Jacob Naffzer

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Epitaph in the Predigerkirche (Erfurt)

Jacob Naffzer also Jacob Naftzer (* around 1529 in Erfurt ; † November 10, 1586 there ) was a German woad dealer, senior councilor and patrician.

Live and act

The Naffzer family did not come to Erfurt until the beginning of the 16th century . The city reached its peak in its economic, political and intellectual-cultural development since the late Middle Ages. At the beginning of the Renaissance it became the center of trade in the middle Holy Roman Empire . This also included the development of Erfurt , which began in the 13th century , into one of the largest woad markets in the empire. As early as 1331, Erfurt received the trade fair privilege from Emperor Ludwig IV.

The father of Jacob Naffzer Johannes Naffzer († before 1569) came from Weißenstadt in Upper Franconia and probably appeared as a woad dealer from 1530 onwards . He married the daughter of the Erfurt patrician Hans Gebhardt (1470–1553). With his wife Barbara Gebhardt (1510–1581) he had three sons and a daughter. His brothers Sebastian and Hans and their sister Anna Christina Naffzer (1540–1593) were known by name.

Jacob Naffzer was listed on August 2, 1542 on the matriculation list of the University of Erfurt .

Jacob Naffzer was also active in the woad trade. In 1550 he married the born Anna Kranichfeld (* around 1535). The couple remained childless. In 1562 he had the building Haus zum Roten Ochsen , which had been on the Fischmarkt in Erfurt since 1392, rebuilt and modernized it in the Renaissance style.

House of the Red Ox

Jacob Naffzer was councilor of the Erfurt magistrate from 1552 until his death . First, the Office of the bridge master , later Four Men and Top Four Men , repulbicae Erfordianae consulis supremi . From 1583 he held the position of co- guardian , contutor in the Protestant Ratsgymnasium .

Erfurt was integrated into the trade route of the Via regia .

After a serious illness, possibly pneumonia , he died with his family. His burial and blessing took place on November 11, 1586 in the Erfurt Predigerkirche .

literature

  • Martin Bauer: From the Erfurt families Naffzer, Sachse and Gebhardt. In: Central German family studies. Issue 3/1986, pp. 340–341.
  • Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich; Walther Ludwig: Humanism in Erfurt. Hain, 2002, ISBN 3-8980-7035-2 , p. 241.
  • Wolfgang Billig: Johannes Nafzer (around 1500-before 1569). 1530 in the house "Zum Güldenenringen" in Erfurt. Journal "Familienforschung in Mitteldeutschland" (FFM), 2002, vol. 43, issue 1: 193

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ several spellings were possible; with a single “f” Näfzer; with “double f” Naffzer; with "z" or "tz" Nafzer, Naftzer or the Latinized spelling "Naffzcer, Jacobus"
  2. ^ Announcements of the society for the history and antiquity of Erfurt. Issue 73, New Series, Issue 20, 2012 Association for the history and antiquity of Erfurt e. V. Sutton Verlag, 2012, ISBN 3-9540-0018-0 , p. 149
  3. ^ Rolf-Torsten Heinrich: Erfurt Wappenbuch. Part 1 Books on Demand (BoD) 2013, ISBN 3-7322-8964-8 , plate 34
  4. ↑ Ilja Streit: The coat of arms stone from the facade of the former 'Haus zum Rosenbaum' in Erfurt. 2005, pp. 1-44, available online
  5. ^ Acts of the Erfurt University. General student register 1492–1639. (Historical source of the Province of Saxony. Volume 8) Part 2, Halle 1884, p. 356
  6. ^ Rolf-Torsten Heinrich: Erfurt Wappenbuch. Part 1 Books on Demand (BoD) 2013, ISBN 3-7322-8964-8 , p. 244
personal data
SURNAME Naffzer, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Naffzcer, Jacobus Erffordensis; Naftzer, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trader, patrician and councilor in Erfurt
DATE OF BIRTH around 1529
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1586
Place of death Erfurt