Erhard Hegenwald
Erhard Hegenwald (also Erhart Hegenwalt , first half of the 16th century) was a writer of the Reformation .
Career
Hegenwald had been a schoolmaster at Pfäfers monastery and took part in the First Zurich Disputation as a follower of Ulrich Zwingli . About it he wrote a report with the title action of the meeting in the praiseworthy city of Zurich on the 24th day of Jeners 1523, from because of ie Evangelii . This was printed several times in the same year.
On Friday after Epiphany in 1524 appeared Wittenberg a broadsheet of Hegewald with the song mercy on me, O Lord God, according to thy great mercy of, a paraphrase Psalm 51 Miserere mei Dominus . The song was included in the Erfurt Enchiridion and other hymn books .
From Wittenberg, Hegenwald stayed in contact with Reformation circles in Zurich, as evidenced by a letter to Konrad Grebel on January 1, 1525.
In 1526 Hegenwald received his doctorate in medicine in Wittenberg . It is not certain whether the author is identical to the Frankfurt city doctor of the same name, who worked there from 1528 to 1540.
literature
- Carl Bertheau: Hegenwald, Erhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 275.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Leland Harder (Ed.): The Sources of Swiss Anabaptism. The Grebel Letters and Related Documents . Scottdale 1985.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hegenwald, Erhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hegenwalt, Erhart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hymn poet and reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |