Jan Folkertsz Trypmaker

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Jan Folkertsz Trypmaker , also written Jan Volkerts (z) Trypmaker (* late 15th century (?) In Hoorn ; † December 5, 1531 in The Hague ) was a clog maker and a leading figure and a martyr of Melchioritic Anabaptism .

Life

The sources are silent about the family origins and youth of the Trypmakers. There is only evidence that he came from the North Dutch city of Hoorn and made his living as a clog maker. Around 1530 he was in Emden , came into contact with the young Anabaptists and was baptized by Melchior Hofmann, a furrier from Schwäbisch Hall . Before Hofmann left Emden, he appointed Trypmaker to head the Emden Anabaptist congregation. In this position he baptized the tailor Sikke Freriks on December 11, 1530 , whose later martyrdom made a lasting impression on the Roman Catholic priest Menno Simons and ultimately induced him to convert to Anabaptism.

Shortly after Freriks' baptism, Trypmaker had to leave the East Frisian Emden. The reason was an intervention by the Reformed clergy, which caused the Emden magistrate to issue an expulsion decision against the clog maker. Trypmaker went to the Netherlands and arrived in Amsterdam in early 1531 . He immediately began extensive missionary work here, which led to the establishment of the Amsterdam Anabaptist Congregation. This community became the nucleus of a powerful movement that quickly took hold in many Dutch cities. When the Hague Court of TripAdvisor Makers Activities learned he pointed to the Council of Amsterdam, to arrest the Baptist missionary. Jan Hubrechts, Amsterdam mayor and Anabaptist sympathizer, sent a warning to the leading circle of the Anabaptist community through his maid, but Trypmaker turned himself in to the police and claimed to be an Anabaptist. He was taken to The Hague and subjected to what is known as an embarrassing interrogation . Under the torture , he revealed the names of more than 50 Amsterdam members of the Anabaptist community. Seven of them were then arrested and also transferred to The Hague. Trypmaker was beheaded with them on December 5, 1531. The heads of the executed were brought back to Amsterdam, put on poles and publicly displayed as a deterrent.

Since Jan Volkertsz Trypmaker revoked his Anabaptist teachings shortly before his execution, he was not included in the list of martyrs by the later Anabaptists .

literature

  • Ubbo Emmius: Frisian history ( Rerum Frisicarum historiae [1615]; translated from Latin by Erich von Reeken). Volume VI. Verlag Jochen Wörner: Frankfurt am Main 1982, No. 861, 882
  • CA Cornelius: History of the Münster revolt in three books , Volume II, Leipzig 1855, p. 404 f., 409
  • Wilhelmus Johannes Kühler: Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Doopsgezinden in de Zestiende Eeuw , Haarlem 1932, pp. 64-68
  • Diether Götz Lichdi: The Mennonites in the past and present. From the Anabaptist Movement to the Worldwide Free Church , Lage 2004, ISBN 3-88744-402-7 , p. 68
  • Klaas-Dieter Voss: The Mennonites in East Frisia. History. Resumes. Municipalities , Emden 2006, p. 12f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nanne van der Zijpp: Article January Volkertsz Trypmaker (d 1531st) , in: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online ; Accessed March 7, 2011
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Schäufele: The missionary awareness and work of the Anabaptists , Volume 21 in the series Contributions to the history and teaching of the Reformed Church (Eds. Paul Jacobs, Walter Kreck , Gottfried W. Locher, Otto Weber ), Neukirchen-Vluyn 1966, p. 28
  3. ↑ Nanne van der Zijpp: Article Netherlands , in: Mennonite Encyclopedia , Volume III, page 226
  4. ↑ Nanne van der Zijpp: Hubrechts, Jan (16th century) ; accessed on March 8, 2011
  5. ↑ Horst Penner: Worldwide brotherhood. A Mennonite history book , Karlsruhe 1955 (1st edition), p. 52
  6. ↑ Nanne van der Zijpp: Article January Volkertsz Trypmaker (d 1531st) , in: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online ; accessed on March 8, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Trypmaker, Jan Folkertsz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trypmaker, Jan Volkerts; Trypmaker, Jans Volkertsz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch clog maker, personality of Melchiorite Anabaptism
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Hoorn , North Holland
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1531
Place of death The hague