Hänslin Mittermeier

Hänslin Mittermeier , also known as Hans Mittermaier and Hans Nidermair (* 2nd half of the 15th century in Ingolstadt , † 1529 in Linz ), was an Anabaptist messenger and martyr .

Life

Hänslin Mittermeier came from Ingolstadt, which is what his nickname Hans (or Hänslin ) von Ingolstadt suggests. His family origin is unknown. There is also no reliable information about his youth or his first contacts with the Anabaptist movement. The baptism received Mitter Meier of Hans Hut in 1527. end of August of the same year we find him among the participants of the Martyrs' Synod , where he from the house of Matthias Fischer assembled together with Leonhard village Brunner was sent as an Anabaptist envoy to Austria. While Dorfbrunner was captured in Passau as early as 1528, Mittermeier reached Linz and worked there together with Wolfgang Brandhuber among the members of the Anabaptist brotherhood in the land of the Enns . They found refuge there after the violent end of the Styrian Anabaptist community. However, its effectiveness was short-lived. As early as 1529 he and Brandhuber were imprisoned in Linz with 75 other Anabaptists and executed a short time later. The execution method used by Mittermeier is not known. The sources only report that some of the Linz prisoners were beheaded and others burned at the stake .

In the history book of the Hutterite Brothers and in the Märtyrerspiegel a Hans Nidermair or Hans Niedermaier is mentioned as a preacher of the Linz brotherhood in the land of the Enns . However, the acts of the Augsburg Synod of Martyrs make it likely that he is identical to Hänslin Mittermeier.

Christening succession

The line of baptismal succession goes with Hänslin Mittermeier (baptized 1527) via Hans Hut (Whitsun 1526), Hans Denck (spring 1526), Balthasar Hubmaier (Easter 1525), Wilhelm Reublin (January 1525), Jörg Blaurock (January 1525) to Konrad Grebel (January 1525). The dates in brackets indicate the respective baptism date. Evidence of this can be found in the biography articles of the persons mentioned.

Selected literature

• Josef Beck: The history books of the Anabaptists in Austria-Hungary , Vienna 1883, p. 88.
• Thieleman J. van Braght: Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-Gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd , Volume II, Amsterdam 1685 (2. Edition), p. 24.
• Thieleman J. van Braght: The Bloody Theater or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Savior to the Year AD 1660 , Scottdale 1951 ( online ; accessed 25 September 2010)
• Christian Hege / Christian Neff: Mennonite Lexicon , Volume III, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe, 1913–1967, p. 143.
• Friedrich Roth: Augsburg's Reformation History , Munich 1901, p. 232; 262.
• Rudolf Wolkan : History Book of the Hutterite Brothers , Vienna 1923, p. 47.
• AJF Zieglschmid: The oldest chronicle of the Hutterite Brothers: A language monument from the early New High German period , Ithaca 1943, p. 65.

Web links

• Christian Hege: Mittermaier, Hans (d. 1529) . In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online ; Accessed September 25, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Hans Guderian: The Anabaptists in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000th anniversary of the city of Augsburg , Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 44.
2. ^ Peter Hover: The Secret of Strength. What would the Anabaptists tell this generation? ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 105; Accessed September 25, 2010. 
3. ^ Christian Hege: Mittermaier, Hans (d. 1529) . In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online ; Accessed September 25, 2010.