Hanss Scheffer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coat of arms of the Schaffer family

Hanss Scheffer (* around 1499 in Birkingen ; † before 1586 in Birkingen; born / actually Hans Schäfer ) belonged to the Schäfer family and was the unification master of the unification Birndorf in the former county of Hauenstein .

Life

Hanss Scheffer was born around 1499. His parents were the Vogt von Birkingen , Hans Scheffer and Eva Waldkircher. In his childhood he experienced the hardships of the Swiss or Swabian War in 1499, which probably activated his feelings of freedom as a toddler. He was married to Anna Leber. Together they had the children Hans Scheffer (* around 1525) and Einungsmeister Andreas Scheffer (* around 1528). Hanss is the great-great-grandson of Johannes Scheffer, known as the widow's son of Weitbruch .

Participation in the peasant war and the consequences

In 1525 he went to the side of Kunz Jehle in the Peasants' War against the monastery of St. Blasien . In a list of those involved in the peasant uprising from the Einung Birndorf , made in 1532, presumably by the pastor in Dorgern Heinrich Küssenberg, he is listed as one of those who had caused great damage to the monastery in the village of Sankt Blasien . The original of the certificate reads:

"Copies from 1532 - anno 1525 ran from the parish of Bürdorf to St. Bläsi and did great damage:

  • Antoni Waldkiller by hir Vogts Sohn (Waldkircher)
  • Caspar Meyer from here
  • Hans Gäng from here
  • Heini Fluom from here
  • Marti Ratzinger from Schatenbürdorf (Schattenbirndorf)
  • Hanss Scheffer the young von Bürkingen Vogts son
  • Adam Schänk from Bürkingen
  • Andres Trändlin von Bürkingen the young
  • Andreas Leber from Bürkingen
  • Marx Mettenberger from the Chuchelbach (Marcus Mettenberger)
  • Hans Pfeiffer from Poland
  • Thoma Winkler from Buoch
  • Baschli Eggert from Buoch
  • Jörg Trändlin from Hächel the Young
  • Peter Sur from Etzbel
  • Michel Tröndlin von Heite "

What is interesting in this list is that almost all long-established and wealthy families of the Birndorf union, such as Geng, Mettenberger, Waldkircher, Winkler, Tröndlin, Schäfer, etc., took part in the uprising. The mention of Anton Waldkircher is also surprising. His father, Heinrich Waldkircher, was the governor of the Sanktblasian Frohnhof in Birndorf. One would therefore think that in this conflict he had to defend the interests of the monastery rather than against it.

Martin Luther distanced himself from the freedom movement of the peasants and wrote literally in his book, Against the Murderous and Rebellious Rotten der Bawren : "They should be thrown, choked, stabbed, secretly and publicly, who can, how to kill a mad dog" what the authorities did not allow themselves to be said twice and which followed Luther's deeds.

After the uprising by the Black Forest peasants was put down by military intervention, those involved were either executed, mutilated or heavily fined. As the son of a respected family, Hans Scheffer, the son of Birkingen's bailiff , escaped execution or mutilation, but was probably prompted to pay a fine.

Office as unification master of the unification Birndorf in the county of Hauenstein

Document from 1544, which describes the inspection of the Hauensteiner Hagwald and its condition

On April 23, the St. Jergen-day, he was in 1544 for the unification Birndorf to Einungsmeister selected. As was customary at the time, the election took place in the open air. The county of Hauenstein was pledged to the forest bailiff Johann Melchior Heggenzer von Wasserstelz (forest bailiff from 1537–1559), who stood on the side of the unions and successfully thwarted the intentions of the St. Blasien monastery after obtaining the pledge in 1562 , since 1539 . The St. Blasien monastery strove to gain high jurisdiction over the county of Hauenstein. The Habsburg government had to mediate between the two rival forces, the monastery and its financial strength on the one hand and the national defense of the unions on the other, because it had to rely on both. The pledged rule was triggered in 1562 with the help of the Einungen. By means of a cash payment, the unification obtained the emperor's promise not to be pledged again in future, which an imperial commissioner confirmed to the farmers gathered in Steinbach. In 1563 St. Blasien received back the pledge of 1500  fl and 1000 fl, which the abbot had already paid for the pardon he had hoped for, and was disappointed to have to waive his claims. During the term of office of Hans Schäfer, advice was given to secure the self-defense wall, the so-called Schanzen und Letzen, in the county of Hauenstein from deforestation of the protective Haagwald.

