Heinrich Brun

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Heinrich Brun , also known as Hinrich or Hinricus Brun , was probably the first preacher in East Frisia to spread Luther's teachings . Soon others followed him and so the Reformation was able to gain a foothold in East Frisia.

It is said that he was a Catholic priest in Aurich . In the spring of 1519 (just over a year after the 95 theses were posted ) he turned to Luther's teachings and delivered the first public sermon on Luther's teachings in East Frisia. This happened most likely with the knowledge of the Count of East Frisia Edzard I . The Duchess Margarethe von Braunschweig (widow of Friedrich III. ) Was Edzard's aunt and supporter of Luther. As early as 1522, they contacted Luther to get more preachers. So was John Stevens from Wittenberg to the north .

Brun must have left Aurich soon, because in 1519 the Oldersumer Heinrich Arnold von Zütphen (also called Hinrich Arnoldi), chaplain Ulrich Attenas , became a preacher in Aurich.

There is no precise information about the death of Heinrich Bruns; he is said to have died around 1527. On Oldersumer colloquy of 1528 he has not taken part.

literature

  • Johann Christian Hermann lattice man : Heinrich Brun, the very first East Frisian reformer . In: New patriotic archive or contributions to the general knowledge of the Kingdom of Hanover, Vol. 1, 2 (1822), pp. 24–31.
  • Ernst Friedländer:  Brun, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 438.
  • Christian Funck: East Frisian Chronick . S. 10 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Johann Samuelansch : General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts . S. 218 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Carl Adolf Cornelius: The share of East Friesland in the Reformation until 1535 . S. 10 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare to Menno Smid: Ostfriesische Kirchengeschichte , Volume VI in the series Ostfriesland im Schutz des Deiches. Contributions to the cultural and economic history of the East Frisian coastal region (Ed. Jannes Ohling), Pewsum 1974, pp. 117–119
personal data
SURNAME Brun, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brun, Hinrich; Brun, Hinricus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first Reformation preacher in East Frisia
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century