Jakob Sturm von Sturmeck
Jakob Sturm von Sturmeck (also Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck , Jaques Sturm de Sturmeck ; born August 10, 1489 in Strasbourg , † October 30, 1553 ibid) was a Reformed mayor of Strasbourg.
Life
Coming from the old patrician family Sturm von Sturmeck , he was trained as a lawyer at the universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg before entering the service of Count Palatine Heinrich in 1517 as librarian and secretary .
In 1523 he turned to Reformed circles, gave up his previous position and was elected to the Strasbourg city council. In the following year he became a member of the Board of Fifteen responsible for the constitution and administration , but also exerted influence on the politics of the city in the German Peasants' War , which in 1525 had also extended to Alsace .
In 1526 he became a member of the College of Thirteen, which determined foreign policy, and took part in the Reichstag in Speyer as his city's envoy , where he distinguished himself as a representative of city rights.
At his instigation, Strasbourg joined the Schmalkaldic League in 1531 , at whose meetings he mostly represented the city from 1532 to 1546.
1537 he called the unrelated with him humanist Johannes Sturm in the city, founded the library and 1538 that Protestant school , which eventually in 1567 by Emperor . Maximilian II to the Academy converted and 1621 by Emperor Ferdinand II. Was elevated to university.
In 1538 he granted asylum to 1,500 French Protestants in Strasbourg . After the defeat of the Schmalkaldic Confederation in the Schmalkaldic War , Strasbourg preserved both political and religious freedom .
His hometown honors him with a larger than life statue on the facade of the “Little Metzig” in rue de la Haute Montée, which was built in Wilhelmine times . His Protestant feast day is October 30th.
literature
- Matthieu Arnold (ed.): Johannes Sturm (1507–1589). Rhetor, educator and diplomat . Tübingen 2009. ISBN 978-3-16-149917-3 .
- Thomas A. Brady: Communities, politics, and reformation in early modern Europe. Leiden 1998.
- Thomas A. Brady: Between God and Mammon: Protestant Politics and German Reformation. Berlin 1996.
- Thomas A. Brady: Protestant politics: Jacob Sturm (1489–1553) and the German Reformation. New Jersey 1995.
- Otto Winckelmann: Sturm, Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 5-20.
- Hermann Baumgarten : Jakob Sturm. Strasbourg 1876.
- Erich Wenneker : Jakob Sturm von Sturmeck. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 11, Bautz, Herzberg 1996, ISBN 3-88309-064-6 , Sp. 141-145.
- Sturm Jakob S. von Sturmeck 2). In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 17 . Altenburg 1863, p. 11 ( zeno.org ).
- Sturmeck (Jacob Sturm von). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 40, Leipzig 1744, column 1430 f.
- Guillaume Baum : Jakob Sturm von Sturmeck, Strasbourg's great Stettmeister and Scholarch . Stand speech given at the unveiling of his monument on June 14, 1870. IHEd. Heitz, 1870 ( full text in the Google book search).
- Charles-Maximilien Fritz: Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck,…: Jacques Sturm de Sturmeck. Dédié aux élèves de la division supérieure du gymnase protestant de Strasbourg, à l'occasion de la fête scolaire, l'année de la célébration du 3e anniversaire séculaire de la Réformation. (Signé: Charles-Maximilien Fritz.). J.-H. Heitz, 1817 ( not shown in the Google book search).
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SURNAME | Sturm von Sturmeck, Jakob |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sturm von Sturmeck, Jacob; Sturm de Sturmeck, Jaques |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | reformed mayor of Strasbourg |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1489 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1553 |
Place of death | Strasbourg |