Johann Wankel

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Johann IV. , Actually: Johann Wankel , (* around 1540 in Hammelburg ; † April 22, 1609 ) was the last abbot of the Schlüchtern monastery .

As a teenager, Johann Wankel was already a student at the Latin school , which the monastery had become after the Reformation . After graduation, he was pastor of Mottgers from 1580 to 1585 , then pastor in Schlüchtern and at the same time belonged to the convent of the monastery. On August 17, 1592, after a short illness, Nikolaus Daniel called Schönbub, abbot of the monastery since 1585, died. Ten days later, councilors of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg appointed Johann Wankel in the presence of the monastery as the new abbot of the monastery and swore him in on the count . This deviated from the previously practiced procedure, according to which the abbot of the monastery was elected by the convent. This was a further step in integrating the monastery into national rule . This also included the fact that the abbot - unlike his predecessors - was no longer allowed to use a seal. The abbot held a position that corresponded to a county official. Johann IV. Was the fourth Protestant abbot of the monastery. The title “abbot” was for historical reasons, in fact he was the rector of the Latin school.

Johann Wankel was married to a "Regina" (* 1549; † shortly before February 1, 1631), whose maiden name is unknown, since 1568. Four children from this marriage are known by name.

After the death of Johann IV on April 22, 1609, Melchior Goldast applied to Count Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Munzenberg for the position of abbot. However, the count pursued a strictly reformed church policy, so that the continuation of a monastery did not seem opportune to him. He did not fill the position again, but gave Melchior Goldast the title of honorary councilor.

literature

  • Max Aschkewitz: Pastor history of the Hanau district ("Hanauer Union") until 1986 , part 2 (= publications of the historical commission for Hesse, volume 33). Marburg 1984, pp. 655f.
  • Matthias Nistahl: Studies on the history of the Schlüchtern monastery in the Middle Ages. Dissertation, Darmstadt and Marburg, 1986, pp. 200f.

Remarks

  1. ↑ So: Nistahl, p. 200. Aschkewitz, on the other hand, speaks of an election by the Convention.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nistahl, p. 200.
  2. ↑ Aschkewitz, p. 656.
  3. ↑ Nistahl, p. 201.
personal data
SURNAME Wankel, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the Schlüchtern monastery
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammelburg
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1609