Georg Vogtherr

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Georg Vogtherr (born March 11, 1487 in Dillingen on the Danube , † January 18, 1539 in Feuchtwangen ) was a vicar of the monastery, temporarily deputy city pastor in Feuchtwangen during the Peasants' War. He introduced the Reformation and later officiated as canon, canon preacher and pastor / priest.

Life

Epitaph from 1539, upper section in the north aisle of Feuchtwangen collegiate church

Vogtherr was born as the son of the doctor Konrad Vogtherr on March 11, 1487 in Dillingen. His two brothers were the artist Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder (1490–1556) and the doctor Bartholomäus Vogtherr. He attended school in Dillingen and perhaps Schwäbisch Hall and enrolled as a student at Leipzig University in 1508 . In 1509 or 1510 Vogtherr came to Feuchtwangen and in 1517 received a benefice as a canon vicarian, as he appeared unfit for his father's profession for health reasons. At that time the doctors were still part of the craftsmen's class and it was a teaching profession. In 1517 and 1522 he is mentioned in the service of the twelve messenger altar . Despite conflicting obligations arising from celibacy , Vogtherr lived with his housekeeper and partner Agnes, a widow with whom he had seven children. The violation of the regulation had become manageable and the canons paid the so-called whore tax annually to the bishop of Augsburg for their relations with their housekeepers .
Perhaps under the impression of an indulgence campaign in 1519, Vogtherr began to turn away from the Catholic faith. The indulgence slips were issued by the Ansbacher Stiftsdekan Dr. Jodokus Lorcher sold in Feuchtwangen. During the turmoil of the Peasants' War , in contrast to other canons of the canons, he remained alone on site in 1525 and was entrusted with the representation of the city pastor, in that year he married Agnes Hoffacker from Schwäbisch Hall. The incumbent (city) pastor Johann Dietrich was a canon and fled with the remaining canons and vicarians via Herrieden to Augsburg. In a sermon on Ascension Day 1526, which is handed down in the text, he clearly turned to Martin Luther . He was deposed by the sovereign Margrave Casimir , because he was not appointed by him, but was appointed by the city. His long-time partner Agnes died on June 17, 1527. In his second marriage, on December 4, 1528, Vogtherr married the sister of his first wife, Sybilla Hoffacker, with whom he would have six more children. After the turmoil of the Reformation subsided and Margrave Kasimir's death in 1527, Georg Vogtherr was appointed preacher in Feuchtwangen in 1528 by the successor Margrave Georg the Pious . In 1534 he received the parish and two chaplains to support him . After his death, Vogtherr was buried the following day in the collegiate church with great mourning for the community.

progeny

Epitaph from 1539, lower section

Vogtherr's children from 1st marriage:
1) Georg Hercules Vogtherr, born in 1519, an ophthalmologist in Nuremberg, died in 1560. He was married twice, the first time with Rosina Luger, who bore him three children: the first, Georg, died soon, the second, Anna, later married an escort in Fürth. The third child also died early. His second marriage to Anna Dächler resulted in six children, two more sons and two daughters.
2) Johannes, born in 1522, died of the plague in 1533.
3) Margareta, born in 1520, died in Schwabach in 1562.
Children from 2nd marriage:
1) Sara, born in 1532, died in 1583 in Oettingen.
2) Maria, born in 1536, died in Feuchtwangen in 1565.
2) Anna, born in 1539, died in Nuremberg in 1566.

About his son from his second marriage, Samuel Vogtherr (* October 10, 1530; † July 16, 1584), he is the progenitor of all descendants with the same name. He had a wooden, painted epitaph made for his deceased father , which originally hung (until the collegiate church was rebuilt) under the so-called "monkey box" (the elevated civil servant status), after the renovation it was installed in the choir on the north side. Today it is hanging, clearly visible in the north aisle. It depicts the deceased, his two wives, and the founder with his four brothers and six sisters. The Latin text was written by canon M. Magnus Galli (vicar, 1559 also rector, later in 1567 subdeacon or pastor in the second parish position).

Fonts

Vogtherr is likely to have been the author of an initially anonymous book on sundials that was printed by his brother Heinrich: A well-founded, artistic Summari-Büchlin of all Sonnen Uhren, Strasbourg 1539 . The book was reprinted several times during the 16th century.

literature

  • Thomas Vogtherr : Georg Vogtherr (1487–1539) and the introduction of the Reformation in Feuchtwangen . In: Yearbook of the Historical Association Dillingen an der Donau 90, 1988, pp. 307-325.
  • Chronicle of the Vogtherr family , Dr. jur. Friedrich Vogtherr, C. Brügel and Son, Ansbach 1892, ( digitized ) p. 37 ff.
  • The reformer Georg Vogtherr and his epitaph in the collegiate church in Feuchtwangen Huber, Wolfgang. (2011) - In: Journal for Bavarian Church History Vol. 80 (2011) pp. 260–283

Web links

Wikisource: Georg Vogtherr  - Sources and full texts

Commons: Category: Georg Vogtherr sundials

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronicle of the Vogtherr family, page 40 ff.
  2. ↑ History of the city and the former Feuchtwangen Abbey, Dr. Christoph Friedrich Jacobi, Nuremberg Verlag Riegel and Wießner 1833
  3. ↑ Bavarian Library Association : Vogtherr, Georg, V 2161–2165, ZV 18340, ZV 27528
personal data
SURNAME Vogtherr, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon and canon preacher in Feuchtwangen
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1487
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1539
Place of death Wet cheeks