Birkinger benefice process

Hans Schäfer always stood up for the well-being of fellow citizens, including in the Birkinger benefice trial in 1558. Review: In 1464 “before St. Conradstag”, Hans Gutjar carried the bishop of Constance (Burkart II, Edler von Randegg 1462–1466 ) before “he had considered the highly unwelcome adversity of the holy, adverse Sacrament of the tender Corpus Christi of our keeper Jesus Christ, so on the altar by the priest's hand and adversity” and founded with agreement “with the reciprocated Gaistlichen Frawen and Äptyssin and common conventfrawen of Gotshus Küngsfelden [Königsfelden] “a benefice to the three wise men, as well as with the consent of the mayor and advice of Waldshut. On this benefice a "honest, fooled, unfaithful person", who stood in the priesthood and had to be presented to the bishop, should bet. This priest had to swear that he would not draw any other benefices at the same time and would have to take his seat in Waldshut. A process arose over the receipt of the benefices in Birkingen. Usually, these payments were collected by a so-called "carrier" and handed over to the chaplain. The Birkinger wanted to abandon this mode and they wanted to ensure that each individual obligated person was allowed to give his share separately. The chaplain filed a lawsuit against this procedure at the competent court in Dogern, but the lawsuit was dismissed there. The chaplain then appealed to the appellate court of the county of Hauenstein zu Görwihl and won. Appeared at the court: as appellants from Edelvest Jakob von Offterdingen, called Guotjahr, the honorary bier Hans Ehinger and as representatives of Birkingen Hans Schlachter and Hans Schäfer.

1567 disputes over Birkinger tithes

The Vogtshaus in Birkingen , also known as the Salpetererhaus

On April 8, 1567, Hans appeared again in a document, this time together with his son Andreas Scheffer. This time it was about the settlement of a dispute over the grain and wine tithes in Birkingen between the Teutonic Knights of Beuggen and Bern . In the residence of Michel Keller in Birkingen, the delegates of the city of Bern, the councilors Hans Sager Kasper Wyllading and Samuel Dillmann, Bernese court master at Königsfelden , met on this day "to settle insanity, inaccuracies and quarrels" because of the tithe demands in Birkingen . The interests of the Teutonic Order Commander were represented by Hans Kasper von Jestetten zu Beuggen, who sent Hans Mangold, Schultheis zu Säckingen, Matthäus Winkler, Beuggischer Schaffner zu Rheinfelden and Balthasar Steiger, Beuggischer Schaffner zu Waldshut. Alteinungsmeister Hans and Andreas Schäfer (Scheffer), Michel Knecht, Hans Schlachter, Hans Schaupp, all from Birkingen, Konrad Ramschtauer, Antoni Waldkircher, Mathis Schabeler and Hans Pfeiffer von Birndorf appeared as representatives of the tenants. Beuggen had the right to tithe in the western part of the district against Birndorf and Bern in the eastern part. At the meeting, a peaceful agreement was finally reached, and the boundaries were redefined: “There is a gate on Niederalpfener Feld, which is called the Kegelhof. This is where the Friedhag extends to Niederalpfener Feld. The Beuggensche tithe area extends to the Lachen on Friedhag. From Friedhag you go down Windenstrasse to where these strass and Birndorfer strass meet. This place is called 'uff Burg'. From there down to the Ramenstaffel, where there is a landmark, then to the boundary stone that distinguishes the Birkinger and Dogerner Zwing and Bann; from here up the Kuchelbach and Erlifelder valleys to the Lachen and Friedhag again at Niederalpfen. Everything outside of this district in the Dogerner, Erlifelder and Kuchelbacher Zwing und Bann belongs in the Königsfelder Hof towards Waldshut. "

1586 Schäfer trade

When Hans Schäfer died, the county of Hauenstein made a claim in the amount of 1129 guilders and 6 half batzen . It is possible that the named Hans Schäfer is his son of the same name. A few years earlier, Hans Schäfer had had a large amount of wood felled in the Hauensteiner Letziwald , which had not yet been accounted for. In the well-preserved parchment certificate it says “... so then veylandt Hans Schäffer seeligen heirs who were hindered in Birkingen, because of Schäffer's payment for attack .” “Intervention” meant cutting wood. The presentation by the shepherd's heirs also says: "... regardless of the fact that this is not to blame" and they also add "... then we bit this clag all should he have done something common to the common land and still not looted and brought down ". So it was a few years ago. In a court hearing, the so-called Schäfer'schen Handel , which took place on January 30, 1586 between the committee of the "common Landtschektiven" Hauenstein and the "Schäfferische Erben" under the chairmanship of the Waldvogt and Schuldheiss of the city of Waldshut, Christoph von Heideck in the hostel Zum Schaf took place in Waldshut , a comparison was ultimately made. The remaining debt in the amount of 1129 guilders and 6 half batzen, plus 500 guilders in "expenses" was reduced to 1000 guilders, which was then repaid by his heirs in annual installments of 100 guilders each.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parish archive Dogern
  2. ↑ Quoted from: David Liebelt: The religious understanding of rule in Martin Luther. GRIN Verlag 2008, p. 23
  3. ↑ Freiburg Diocesan Archive, 1890 p. 209
  4. ↑ Signature GLAK 21 No. 3657
  5. ^ ZGORh 11, 478 - Karl Friedrich Wernet

literature

swell

  • Parish archive Dogern, Waldshut district
  • General State Archive Karlsruhe, GLA 113/158
personal data
SURNAME Scheffer, Hanss
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shepherd, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Einungsmeister Grafschaft Hauenstein (1544)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1499
PLACE OF BIRTH Birkingen
DATE OF DEATH before 1586
Place of death Birkingen