Dionysius Dreytwein

Dionysius Dreytwein (* 1498 in Esslingen ; † January 31, 1576 ibid) was a furrier and author from Esslingen. He became known as the author of the Esslingische Chronik .

Life

Dionysius Dreytwein came from an old, established Esslingen family of furriers. His grandfather was the longtime councilor Bernhard Trutwin . After his father's death in 1519, he traveled and lived in Strasbourg , Frankfurt am Main , Basel , Nuremberg , Vienna , as well as in places in Silesia , Upper Lusatia and Pomerania for a total of twelve years. In 1543 he married Katharina Wolff von Cannstatt; the couple had twelve children. Like the contemporary chronicler Hermann von Weinsberg in Cologne , he wrote the story of his family, which at that time was already in decline.

Works

According to Dreytwein, he wrote the Esslingische Chronik between 1548 and 1564. Presumably, however, he did not write it in chronological order, but rather put it together from older notes between 1562 and 1564. He describes events from everyday life, as well as discussions in guild houses , public meetings in churches and discussions in workshops. He also describes in detail his own living conditions. The Esslingische Chronik as a source is not only one of the chronicles, but also one of the ego documents . It is therefore an important source for research into the history of the city of Esslingen . In addition, the descriptions of his journeyman journeys are instructive for investigations of the journeyman craftsmen journey over a long period of more than forty years. He also wrote the works “The Franziskaner Reimchronik” from 1567 and the “Wiener Reimchronik” from 1573, the latter an adaptation of the “Swabian Chronicle” by the so-called Thomas Lirer .

Edition

• Adolf Diehl (Ed.): Dionysius Dreytwein's Esslingische Chronik (1548–1564) . Library of the Literary Association in Stuttgart, 221. Tübingen 1901.

literature

• Eberhard J. Nikitsch: Dionysius Dreytwein - an Esslingen furrier and chronicler. Studies on the artisan mentality in early modern imperial cities . With an edition of the Franciscan rhyme chronicle. In: Esslinger Studien 24 (1985), pp. 1-210.
• Otto Borst : Everyday life in the Middle Ages , Frankfurt 1983, ISBN 3-458-32213-2 , p. 553ff.

Web links

Commons : Esslingische Chronik Dreytwein  - Scans

• Entry in the register of self-reports of the University of Basel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See the study by Knut Schulz: Handwerkerwanderungen and new citizens in the late Middle Ages . In: Rainer Christoph Schwinges: New Citizens in the Late Middle Ages . ( Journal for historical research , supplement 30.) Berlin 2002, pp. 445–477, here: 466f.