Eberhard von der Tann
Eberhard Freiherr von und zu der Tann also called Eberhard von der Thann ; (* September 4, 1495 at Haselstein Castle near Hünfeld ; † June 9, 1574 in Tann (Rhön) ), from the dynasty of the Knights of Tann , was councilor and regent of the Tann rulership in the Rhön and led the Reformation there in 1534 a.
family
His parents were Melchior the Younger von der Tann (1458? -1524?), The Fulda bailiff of Haselstein and Vacha , and Margaretha von Mansbach. He had five brothers, all of whom became canons and canons : Georg, Alexander, Wendelin, Christoph (Christofel) and Friedrich. From his marriage to Maria Anna Schenck zu Schweinsberg († 1567) he had two children: Margarete Susanne von der Tann (1530–1577), who married Apel von Berlepsch , and Eberhard von der Tann († around 1593).
Life
Canon and Electoral Saxon Council
Like his brothers, Eberhard von der Tann was initially prepared for a career in the church. From 1512 he studied in Wittenberg , where he met Martin Luther and became his follower and friend, and then from 1517 jurisprudence in Erfurt , 1518 in Bologna , then in Pavia . From around 1510 to 1529 he was a canon in Würzburg , where his uncle Sebastian von der Tann was dean. From 1517 he was also canon in Eichstätt .
In 1526 Eberhard entered the service of Elector Johann the Constant of Saxony-Eisenach and remained in the Electoral Saxon service until his death. In 1529 he resigned from his church benefices. In 1527 Johann appointed him to the Electoral Saxon Council and in 1528 to the bailiff at the Wartburg near Eisenach , where he held office until 1543. During his tenure there he fought the Anabaptists , who spread in the Tann rule. He was temporarily governor in Königsberg in Franconia. In 1545 Eberhard was appointed court judge and privy councilor and became governor in Coburg .
Reformation in Tann
In 1534 he called the first Protestant pastor to Tann. The introduction of the Reformation in the Tann rule (with the town of Tann and the villages of Wendershausen, Hundsbach, Neuschwambach, Habel, Neuswarts, Günthers and Schlitzenhausen) gave rise to an almost hundred-year-old and at times warlike dispute with the abbots of Fulda, which only ended in 1629 Emperor Ferdinand II ended.
Construction work in Tann
In order to better protect the city of Tann during these conflicts, he had it fortified with a wall from 1557 to 1563, of which today, apart from a well-preserved city gate, only remains in the “Graben” and in the Brunnengasse are preserved. In 1564 he had a Protestant church built in Tann. He and his brothers Alexander and Christoph had already started to transform the Romanesque-Gothic ancestral castle in Tann into a castle complex in the Renaissance style (the “Red Castle”) by trying to combine the old buildings and achieve a closed courtyard conversion. This work was only completed after his death.
Political role
Eberhard von der Tann was a mediator between Hesse and Saxony, a driving force in the Schmalkaldic Confederation and an envoy from Electoral Saxony and a representative of the Lutheran cause at numerous diets and church negotiations and conferences. In 1529 he attended the Marburg Religious Discussion with Luther, Philipp Melanchthon and Justus Jonas . In January 1543 he visited the Reichstag in Nuremberg with Franz Burchardt and Melchior von Ossa and took part in the confidential conversation between King Ferdinand I and the ambassadors from Electoral Saxony. At the Reichstag in Augsburg in 1555, the Frankish imperial knights, at Eberhard's instigation, obtained religious sovereignty for their rulers. They were thus removed from the jurisdiction of the sovereigns in matters of religion, were able to determine the religion of their subjects, were in charge of the church and were able to dispose of the property of the former Catholic church properties in their areas.
death
Eberhard von der Tann died in Tann in 1574 and was buried in the local parish church.
Individual evidence
literature
- Horst Nieder: The story of the von der Tann family during the Reformation, Petersberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86568-947-4
- Hans Körner: "Eberhard von der Tann", in: Fränkische Lebensbilder , Volume 10 (Society for Franconian History), Degener Genealogieverlag, Insingen, pp. 123-140, ISBN 3-7686-9064-4
- Hans Körner: Eberhard von der Tann (1495–1574), Frankish imperial knight and Saxon councilor, and the Reformation . In: Journal for Bavarian Church History. Volume 58, 1989, pp. 71-80, at Google Books ( Memento from May 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Alfred Wendehorst: The Diocese of Würzburg , pp. 267–268, at Google Books
- Georg Müller: Tann, Eberhard from and to the . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 372 f.
Web links
- Sandra Limpert: Franconian Imperial Knight and Saxon Councilor Eberhard von der Tann . In: Rhönlexikon
- City of Tann
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tann, Eberhard von der |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tann, Eberhard Freiherr von und zu der (full name); Thann, Eberhard von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Regent of the Tann rule in the Rhön and introduced the Reformation there in 1534 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1495 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haselstein Castle near Hünfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1574 |
| Place of death | Tann (Rhön) |