Hippolytus Steinwehr
Hippolytus Steinwehr (* unknown, probably in Stargard ; † 1529 in Stralsund) was a German Catholic priest.
Steinwehr came from an old Pomeranian knight family . He enrolled at the University of Rostock in 1493 with the indication of origin Stargard and studied in Greifswald from 1494 . In 1500 Steinwehr received a canonical and the Lepelsche Vicarie at the St. Anne's Altar at the Camminer Cathedral and the Archdeacon of Usedom .
In 1521, instead of the son of the Pomeranian duke, he was appointed senior pastor in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund. He could not fill this office, however, because the mood in the Stralsund council and the population was directed against the clergy because of some attacks by the clergy under Zutfeld Wardenberg . When the council raised high taxes against the clergy to finance the war with Denmark in 1522, Wardenberg, Steinwehr and the vice-pleban Dr. Otto the city. While Wardenberg went to Rome , Steinwehr was able to use a letter of safe conduct from the Pomeranian dukes Georg I and Barnim IX. Return to Stralsund in 1522, where the Reformation was already being announced. Steinwehr was physically attacked during a celebration of the high mass in 1524. In 1525 he sued the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer , but did not live to see the case law. In 1529 he died of the river blow .
literature
- Theodor Pyl : Steinwehr, Hippolytus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 25.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Hippolytus Steinwehr's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stone weir, Hippolytus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stenwer; Stewerder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Stargard |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1529 |
| Place of death | Stralsund |