Johann Thal (pastor)

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Johann Thal , also Johann Thal the Elder , Latinized Johannes Thalius , (* 1498 in Ottenhausen , † 1551 in Erfurt ) was one of the first German Protestant pastors.

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He came from Ottenhausen near Weißensee in Thuringia , where his mother Margaretha was later abbess of the Benedictine convent there. Even before the year 1525 he can be traced as a Roman Catholic vicar in Großenehrich . There he was the first in the Clingen office to begin with the introduction of the Reformation. He was then arrested by Duke Georg von Sachsen and, to his disgrace, taken to prison on a donkey in the official city of Sangerhausen , where he was held for a long time.

In 1528 Johann Thal took over the vicarage of the St. Agneta market chapel in Greußen , where he also served as canon until 1536. From 1532 he received 20 guilders from the city council there.

In 1536, on the recommendation of Martin Luther, he was appointed Protestant pastor of the Merchant Church in Erfurt . He worked there until his death in 1551.

On the occasion of his funeral, a funeral sermon was published , which was only published in print by Erasmus Rothmaler in Jena in 1598.

family

Johann Thal was married three times. His first wife died in May 1525. In 1526, his second marriage was to a nun named Hummel from the Diocese of Bremen , who died in 1540. His last marriage was in 1541 with Margaretha, then 21 years old, from Linderbach near Erfurt, who outlived him by many decades until 1597.

His third marriage resulted in eight children, including three sons, of whom the botanist Johann Thal is the best-known son. His son Daniel Thal became a professor of Hebrew languages ​​and the youngest son Wendelin received his doctorate and became a city physician in the imperial city of Nordhausen .

literature

  • Thal (Thall), Johann (Johannes) . In: Pfarrerbuch der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen, Volume 8, Leipzig 2008, p. 520.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thal (Thall), Johann (Johannes) . In: Pfarrerbuch der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen, Volume 8, Leipzig 2008, p. 520.
  2. ^ Chronicle of the city of Greussen by Pastor Haferung
  3. ^ Fritz Roth: Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical purposes , Volume 8, Boppard / Rhein 1974.
personal data
SURNAME Thal, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thalius, Johannes (Latinized)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor in Erfurt
DATE OF BIRTH 1498
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottenhausen
DATE OF DEATH 1551
Place of death Erfurt