Christoph Binder (theologian)

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Christoph Binder (born December 28, 1519 in Grötzingen , † October 31, 1596 in Adelberg ) was an evangelical clergyman and ducal-Württemberg councilor as well as the first evangelical abbot of the Adelberg monastery .

Life

Binder was born as the illegitimate son of the local priest Georg Binder and Katharina Bainhardt. Georg Binder lived, although as a Catholic priest actually tied to celibacy , like many of his co-workers at that time in cohabitation . After the Reformation was introduced in Württemberg , he converted to the Protestant denomination and probably married Katharina Bainhardt in the same year. Georg Binder owned his own house in Grötzingen, which is why a certain amount of fortune can be assumed with which he enabled his talented son to receive a thorough education.

On December 20, 1534, Christoph Binder enrolled at the University of Tübingen , where he received a bachelor's degree in September 1537 and a master's degree on January 28, 1541. From 1541 he was the first deacon or vicar in Göppingen , from 1543 pastor in Denkendorf and from 1544 deacon at the Hospital and Leonhard Church in Stuttgart . In 1546, at the express request of the population, he became pastor in Grötzingen - according to legend, he was said to have prevented Spanish soldiers from entering the city during the Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547) that same year . From 1557 he was pastor and from 1558 to 1565 dean in Nürtingen . In 1560 he was planned as a reformer for the imperial city of Weil der Stadt . However, this plan of the ducal chancellery was abandoned because of the resistance of the local citizens.

Binder was on the road several times for Duke Christoph on important foreign church matters. Possibly in this connection he was seconded to Reichenweier in Alsace from 1560 to 1561 in order to introduce the Lutheran creed in the Württemberg rule of the same name. With the same order he was sent to the county of Mömpelgard , which lies further south and belongs to Württemberg . He is also said to have traveled to the Duchy of Saxony in 1562 to mediate in a religious dispute.

On February 14, 1565, Binder was appointed the first Protestant abbot of the Adelberg Monastery, which had been converted into a monastery school. He held this office until 1590/95. At the same time he was general superintendent in Denkendorf from 1557 to 1586/90. In 1594 he took part in the Diet of Regensburg . He was also the ducal councilor of Württemberg. In February 1595 he resigned from his offices. He died on October 31, 1596 in Adelberg.

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  1. ↑ Main State Archives Stuttgart, J 67, Bü. 33, Oratio de ortu, vitae curricuto et beateax his terris migratione reverendi viri pietate, eruditione, sapientia & rerum usu praestantiss Christophori Binderi Abbatis Adelbergensis à Christophoro Hermano [...] Tubingae, Typis Iohan. Kircheri, 1597 [funeral sermon on Christoph Binder, with obituaries, Latin, printed], p. 3.
  2. ↑ Jakob Metzger: Special superintendent Christoph Binder von Nürtingen . In: Leaves for Württemberg Church History (BWKG). New Series (NF), Vol. 29, 1925, pp 95-108, here p 99 ( online DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved on May 2, 2019 . ).
  3. ^ Otto Adolf Schuster: Local history of the city of Grötzingen . Nürtingen 1929, p. 51.
  4. ↑ Jakob Metzger: Special superintendent Christoph Binder von Nürtingen . In: BWKG . NF, Vol. 29, 1925, pp. 95-108, here p. 99; Otto Adolf Schuster: Local history of the city of Grötzingen . Nürtingen 1929, p. 51.
  5. ↑ Jakob Metzger: Special superintendent Christoph Binder von Nürtingen . In: BWKG . NF, Vol. 29, 1925, pp. 95-108, here p. 99f; Otto Adolf Schuster: Local history of the city of Grötzingen . Nürtingen 1929, p. 52.
  6. ^ Eugen von Schneider: Württemberg Reformation History. Stuttgart 1887, p. 132 - the Duke of Württemberg had the right of patronage over the parish of the imperial city through the drafted Hirsau Monastery .
  7. ^ Otto Adolf Schuster: Local history of the city of Grötzingen . Nürtingen 1929, p. 52; Gustav Bossert : From the religious movement of the Reformation period in Württemberg . In: BWKG . NF, Vol. 33, 1929, pp. 1-41, here p. 33.
  8. ^ Otto Adolf Schuster: Local history of the city of Grötzingen . Nürtingen 1929, p. 52.
  9. ^ Württemberg Church History Online, Pastor's Book Duchy of Württemberg, Ordnungsnr. 653. Retrieved May 2, 2019 . ; Christian Sigel: The Protestant Württemberg. Its church offices and clergy from the Reformation to the present. A reference work . Vol. 7. Schmiden to Tuttlingen. o O. 1917, p 347 (. online on the website of Wurttemberg State Library. Retrieved on May 2, 2019 . ); Otto Adolf Schuster: Local history of the city of Grötzingen . Nürtingen 1929, p. 52; Christian Palmer : Binder, Christoph . In: General German Biography 2 (1875), pp 643-644 ( . Online at the German Biography Retrieved on May 2, 2019 . ) And Walther Pfeilsticker: New Württemberg's servants book . Vol. 1. Hof, government, administration. Stuttgart 1957, § 1409, see also Ferdinand Friedrich Faber: The Württemberg family foundations. In addition to genealogical news about families entitled to the same . Vol. 6. [...] 23rd Platz-Hermann Foundation [...]. Stuttgart 1940, § 10 - the secondary sources are not uniform regarding Binder's career and partly contradict each other.
personal data
SURNAME Binder, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant clergyman as well as Princely Württemberg Council
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1519
PLACE OF BIRTH Grötzingen
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1596
Place of death Adelberg