Lorenz Heidenreich
Lorenz Heidenreich (* 1480 in Zittau ; † November 21, 1557 there ) was a German Lutheran pastor.
Life
Lorenz Heidenreich was a son of the Zwickau cloth maker Paul Heidenreich. In 1507 he was enrolled at the University of Leipzig and was promoted to a Baccalaureus of Philosophy a year later . In 1509 he was ordained a priest and became an altarist and mass priest at the Church of the Holy Cross (now a museum) in his hometown, but continued his studies. In 1518 Heidenreich received his doctorate in Leipzig as a master of world wisdom . He got to know Martin Luther and took part in his disputation in Leipzig in 1519 .
Returning to his homeland in 1521, Heidenreich succeeded the deceased Catholic pleban Hundertmark at the Zittau main church St. Johannis and preached here in the spirit of Luther.
When Heidenreich married Elisabeth Engler, the daughter of a Zittau tailor, in 1530, he was deposed as a preacher in Zittau. He went to Löwenberg in the Silesian Duchy of Schweidnitz-Jauer , where he earned his living as a cloth maker until he was appointed pastor to Greifenberg in 1539 . In 1545 the Zittau magistrate finally brought him back to his hometown, where he became the first preacher at the main church. Heidenreich was buried in this church.
The eldest son Esaias (1532-1589) was a pastor in Wroclaw , the other son Johann was (1542-1617) professor of theology in Frankfurt (Oder) .
literature
- M. Lorenz Heidenreich, first evangelical preacher in Zittau. Seyfert, Zittau [circa 1800] ( digitized version )
- Rudolf Schwarze : Heidenreich, Esaias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 302.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidenreich, Lorenz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1480 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1557 |
| Place of death | Zittau |