John III Buttner

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John III Büttner (* in Nordheim am Main ; † February 27, 1540 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 1535 to 1540 .

Münsterschwarzach before Büttner

The time before Abbot Johannes Büttner took office in Münsterschwarzach was marked by two developments. On the one hand, the abbey orientated itself more and more to the large monastery leagues of the 15th century and joined the Bursfeld congregation in 1480 under the rule of Abbot Martin . Through this amalgamation, the individual monasteries should regain more weight than their secular masters.

On the other hand, the Reformation began at the beginning of the 16th century . Conflicts with the Protestant neighbors of the monastery increased, which culminated in the Peasants' War of 1525. Stadtschwarzacher citizens plundered the monastery, the entire convent fled. After the return of the monks, Abbot Georg Wolfsbach , John's predecessor, immediately asked for support from the congregation. When this was refused, the creeping defection of the ideas of Bursfelde began.

Life

John III Büttner was born in the Lower Franconian wine-growing community of Nordheim am Main. Little is known about his parents and family, only the father's occupation has been handed down. Like many in the village, he was a cooper and thus a respected part of the village community. The sources are silent about the son's early education. Studies, a prerequisite for a priestly career, could have taken place at the University of Erfurt in 1505. At this time a "Johannes Doleatoris de Swartza" registered.

The recording in the Münsterschwarzach monastery has certainly come down to us again. John also took his vows here and rose quickly within the monastery. He was ordained a subdeacon on March 15, 1522, he received the deacon ordination a year later, on March 21, 1523. On March 31, 1526 Johannes Büttner was finally a priest. Before that, he had accompanied his abbot Georg Wolfsbach on his flight to St. Egidien in Nuremberg, when the angry townspeople plundered the abbey in 1525.

Despite this early support for the abbot, Büttner only filled the office of prior relatively late, at the turn of the year 1534/1535 . When Wolfsbach died in 1535, the few monks, only eleven remained in the monastery, chose the prior as the new abbot. His election took place on May 11, 1535. The abbots Michael von Mergentheim , Michael von St. Stephan and Georg witnessed the election of aura . Four MPs from the Würzburg bishop were also present.

On May 19, 1535, Prince-Bishop Konrad II von Thüngen gave him confirmation, and on July 22 of the same year Büttner was designated by Würzburg Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Reuter . The first official acts of the new abbot included the renewal of the destroyed monastery walls and church towers, but work that would drag on into the term of office of his successor Johannes Burckhardt . Büttner consistently refused to attend the meetings of the Bursfeld congregation.

Just like the abbey buildings, Büttner took care of the monastery villages in the surrounding area. On October 7, 1536 he exchanged some goods with those of Valentin Fuchs von Wiesenbronn . On August 15, 1537 the abbot's birthplace was attacked: The Kitzingen bailiff of the Ansbach margraves, Wolf von Crailsheim , plundered the village of Nordheim. Büttner immediately sued the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Speyer for breach of the peace. On February 27, 1540, John III died. Buttner.

literature

  • Kassius Hallinger: Chronology of the abbots of Münsterschwarzach a. M. (1390-1803) . In: Abtei Münsterschwarzach (Ed.): Abtei Münsterschwarzach. Works from their history . Münsterschwarzach 1938.
  • Johannes Mahr: blossom in ruins. Life and work of the Münsterschwarzach abbot Johannes Burckhardt (1563-1598) . In: Münsterschwarzacher studies. Volume 46. Münsterschwarzach 1998.
  • Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 24.
  2. ↑ Kassius Hallinger: The chronology of the abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 98.
  3. ↑ Johannes Mahr: Bloom in ruins . P. 24.
predecessor Office successor
Georg Wolfsbach Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
1535–1540 		Nicholas II Scholl
personal data
SURNAME Büttner, Johannes III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johannes Butner, Joannes Doleator (Latin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordheim am Main
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1540