Gregor von Nallingen

Gregor von Nallingen (* around 1500 in Heilbronn ; † 13th or 14th April 1561 there ) first inventoried the Heilbronn City Archives in 1527 and then worked in the service of the City of Heilbronn as city ​​clerk and syndic from 1531 to 1538 . From 1542 to 1551 he represented the Wetterau Counts College at several Imperial Diets in Nuremberg, after which he appeared again as an advisor to the city of Heilbronn.

Life

Gregor was the son of the painter Hans von Nallingen (around 1455–1527 / 28), who is proven from 1504 to 1526 as a councilor and finally as mayor in Heilbronn. The family was not aristocratic, but was named after its origin, one of the two places Nellingen within the diocese of Constance . In 1527 Gregor von Nallingen compiled a vaulted book from the Heilbronn archives on behalf of the council , which is considered the first finding aid of the Heilbronn city archive . He then enrolled at the University of Heidelberg in 1529 , where he appears in the registers as scriba Heylpronnensis (clerk from Heilbronn). Presumably the city council had urged such a degree, since the office of town clerk offered to him was also connected with the office of a lawyer , which required a law degree. In 1531 Gregor von Nallingen received a licentiate in both rights. Due to the short duration of the study, it is considered that he could have started his studies at another university before 1529. From 1531 he was town clerk and lawyer in Heilbronn. He also represented the city at city days and at the meeting day of the Schmalkaldic Confederation in 1535. In 1538 he had to resign from office due to an extramarital relationship sharply criticized by the council. He left Heilbronn for the time being, but remained loosely connected to the city and continued to work for it on various occasions.

He temporarily settled in Neckarsteinach and represented various nobles on diplomatic occasions. In 1542 he was the representative of Count Georg von Zweibrücken and Engelhard von Leiningen-Dachsburg at the Diet of Speyer . It was there that Count Ludwig zu Stolberg became aware of Nallingen and campaigned for the Wetterau Counts College to elect him as their joint representative at the Nuremberg Reichstag. The Wetterau were extremely satisfied with his achievements and sent the lawyer to the Reichstag in 1543. In 1544 he took part in the Reichstag as secretary to Count Reinhard von Solms. In 1545, 1548 and 1551 he again represented the Wetterau counts alone.

In the late 1540s, Nallingen stayed longer in Heilbronn. In 1544/45 he was in the service of the Heilbronn council for a short time as a syndic, in 1546 he asked for a longer stay in Heilbronn as a judge because the court was suspended. In 1548 he was named as an advocate for the council. Nallingen advised the city on various legal issues, especially at the time of the Augsburg interim , to which the emperor had the city occupied by Spanish troops. From 1549, Nallingen advised the city in a lengthy legal dispute with the Heilbronner Kommende of the Teutonic Order because of the damage suffered during the Peasants' War and the Schmalkaldic War . In 1551 he bought a house on Heilbronn market square and from then on he had his permanent residence again in Heilbronn. In 1555 he dealt with a dispute between the city council and the diocese of Würzburg about the salaries of pastors. In 1556 he brought about the renewal of the existing alliance between the imperial city and the Electoral Palatinate .

From 1542 he was married to a Magdalena who died around February 1, 1556 in Heilbronn. He later married the Heilbronn council daughter Barbara Hartmut († January 29, 1595). He himself died on April 13 or 14, 1561 in Heilbronn.

literature

• Hubert Weckbach: Gregor von Nallingen . In: Swabia and Franconia. Local history supplement of the Heilbronn voice . 16th year, no. 8 . Heilbronner Voice publishing house, August 8, 1970, ZDB -ID 128017-X .