Anastasius Kommerell

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Anastasius Kommerell (* around 1547 in Tübingen ; † May 7, 1611 in Kilchberg (now part of Tübingen)) was a Lutheran pastor mainly in the Swabian region . He introduced the Reformation in Kirchentellinsfurt .

Life

Anastasius Kommerell was the eldest son of the Tübingen baker Fabian Kommerell and his first wife whose name was not known. After finishing Latin school, he was enrolled at the University of Tübingen on November 8, 1564. After the introductory course, he mainly studied Protestant theology , as his “parents pulled him to fear God”. He completed his master's degree on February 1, 1570. It is not known where he first served as a deacon.

Kommerell applied several times for pastor posts in Württemberg, but since there were obviously not enough pastor posts at the time, he was forced to leave his home country for the time being. In the early days he changed parishes frequently - it was perhaps because he was only hired on a temporary basis. He was pastor for two years in Ravengiersburg in the Hunsrück , one year in Heddesheim near Mannheim and one year in Horrweiler , apparently also for a time in Haberschlacht .

His life changed significantly in 1579. That year, on Prayer Sunday in Tübingen , he married Marie Kienlin (* before 1562; † May 15, 1616), a daughter of the Tübingen hospital attendant and councilor Bernhard Kienlin. He had six children with her. In the same year he was hired on the manorial property of Messrs. Burkhard and Jerg von Ehingen near Freudenstadt in order to introduce the Reformation in the villages of Neuneck , Unteriflingen and Böffingen . He was then from 1581 to 1593 pastor in Neuneck.

In 1593 he again applied for a job with Duke Ludwig of Württemberg , for the pastor's position in the newly acquired Kirchentellinsfurt , which - as Kommerell correctly suspected - was to be reformed. Duke Ludwig died shortly afterwards (on August 28). His successor, Duke Friedrich , took up the application and Kommerell was appointed the first Protestant pastor in Kirchentellinsfurt in 1594. He introduced the Reformation there. From Kirchentellinsfurt he was transferred to Kilchberg in 1599. Kilchberg was a knightly possession, and although it had belonged to Württemberg since 1558, the Junker in particular was in charge there. During a visit to Kilchberg he was positively judged: “Very hardworking; officio waits due, lives angrily ... “Kommerell died of the plague at the age of a little over 60 and was buried in the cemetery in Kilchberg.

Although it was possible to determine Kommerell's collaboration only on a printed treatise, it emerges from the visitation report of 1605 that he systematically conducted private theological studies and possibly also wrote texts on them. In 1602 he dealt intensively with the Gospel of John and in 1603 with the prophetic books of the Bible .

children

  • Friedrich Burkhard (* around 1580; † July 25, 1638 in Tübingen), white tanner
  • Anna Maria (* around the end of 1580 probably in Neuneck; † January 3, 1660 in Pfullingen , 1. 1. 1608 Johann Ulrich Hensler, cellar in Weinsberg , 2. ⚭ 1655 Johann Wendel Kurrer, clerk in Bönnigheim , bailiff in Bietigheim and Kirchheim uT )
  • Johann Jakob (* around 1588 in Neuneck; † June 29, 1635 in Brackenheim ), pastor
  • Christian (* around 1589 in Neuneck; † December 4, 1664 in Frauenzimmern ), pastor
  • Maria Magdalena (* around 1592 in Neuneck; † November 27, 1619 in Cannstatt ; ⚭ Martin Hockh, deacon in Cannstatt, dean in Stuttgart )
  • Regina (born March 21, 1594 in Tübingen)

Fonts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Kommerell: Family Chronicle Kommerell ... , p. 34
  2. ↑ Otto Kommerell: Familienchronik Kommerell ... , pp. 34–35
  3. ^ Schmoller: The Diocese of Tübingen ..., p. 15
  4. ↑ a b Otto Kommerell: Family Chronicle Kommerell ... , p. 36
  5. ↑ Otto Kommerell: Familienchronik Kommerell ... , pp. 35–36
  6. ^ The letter of July 16, 1593, which is kept by the Stuttgart State Archives, provides information about Kommerell's career. (printed by Otto Kommerell: Familienchronik Kommerell ... , p. 35)
  7. ^ Schmoller: The Diocese of Tübingen ..., p. 21

literature

  • Otto Kommerell : Family Chronicle Kommerell. Family tree with 79 pictures and 15 tables drawn up between 1915–1942 , Frankfurt a. M.: Kramer 1943
  • Schmoller: The Diocese of Tübingen in the years 1601–5 according to the visit reports of the then official superintendent . In: “Blätter für Württembergische Kirchengeschichte” 1889, pp. 6–8, 12–15, 20–24, 29–31, 35–39, 45–48
personal data
SURNAME Commercial, Anastasius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Commerell, Anastasius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian, pastor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1547
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1611
Place of death Kilchberg (today part of Tübingen)