Johannes Lichtenberger
Johannes Lichtenberger (* around 1426 in Grünbach bei Baumholder ; † before April 1503 probably in Niederbrombach ) was a German astrologer .
While Lichtenberger worked in the royal courts in the 1470s and as court astrologer to Emperor Friedrich III. (1415–1493) appeared, he later withdrew to his home region, where before 1481 he was transferred to the parish in Brambach (Niederbrombach). He is said to be buried in Otterstadt near Speyer.
His main work is the Pronosticatio (astrological prediction of the three estates up to 1576 in Latin ), dated April 1, 1488 and initially anonymously printed , on 40 folio pages, which had more than 50 editions by 1813. It was strongly influenced by the expectation of the final emperor, fueled by the fear of the Turks . The Tractatus de Cometis by the doctor and astrologer Eberhard Schleusinger, first published around 1472, served as a template .
Because Lichtenberger had predicted the appearance of various false prophets as well as a "minor prophet" for the period after 1485 , who would initiate a reform of the church, his work was the subject of controversial interpretations during the Reformation : followers of Martin Luther saw in their role model the announced "minor Propheten ”, Luther himself had a German translation of the Pronosticatio printed in 1527 . Supporters of the Catholic Church saw in him one of the false prophets Lichtenberger had written about.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kocku von Stuckrad : History of Astrology . CH Beck, Munich 2003, p. 245 f.
literature
- Jakob Franck : Lichtenberger, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 538-542.
- Dietrich kurz : Johannes Lichtenberger († 1503), Lübeck 1960 (historical studies 379), ISBN 978-3-7868-1379-8
- Dietrich kurz, in: author lexicon . 2nd ed. Vol. 5 (1985) Col. 770-776
- Hans-Josef Olszewsky: Johannes von Lichtenberg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 461-464.
- Gerd Mentgen: Astrology and the public in the Middle Ages . Stuttgart, 2005 (Monographs on the History of the Middle Ages 53), pp. 227–235 ISBN 3-7772-0512-5 (not viewed)
- Erik Zimmermann: The Palatine seer Johannes Lichtenberger (around 1426-1503) - a pre-reformer? In: The Reformation in the Palatinate. St. Ingbert 2016, pp. 215–234 Baumholder history workshop .
Web links
- Lichtenberger, Johannes in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Latin works on the Internet
- Digitized in Munich
- Horoscope 1471, Heidelberg manuscript Cpg 12
- Horoscope manuscript Wolfenbüttel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lichtenberger, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lichtenberger, Johannes von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astrologer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1426 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Grünbach near Baumholder |
| DATE OF DEATH | before April 1503 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Niederbrombach |