Andreas Würfel

Andreas Würfel (born February 28, 1718 in Nuremberg ; † October 6, 1769 in Offenhausen (Middle Franconia) ) was a German clergyman , genealogist and art historian .

Life

Andreas was born as the son of the principal of the Nuremberg Lorenzer School Leonhard Konrad Würfel and his wife Maria Andrä. He attended the Aegidianum and the Lorenz School in his hometown . From 1739 Würfel studied theology , philosophy , philology , mathematics and rhetoric at the University of Altdorf . In 1744 he completed his vicariate at St. Klara in Nuremberg. In 1751 he was ordained in Altdorf, then he worked as a deacon in Kirchensittenbach and as a pastor in Oberkrumbach . From 1755 until his death he worked as a pastor in Offenhausen.

From 1758 Würfel was an honorary member of the Altdorfische Deutschen Gesellschaft , from 1762 a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , and Würfelstrasse in Nuremberg is named after him.

Würfel had married Katharina Margaretha Ringer (born March 24, 1799 in Nuremberg), a pastor's daughter from Helfenberg (Würtemberg). From the marriage comes a son Christoph Würfel (* March 8, 1755 in Kirchensittenbach; † July 21, 1824 in Großhaslach), who was also pastor in Alfeld and Großhaslach. As well as a daughter.

Works (selection)

Würfel's work produced extensive biographical manuals and extensive reference works on the churches and monasteries, but also on the Jewish communities in the Nuremberg region .

• Historical message from the Jewish community in the Hofmark Fürth , Frankfurt am Main and Prague 1754, ( digitized version ).
• Historical message from the Jewish community which was previously served in the imperial city of Nuremberg but was deported in 1499 , Nuremberg 1755, ( digitized version ).
• Collection of some messages from the chapel at St. Ottmar and St. Ottilien on the Keilberg near Offenhausen. Altdorf, 1757 ( digitized ).
• Description of the life of all the clergymen who have served Lutheri in the imperial city of Nuremberg and its land since the Reformation, together with a description of all the churches and chapels there [...] , 9 volumes, Nuremberg 1756 to 1763.
  • Diptycha Ecclesiae Sebaldinae that is: directories and biographies of Messrs. Preachers, Messrs. Schaffer and Messrs. Diaconorum, who have served at the main and parish church at St. Sebald in Nuremberg since the blessed Reformation. Nuremberg, 1756, vol. 1. ( digitized version ).
  • Diptycha Ecclesiae Laurentianae that is: directories and biographies of those gentlemen preachers, gentlemen Schaffer and gentlemen Diaconorum, who have served at the main and parish church at St. Laurenzen in Nuremberg since the blessed Reformation up to now. Nuremberg, 1756, Vol. 2, ( digitized version ).
  • Diptycha Ecclesiae Egydianae that is: directories and biographies of the Preachers, Seniorum and Diaconorum, who have served at the church of St. Egydia in Nuremberg since the blessed Reformation. 1757, vol. 3, ( digitized version ).
  • Diptycha ecclesiarum in oppidis et pagis Norimbergensibus: that is: directories and descriptions of the lives of the clergymen who have served here since the blessed Reformation as well in the small towns as in the village parishes of the Nuremberg area; In addition to a topographical report of the places, descriptions of the churches, chapels and the monuments located in the same. Nuremberg, 1759, ( digitized version ).
  • Diptycha Ecclesiae Ad Spiritum Sanctum that is the directory and descriptions of the lives of the Preachers, Diaconorum and others. Gentlemen South Preachers, who have bit here since the Reformation, at the New Hospital Church for salvation. Geist in Nuremberg and near the sick-room in the south. Nuremberg, 1759 ( digitized version ).
  • Diptycha Ecclesiae S. Jacobi that is: directories and biographies of gentlemen preachers, gentlemen midday preachers u. Gentlemen Diaconorum, who bit here since the blessed Reformation, served at the Church of St. Jacob in Nuremberg. Nuremberg, 1760 ( digitized version ).
  • Diptycha Capellae B. Mariae is the lists and biographies of the preachers and deaconers who have served here since the blessed Reformation at the chapel of St. Mary or the Marien-Saal. Nuremberg, 1761 ( digitized version ).
  • Diptycha Ecclesiae S. Bartholomaei that is the directory and life descriptions of the pastors and deaconers who have served here since the blessed Reformation at the church of St. Bartholomew in the suburb of Woehrd. Nuremberg, 1763 ( digitized version ).
  • Diptychorum ecclesiarum Norimbergensium succincta enucleatio: that is a detailed description of all and every churches, monasteries, chapels ... together with a detailed list of all the clergymen. Nuremberg, 1766 ( digitized version ).
• Description of some bracteates, thick pennies and jewelery that have been excavated at Offenhausen in the Nuremberg area. Zeh, Nuremberg, 1761 ( digitized version ), 1771 ( digitized version ).
• History of the former nunnery in Pillenreuth called Maria Schiedung, in the Nuremberg area. Altdorf, 1764 ( digitized ).
• Mixed messages that explain the history of the imperial city of Nuremberg and the aristocratic families there from history, genealogy and diplomacy. 1764 ( digitized version ).
• Historical, genealogical and diplomatic news to explain the history of the city and aristocracy in Nuremberg , 2 volumes, Nuremberg 1766 ( digitized ), 1767 ( digitized ) and 1768 ( digitized ).
• Death calendar of the St. Katharina monastery in Nuremberg: with the prioress and the convent Insiegel. Along with an appendix of strange documents. Aldorf, 1769 ( digitized version ).

literature

• Manfred H. Grieb : Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. Walter de Gruyter-Verlag, Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , pp. 1708 f.
• Matthias Simon: Nuremberg pastors book. Nuremberg, 1965, reprint 2018, p. 358.