Johannes von Drändorf
Johannes von Drändorf (* around 1390 in Schlieben ; † February 17, 1425 in Heidelberg ) was a supporter of Utraquism , which ended up at the stake in 1425. He was of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon recognized as martyrs of the Protestant doctrine.
Life
After attending the Kreuzschule in Dresden , Drändorf studied in Wittenberg . When his teacher Peter had to flee from Dresden to Prague, Drändorf followed him and continued his studies in Prague. Peter von Dresden had spread Waldensian teachings and the teachings of John Wyclif in Wittenberg and therefore had to withdraw.
Drändorf was ordained a priest around 1417. He worked for three years in Prague and then as a preacher in Neuhaus in South Bohemia . After staying in Saxony, Meißen and Vogtland, he then migrated to southwest Germany, where he stayed for a long time in Speyer and made contact with the local school principal Peter Turnow from Tolkemit near Elbing. Together with Turnow, he spoke out against the clerical hierarchy in Speyer, Heilbronn and Wimpfen.
In January 1425, Drändorf was arrested in Heilbronn by order of Count Palatine Ludwig . The Würzburg bishop Johann II von Brunn ordered his transfer to Heidelberg, where he was to be tried by the Worms bishop Johann II von Fleckenstein and several Heidelberg professors, among them Nikolaus Magni von Jauer . When he confessed to being a follower of the utraquist doctrine and rejected indulgences, the infallibility of councils and the papal primacy, he was sentenced to death for Hussite heresy and burned at the stake in Heidelberg on February 17, 1425 .
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Drändorf, Johannes von. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1376-1377.
- Julius Hartmann the Elder J .: Drändorf, Johann von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 373.
- Heinz Kraft: Drändorf, Johannes v .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 96 ( digitized version ).
- Hermann Heimpel: Three inquisition proceedings from 1425: files from the trials against the German Hussites Johannes Drändorf and Peter Turnau and against Drändorf's servant Martin Borchard. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1969
Web links
- Enno Bünz : Drändorf (von, de Draindorff, Draendorff, de Slevin, von Schlieben), Johannes (Johann) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drändorf, Johannes von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johannes von Draendorf; Johann von Drandorf; Johannes von Schlieben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Followers of Utraquism, preacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1390 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Close |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1425 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |