Kaspar Usefulel

Kaspar Nutzel (* 1471 in Nuremberg ; † September 25, 1529 ) was a Nuremberg patrician and councilor of the city.

reformation

Kaspar Vorteilel belonged to the Staupitz group and was an advocate of Martin Luther's teachings at an early age . Probably before Christmas 1517 he translated Martin Luther's 95 theses into German, as mentioned in a letter from Christoph Scheurl dated January 8, 1518. This earliest German-language translation to be dated is only documented by reports, but has not become known bibliographically.

Public offices

After the death of his father Gabriel Usefulel on May 20, 1501, he took on numerous public offices.

1502 councilor
1503 mayor
1504–1517 Council envoy of Nuremberg in Ansbach, Heidelberg, Bamberg and Würzburg
1509–1515 permanent ambassador to the Swabian Federation
1514 curator of the Klarakloster , administrator of the secret seals
1515 interest master
1521 Representative of Nuremberg at the Worms Reichstag
1524 Captain, Losunger , hospital nurse in Nuremberg, until his death representative of Nuremberg in territorial disputes between the Nuremberg area and the Margrave Georg , as well as the Wittelsbachers

In art

1570 from the workshop † Virgilius Solis :

“In a rich setting, decorated with figures and coats of arms, stands in the foreground of a landscape the Savior on the cross, at whose trunk on the left, kneeling, Caspar Nutzel (advice of Emperor Carl V ) with his five sons. For ... "

- Directory of the v. Derschauische Kunstkabinett in Nuremberg ...

literature

Kerstin Merkel, grave slabs and spice cakes. Kaspar hilftel as mediator between Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg and the Nuremberg bronze artist family Vischer , in: Bodo Brinkmann and Wolfgang Schmid (eds.): Hans Holbein and the change in the art of the 16th century , Brepols Publishers, 2005 Turnhout, ISBN 2-503 -51604-1 , pp. 181-189 ( online ).

Web links

Ernst Mummenhoff: Useful, Kaspar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 66-70.

Individual evidence

↑ see: Franz von Soden (ed.): Christoph Scheuerl's Briefbuch. Potsdam 1872, Vol. 2, No. 160, p. 43.
↑ Dieter Albrecht (Ed.): Festschrift for Max Spindler on his 75th birthday . CH Beck, Munich 1969, DNB 456610464 , p. 384 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
↑ Directory of the v. Derschauische Kunstkabinett zu Nürnberg… Nürnberg, at the committed auctioneer Schmidmer, 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online, p. 85, (42.).

personal data
SURNAME	Useful, Kaspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nuremberg councilor and German patrician
DATE OF BIRTH	1471
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	September 25, 1529
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] see: Franz von Soden (ed.): Christoph Scheuerl's Briefbuch. Potsdam 1872, Vol. 2, No. 160, p. 43.

[2] Dieter Albrecht (Ed.): Festschrift for Max Spindler on his 75th birthday . CH Beck, Munich 1969, DNB 456610464 , p. 384 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

[3] Directory of the v. Derschauische Kunstkabinett zu Nürnberg… Nürnberg, at the committed auctioneer Schmidmer, 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online, p. 85, (42.).