Fritz Jakob of Anwil

Knight Fritz Jakob von Anwil (* around 1460 , † before 1537 probably in the castle New Andwil at Rickenhueb, community Waldkirch ) was steward at the Bishopric of Konstanz and Obervogt in Bischofszell .

Origin and family

Fritz Jakob von Anwil came from the eastern Swiss lower nobility of An (d) wil and in 1526 married Anna von Klingenberg for the second time . His son, Hans Albrecht von Anweil, was mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau and governor of the Baden-Durlach Oberamt Rötteln .

Life

Fritz Jakob Anwil was and court Mr over Dozwil and from 1498 at the bishop's court in Konstanz operates. In 1500 he became court master and in 1508 Obervogt von Bischofszell. From 1500 to 1524 he negotiated several times on important matters in federal diets .

In 1523, Anwil, as head of the episcopal embassy for the Zurich disputation, expressed his sympathy for Huldrych Zwingli . This was followed, presumably, in March 1523, when he was dismissed as court master and probably as chief bailiff in 1525. Anwil finally decided in favor of the Reformation and maintained correspondence with the reformers Joachim Vadian and Zwingli. From 1526 he wrote political rhymes, hymns and a brief description of the Thurgau . In 1529 he was the main sponsor of the Reformation in Bischofszell .

literature

• André Salathé: Anwil, Fritz Jakob von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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