento from May 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Family research in Switzerland: lineage Albert Socin ( Memento from May 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Family research in Switzerland: Wilhelm His lineage ( Memento from July 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Family research in Switzerland: Emil Feer lineage ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Meyer zum Pfeil, Adelberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer zum Pfeil, Adelbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cloth merchant, councilor and member of the Basel gentlemen's guilds
DATE OF BIRTH 1474
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1548
Place of death Basel