Heinrich Brennwald
Heinrich Brennwald (* 1478 in Männedorf ; † April 26, 1551 in Zurich ) was a cleric in the Diocese of Constance and author of a popular Swiss chronicle.
Life
Heinrich Brennwald came from a patrician family from the city of Zurich . In 1492 it was presented by the City Council of Zurich on a canonical of the Canons of Embrach . From 1494 to 1495 he studied in Basel without obtaining an academic degree. From 1496 he was rector of the parish church in Lufingen , from 1498 canon in Embrach.
Between 1508 and 1516 Heinrich Brennwald wrote a Swiss chronicle in four parts: the origin of the Confederation , a list of the Swiss aristocratic families, the history of the places up to the entry into the Confederation, the history of the Confederation up to 1509. The chronicle is regarded as the first attempt at an objective representation of Swiss history .
In 1518 Heinrich Brennwald was appointed provost of the Canons' Monastery of Embrach by the City Council of Zurich , and he held this position until it was secularized on September 19, 1524. Heinrich Brennwald was appointed papal notary in 1520–1521. He was a supporter of the Reformation and took part in the Zurich disputations . Heinrich Brennwald married his housekeeper Margareta Lautenschlager from Embrach in 1524, with whom he already had children. In 1529 a daughter married the theologian and Johanniter Johannes Stumpf .
After the Reformation he was almsman in Zurich from 1525–1528, and from 1528–1536 bailiff of the Töss monastery in Töss , which is now a district of Winterthur . Heinrich Brennwald was a skilled administrator of secularized institutions.
Heinrich Brennwald died in 1551 and is buried in the Predigerkirche in Zurich.
literature
- Hans Baer: 200 years of the "new" church in Embrach. A contribution to the building history of the Reformed Church in Embrach. Evangelical parish, Embrach 1980.
- Béatrice Wiggenhauser: Clerical careers: The rural Canons' Monastery of Embrach and its members in the Middle Ages. Chronos, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-90531245-X .
- Martin Bucer: Correspondence. EJ Brill, Leiden. Vol. 4: (January - September 1530), 2000 ( Studies in medieval and Reformation thought; vol. 78), p. 90 note 5.
Web links
- Béatrice Wiggenhauser: Heinrich Brennwald. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Publications by and about Heinrich Brennwald in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brennwald, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Zurich clergy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1478 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1551 |
| Place of death | Zurich |