Ernst Brotuff

Ernst Brotuff (also Ernestus Brotufius ; * 1497 in Merseburg , † probably 1565 there) was a German lawyer and historian .

Life

Brotuff took up his first verifiable position as a clerk at the Benedictine monastery of St. Petri in Merseburg in 1516 . It is unknown where he received his schooling and law degree. In 1525 he was given the position of councilor and lawyer for the monastery. After the abbot Mauritius died there in 1543 and he joined the Reformation , he got a job as Syndicus of the city of Merseburg.

Brotuff was appointed school administrator of the young princely school of Pforta in 1550 by Elector Moritz von Sachsen . He was the third person to hold this office since it was founded. After two years he returned to Merseburg and accepted the office of mayor there. He is believed to have died here in 1565.

Most of Brotuff's works are riddled with mistakes. His genealogy of the House of Anhalt was given historical value through the foreword by Philipp Melanchton .

Works (selection)

• Chronica of the Saltz Bornen and building of the city of Halle ; Written in 1554, but only published posthumously in 1679 in: Gottfried Olearius : Halygraphia aucta et continuata, description of the place and time of the city of Hall in Saxony, increased and extended to the current 1679 year ; (Ed.) Hall 1679 - available as PDF in [1]
• Chronicle of the antiquities of the Imperial Foundation of the Roman Castle and the city of Marsburg an der Salah near Türingen. Wolrab, Bautzen 1556.
• Historia. Quite fun to read, from the Tewren war hero, high-ranking Fuersten ... Mr. Wiprecht, Marggraffen zu Lausnitz, Burggraffen zu Magdeburgk and Leisnick ... Bärwald, Leipzig 1556.
• Genealogia Vnd Chronica of the ... House of the Princes of Anhalt, Counts of Ballenstedt and Ascanie, Lord of Bernburgk and Zerbst. Berwaldt, Leipzig 1556.
• Historia Martisbvrgica: Inside Chronica Ditmari, Bishop of Marssburg, from his time history, namely Käyser Henrici Aucupis, Ottonis Magni, Ottonis II., Ottonis III. and Henrici Claudi… described. Gros, Leipzig 1606 (revised and edited by Georg Hahn).

literature

• Christian Schöttgen : News of Ernst Brotuff's life. Harpeter, Dresden 1745.
• Franz Xaver von Wegele :  Brotuff, Ernst . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 365 f.
• Brotuff, Ernst . In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) . 1st edition. tape 2 : Bohacz – Ebhardt . KG Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-23162-8 , p. 147 .

Web links

• Works by and about Ernst Brotuff  in the German Digital Library
• Ernst Brotuff data set in the portal of the Thuringia State Archives