Johann Schnewly

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Johann Schnewly († November 25, 1539 ) was abbot of Wettingen Abbey .

Life

Johann Schnewly von Altstetten near Zurich was at the time of the change of monks to the Reformed faith in 1529 confessor in the Wurmsbach monastery on the upper lake of Zurich. After the Battle of Kappel (October 11, 1531), he was placed at the head of the few (four) confreres who remained Catholic by the victorious Catholic towns and held the first Catholic service again on November 25, 1531 in the monastery church. In 1532 he was appointed a conductor by the confederates and in the early summer of 1534 he was appointed abbot. He accepted new confreres and tried to improve the economic situation of the indebted monastery.

According to the Wettinger tradition, it was he who caused the great fire of the monastery on April 11, 1507 when a rocket stuck to the clapboard roof of the monastery when a fireworks display was set off.

He died on November 25, 1539 and was buried in the St. Bernard Chapel of the monastery church.

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Abbots of the Wettingen monastery


Abbots of the Wettingen monastery
until nationalization

Konrad (1227) | Heinrich von Murbach (1256–1261) | Volker von Fulach (1278–1305) | Ulrich Wolleb (1306–1308) | Konrad von Müllheim (1310-1316) | Heinrich von St. Gallen (1316–1324) | Jakob von Schaffhausen (1324-1335) | Eberhard von Tengen (1335–1337) | Heinrich Sitti (1343-1351) | Johann Murer (1351-1352) | Berthold Tutz (1356-1358) | Albrecht Hector (1358–1379) | Johann Paradyser (1379–1385) | Burkart Wiß (1385–1407) | Johann Türr (1407–1427) | Johann Schwarzmurer (1427–1433) | Rudolf Wülflinger (1433–1445) | Johann Schwarzmurer (1445–1455) | Johann Wagner (1455–1462) | Albrecht Haas (1462–1486) | Johann Müller (1486–1521) | Andreas Wengi (1521–1528) | Georg Müller (1528–1531) | Johannes Schnewly (1534) | Johann Nöthlich  | Peter I. Eichhorn , OSB (1550–1563) | Christoph Silberysen (1564–1594) Peter II. Schmid (1594–1633) | Christoph Bachmann (1633–1641) | Niklaus von Flüe (1641–1649) | Bernhard Keller (1649–1659) | Gerhard Bürgisser (1659–1670) | Benedikt Staub (1670–1672) | Marian Ryser (1672–1676) | Nikolaus Göldlin von Tiefenau (1676–1686) | Ulrich Meyer (1686–1694) | Basilius Reuty (1695–1703) | Franziskus Baumgartner (1703–1721) | Alberich I. Beusch (1721–1745) | Peter Kälin (1745–1762) | Sebastian Steinegger (1768–1807) | Benedict II. Geygis (1807-1818) | Alberich II. Denzler (1818–1840)

Abbots of the
Wettingen-Mehrerau Territorial Abbey

Leopold Höchle (1840–1864) | Martin Reimann (1864–1878) | Maurus Kalkum (1878-1893) | Laurentius Wocher (1893–1895) | Augustin Stöckli (1895–1902) | Eugen Notz (1902–1917) | Kassian Haid (1917–1949) | Heinrich Suso Groner (1949–1968) | Kassian Lauterer (1968–2009) | Anselm van der Linde (2009–2018) | Vinzenz Wohlwend (since 2018)

personal data
SURNAME Schnewly, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss religious priest and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1539