Hans Hujuff

Hans Hujuff (II.) (* In Halle an der Saale ; † 1554 in Zurich ) was a goldsmith , citizen of the city of Zurich and temporarily a member of the Anabaptist movement .

family

Hans Hujuff's father, Hans Hujuff (I.), with whom he is sometimes confused, had immigrated to Halle from Bohemia as a goldsmith and made jewels for the Magdeburg archbishops between 1492 and 1517. He became councilor of Halle in 1496 and died there in 1536.

Member of the Grebel Circle in Zurich

Hans Hujuff (II.) Also became a goldsmith and left Halle. On September 3, 1520, he acquired the citizenship of Zurich.

In September 1524 Hujuff belonged to the Anabaptist circle around Konrad Grebel . Thomas Müntzer was in contact with Hujuff's relatives living in Halle, and the Grebel circle took advantage of this fact to send a letter to Müntzer. It was a first contact. In addition to praise, the letter also contains rebuke for Müntzer: the people of Zurich criticized Müntzer's Deutsche Messe and rejected any use of force. Strictly speaking, there are two letters written on the same day (September 5, 1524), with Grebel as the main author. Hujuff was not involved in the first letter. But the mail carrier's departure was delayed because of rain; meanwhile Hujuff joined the group and brought a letter from his brother, who lived in Halle, as well as Martin Luther's writing against Müntzer. In addition, in the past he himself had a friendly conversation with Müntzer about questions of faith. All this prompted Grebel and his group to write a second letter. It was signed by Konrad Grebel, Andreas Castelberger , Felix Manz , Hans Oggenfuß, Bartlime Pur, Heinrich Aberli and Hans Hujuff. These texts are preserved in the Vadian collection of letters.

Hujuff baptized two people himself and held discussions with Huldrych Zwingli in front of his house . At the Zurich Anabaptist trial, he was released from prison in December 1525 on an original feud . Thereafter, no more contacts between Hujuff and the Anabaptist movement are recorded.

Next life

Hans Hujuff spent the rest of his life as a goldsmith in Zurich and was the father of ten children, one of whom, Hans Hujuff (III), continued his father's workshop as a master goldsmith.

literature

• Andrea Strübind : More zealous than Zwingli. The early Anabaptist movement in Switzerland . Duncker & Humblot: Berlin 2003. ISBN 3-428-10653-9 . Pp. 167-168; 212; 2335; 277; 279; 381; 452
• Harold S. Bender: Conrad Grebel. The Founder of the Swiss Brethren . Wipf and Stock Publischers: Eugene / Oregon 1998². ISBN 978-1579101572 . P. 251.
• Leonhard von Muralt (†), Walter Schmid: Sources on the history of the Anabaptists in Switzerland . Volume I: Zurich. Theological publishing house Zurich: Zurich 1974². ISBN 3 290 11342 6 . P. 17; 19ff; 58f; 62; 67; 121; 127; 149
• Karl Simon: The Zurich Anabaptists and the court goldsmith Cardinal Albrechts . Volume VI / 1 of the Zwingliana magazine . Contributions to the history of Protestantism in Switzerland and its radiation (Ed .: Zwingliverein in cooperation with the Institute for Swiss Reformation History ). Zurich 1934. pp. 50–54 ( PDF-online )

Web links

• Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online: Huiuff, Hans (16th century)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ulrich Bubenheimer: Thomas Müntzer, Origin and Education . Brill, Leiden et al. 1989, p. 30 f.
2. ↑ Grebel to Müntzer: “Huiuff's brother writes that you preached against the princes that they should be attacked with your fist. If it is true ... I urge you in the common salvation of all of us: please stop ”, quote. based on: Urs Bernhard Leu, Christian Scheidegger: The Zurich Anabaptists 1525-1700 . TVZ, Zurich 2007, p. 35.
3. ↑ Thomas Kaufmann : The Anabaptists. From the radical reformation to the Baptists . CHBeck, Munich 2019, p. 25 .; Ulrich Bubenheimer: Thomas Müntzer, Origin and Education . Brill, Leiden et al. 1989, pp. 31-33.
4. ^ Ulrich Bubenheimer: Thomas Müntzer, Origin and Education . Brill, Leiden et al. 1989, p. 31.