Andreas Castelberger
Andreas Castelberger also limping Andres or Andres on stilts (crutches) ; (* around 1500 in Graubünden ; † after 1531 in Chur ) was a Protestant bookseller in Zurich and Anabaptist preacher in Graubünden. He is one of the fathers of the Swiss Anabaptist movement .
Life
Andreas Castelberger came from Graubünden. Date and place of birth are not known. His name first appears in Zwingli's correspondence in 1516. As a colporteur and bookkeeper , he supplied Zwingli and other humanistically minded scholars with printed matter from Basel. The limping Andres , who was also called Andres uf der Krucken because of his handicap , lived with his family in Zurich.
As a supporter of the Reformation, he had held Bible readings in his home since 1522. Participants included other radical Zwinglian supporters such as Lorenz Hochrütiner , Heinrich Aberli and Bartlime Pur. They were interested craftsmen, most of whom later joined the Anabaptist movement. In their Bible study they dealt among other things with the letter to the Romans . A letter to Thomas Müntzer and one to Andreas Karlstadt come from the Castelberg reading group , which also includes Konrad Grebel and Felix Manz . In the two letters, which Castelberger also signed, the difference and independence in questions of faith were clearly expressed. When the Bible Study publicly spoke out in favor of believing baptism from 1525 onwards , the council prohibited private Bible study. All foreign Anabaptists had to leave the city within eight days. Castelberger was granted a reprieve because of his disability. When he publicly spoke out against Zwingli's baptismal book in the summer of 1525 , he and his family had to leave Zurich for good.
Castelberger returned to his home town of Graubünden. He is mentioned there twice more. In 1528 the Graubünden reformer Johannes Comander complained in a letter about his Anabaptist activities, which were apparently also successful in Chur. The last mention comes from the year 1531, when Castelberger acquired the citizenship of Chur. Nothing is known about his further career.
literature
- Andrea Strübind : More zealous than Zwingli. The early Anabaptist movement in Switzerland , Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-10653-9 , pp. 129-138 ( The Castelberger Reading Group )
- JF Gerhard Goeters .: The prehistory of Anabaptism in Zurich . In: Luise Abramowski and JF Gerhard Goeters (eds.): Studies on the history and theology of the Reformation , Neukirchen 1969.
- Hans Berger: The Reformation . In: Bündner Kirchengeschichte 2 , Chur 1986, p. 63 f.
Web links
- Ulrich J. Gerber: Castelberger, Andreas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Christian Neff, Werner O. Packull : Castelberger, Andreas (16th century) . In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Strübind 2003, p. 130.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castelberger, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andres on the legs; limping Andres |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Baptist and bookseller |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Graubünden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |
| Place of death | unsure: Chur |