Hans Häberlin

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The farmer Hans Häberlin (* in the 15th century in Grönenbach ; † June 14, 1526 near Leubas ) was a Reformation lay preacher from Grönenbach . He was hanged on the orders of the Swabian Federation in Leubas near Kempten (Allgäu) .

Life

Häberlin came into contact with Reformation doctrine in Memmingen and Kempten through the preachers Matthias Waibel and Jakob Haystung . In order to deal with the new doctrine of the Reformation and to be able to further educate himself in it, Häberlin learned to read and acquired an edition of the New Testament , which had only been translated into German by Martin Luther in 1521. Waibel informed him about content-related questions about the New Testament. Matthias Waibel recognized Häberlin's gift for preaching and encouraged him to act as a preacher himself and gain further supporters for the Reformation.

After Waibel on September 7, 1525 by hanging had been executed, Häberlin saw the time come even appear in public as a lay preacher. He gave his sermons in his home town of Grönenbach, near Wiggensbach im Bachtel, in Altusried near the Radsperre and other places. Sometimes he preached in the open to several hundred listeners. The catchment area of ​​his audience stretched from Martinszell to Waltenhofen and from Buchenberg to Kimratshofen . Some of the audience came from the cities of Kempten and Leutkirch and from the district of St. Mang and St. Lorenz. In his sermons he recommended that the sacrament be administered in both forms . If the priests refused to do so, his audience should in future visit the Church of St. Mang in Kempten, since the Lord's Supper was served there in both forms. He also toyed with the idea of ​​administering the sacrament himself, but did not make it happen. However, he himself carried out the baptism of his newborn child, since he saw himself, like all believers, as the priest of God .

Arrest and death

On April 15, 1526, Häberlin preached in front of around 800 listeners at Wiggensbach. He was amended by the Swabian League ordered bailiff arrested Maurice of Altmannshofen. Four Landsknechte overpowered Häberlin, while another 30 armed horsemen and landsknechte rushed to support, in order to subdue the Häberlin rushing listeners and dissolve the meeting. Hans Häberlin was arrested and interrogated at Neuchâtel Castle near Durach , where he was also tortured. The interrogation protocol with the title of Hansen Häberlin's the predicant (so that Neuchâtel is included in prison), original gout and confession, has been preserved. During the interrogation, Häberlin stood by his statements and actions. The Swabian Federation then demanded his execution, but Moritz von Altmannshausen refused, citing the lack of a court judgment. Because of this refusal, the Swabian Federation commissioned Captain Diepolt von Stein with the execution. The executioner Berchtold Aichelin, who had already executed Waibel, hanged Häberlin on June 14, 1526 on a tree near Leubas, northeast of Kempten. In addition to Häberlin, the Legauer farmer leader Endres Widenmann and the bandit Hans Schmid von Rappen were hanged.

Häberlinweg in Leubas

In the Leubas district of Kempten, the Häberlinweg was named after him in memory of Hans Häberlin .

literature

  • Otto Erhard: Kempter Reformation History - The Reformation of the Church in Kempten . Printed and published by Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten 1917, p. 22-24 .
  • Stephen E. Buckwalter: Martin Bucers German writings - Last Supper writings 1529-1541 . Ed .: Gottfried Seebaß. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1960, ISBN 3-579-04894-5 , pp. 68 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Jos. Edmund Jörg: Germany in the Revolutionary Period from 1522 to 1526 . Herder'sche Verlagshandlung, Freiburg im Breisgau 1851, p. 272–274 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Alfred Weitnauer : Allgäu Chronicle from 1501 to 1700 . Verlag für Heimatpflege Kempten / Allgäu, 1971, p. 54, 55 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Otto Erhard: Kempter Reformation History - The Reformation of the Church in Kempten . Printed and published by Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten 1917, p. 22 .
  2. ↑ a b Otto Erhard: Kempter Reformation History - The Reformation of the Church in Kempten . Printed and published by Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten 1917, p. 23 .
  3. ↑ Jos. Edmund Jörg: Germany in the Revolutionary Period from 1522 to 1526 . Herder'sche Verlagshandlung, Freiburg im Breisgau 1851, p. 272 .
  4. ↑ Otto Erhard: Kempter Reformation History - The Reformation of the Church in Kempten . Printed and published by Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten 1917, p. 20, 21 .
  5. ↑ Otto Erhard: Kempter Reformation History - The Reformation of the Church in Kempten . Printed and published by Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten 1917, p. 24 .
  6. ^ Toni Nessler: Castles in the Allgäu . Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten 1985, p. 118 .
personal data
SURNAME Häberlin, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Reformation lay preacher
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Groenenbach
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1526
Place of death Leubas