Caspar Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden

Caspar Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden (born November 28, 1464 in Neubronn , † November 9, 1541 in Eichstätt ) was a German humanist and canon in Eichstätt.

Epitaph of canon Caspar Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden in Eichstätter Dom von Loy Hering

The brothers Konrad , Bernhard and Caspar (also: Kaspar) Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden, all three humanists, came from the Swabian-Staufer ministerial family of Adelmannsfelden and were cousins ​​of Eichstätt prince-bishop Gabriel von Eyb (1497–1535). Caspar was the youngest and became a canon in Ellwangen in 1477 . In 1482 he studied at the Bavarian State University of Ingolstadt and in 1483 at the University of Tübingen .

In 1497 he became pastor in Kinding and resigned himself to his Ellwang canon. Instead, he was domiciled in Eichstätt in 1497 or a little later. On July 9, 1501, he received a canonical at the cathedral church of Eichstätt and on October 3, 1503, in addition, the office of custodian at the cathedral church. Caspar belonged to the three-person building commission of the cathedral chapter, which was responsible for the new construction of the Johanniskirche next to the cathedral; the late Gothic hall church was consecrated in 1531. The year before, at Adelmann's instigation, the road from Eichstätt to Pfünz had been repaired.

After the death of his brother Bernhard in 1523, as a canon in Eichstätt, he was a close friend of Prince-Bishop Gabriel, who joined Caspar all the more closely, who was a guest in the prince-bishop's residence almost every day in the last years of the aged bishop's life. The Rebdorf Prior Kilian Leib , also a friend of the Prince-Bishop, reports in detail in his diary about the table discussions at Willibaldsburg .

In 1528 Caspar Adelmann was recorded as provost in Herrieden , and in 1531 as senior pastor in Thuisbrunn . In 1533 he resigned to the provost's post in Herrieden, and in 1540 to the custody in Eichstätt. He died the following year and was buried in the cloister of the cathedral . His epitaph is the work of Loy Hering .

"Even if he (Caspar) was surpassed in learning by his brothers Konrad and Bernhard, he shared with them the joy of scientific studies that distinguishes so many members of his family." (Theodor Neuhofer, p. 103)

literature

• Franz Xaver Thurnhofer: Bernhard Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden, humanist and Luther's friend (1457–1523). A picture of life from the time of the beginning church division in Germany (= explanations and additions to Janssen's history of the German people. Vol. 2, no. 1). Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1900, p. 12f.
• Joseph Schlecht (Ed.): Kilian Leibs Correspondence and Diaries (= Reformation- historical studies and texts. Vol. 7, ISSN  0171-3469 ). Aschendorff, Münster 1909.
• J. Zeller: The brothers Bernhard, Konrad and Kaspar Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden as canons of Ellwangen. In: Ellwanger yearbook. Vol. 8, 1922/23, ZDB -ID 217468-6 , pp. 75-80.
• Theodor Neuhofer: Gabriel v. Eyb, Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt. In: Collection sheet of the Historical Association Eichstätt. Vol. 48, 1933, ISSN  0936-5869 , pp. 53-141, in particular pp. 102f .; continued in: Vol. 49, 1934, pp. 1–115.
• Hugo A. Braun: The cathedral chapter at Eichstätt. From the Reformation to secularization (1535–1806). Constitution and personnel history (= contributions to the history of the Reich Church in modern times. Vol. 13). Steiner, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-515-05603-3 , p. 151f. (At the same time: Eichstätt, Kath. Univ., Diss., 1983).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see also list of Swabian noble families