Lutherid Association

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Martin Luther and his wife Katharina born. von Bora , ancestors of the Lutherids

The Lutheriden-Vereinigung e. V. (often short Lutheriden ) is the family association of the descendants of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora recognized by the association as well as their siblings, cousins ​​and cousins. The association is based in Zeitz (Saxony-Anhalt).

The Luther rose

The Lutherid Association, which uses the Luther rose as a symbol , was founded in Hamburg in 1926 by Pastor Otto Sartorius (1864 - 1947). Initially dissolved after the Second World War , the association was able to re-form in 1948. The Lutherids have been based in Zeitz in Saxony-Anhalt since 2001 , as a comparatively large number of Martin Luther's descendants live there. The Lutherid Library is located in Zeitz as part of the Martin Luther City Library with many exhibits, which are maintained and completed by the non-profit association Lutheriden-Bibliothek e. V. has taken over.

tasks

The fields of activity are:

  • To preserve and care for the spirit and purpose of Martin Luther in the general public and among his descendants and to keep them alive with active care of family relationships
  • Organization of family reunions
  • Publication of news and information about the Lutherids and their ancestors in the family papers
  • Establishment and maintenance of a Luther library in Zeitz
  • Genealogical research .

No information is given about recognition as a non-profit association

Logo: Lutherrose

Lutherrose of the Lutheriden-Vereinigung e. V.
Lutherrose of the Lutheriden-Vereinigung e. V.

The Lutherid Association e. V. used Lutherrose goes back to a drawing that was used in 1960 in the book Ahnen und Enkel from Starke Verlag Limburg. It differs from most of the Luther roses found in the division of the leaves above the cross. The inscription "The Christian's heart goes on roses when it is in the middle of the cross" expresses a theological position of Luther, which can be derived from Luther's own declaration on the use of the Luther rose to Lazarus Sprengler (1479 - 1534).

Members

Since Martin Luther's last male descendant, Johann Gottlob Luther , died on November 3, 1759 without male descendants, there are no more direct male descendants today who bear the name Luther .

Membership is only possible if the association's board recognizes that there is a relationship to the reformer, his brother Jakob Luther or his ancestors. The association currently has around 200 members, but this does not include spouses or children.

The association currently estimates the total number of descendants of the reformer's grandparents and his wife who are eligible as members at 27,300 people: the reformer (1483 - 1546) himself has about 200 descendants, his children Johann (1526 - 1575) 3,000 descendants (of which 1,000 on the North Sea island of Pellworm), Paul (1533 - 1593) 6,000 offspring and Margarete (1534 - 1570) 800 offspring. The brother Jacob Luder (1490 - 1571) is assigned 5,000 descendants, a sister "Elisabeth" never mentioned by the reformer, 1,000 descendants. Furthermore, 8,500 and 2,000 descendants are assigned to the grandfathers Heine Luder and Johann Lindemann.

The association represents the thesis, which is not recognized by genealogists, that the wife of the reformer, Katharina von Bora (1499 - 1552) was born in Hirschfeld near Nossen and attributes 800 descendants and connections to many Saxon nobility families to her alleged grandfather Jan von Haugwitz.

The association collects genealogical material, but only provides information from it for a fee.

Publications

Regular publications

  • Family sheet of the Lutherid Association

As a rule, the Lutherid Association publishes its family sheet of the Lutherid Association twice a year . This is not a scientific publication, but a text that mainly reports on club life (family get-togethers and gatherings). Some editions also contain reports on actions in connection with Martin Luther or the families of the descendants, but also copies of lectures, book reviews and various articles about Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora.

The family sheets for the years 1926 to 2016 are available on the website of the Lutherid Association.

Title page first edition # 8/1926
Title page first edition # 8/1926
Title page family sheet # 2/1930 with the logo of the family sheets
Title page family sheet # 2/1930 with the logo of the family sheets
Title page family sheet # 6/2017
Title page family sheet # 6/2017

Descendant books

  • The descendants of Dr. Martin Luther's in four centuries - ancestors and grandchildren

On behalf of the association, the then chairman Martin Clasen gave a reprint of the book The Descendants Dr. Martin Luther's in four centuries - ancestors and grandchildren out, in which all branches of the family, partly also of the descendants of Martin Luther's siblings, are shown.

  • Friedel Damm: The descendants of D. Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora , new edition, Stahnsdorf 2005
  • Friedel Damm: The relatives of D. Martin Luther , Stahnsdorf 2005
  • Friedel Damm: The side relatives of D. Martin Luther , Stahnsdorf 2005

Friedel Damm was the genealogist of the Lutherid Association and chairwoman of the Friends of the Lutherid Library in Zeitz until 2009. Since 1981 she has been working with the descendants of the Luther family. Not being descended from the Luther family herself, she directed her interest to the family history of her husband, who later became the Lutherid treasurer Emil Damm. As a genealogist of the Lutherids she published the above. Publications on the descendants of Martin Luther and his relatives and relatives.

  • The descendants of Dr. Martin Luthers and Katharina von Bora

The Lutheriden-Vereinigung e. V. published its own reprint of the book of descendants in September 2015, in which all branches of the family are shown without the side lines. The descendants of the reformer Martin Luther were edited by Alfred Jacobsen and Hans Peter Werner. The book is a continuation of the editions by Richter (1733), Nobbe (1846), Sartorius (1926), Clasen / Schmidt (1960) and Damm (2001).

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.zeitz.de: Johann Ernst Luther and the Lutherids , January 3, 2011.
  2. ↑ www.welt.de: Luther lives - The great-great-grandchildren of the Reformer , January 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c www.lutheriden.de , January 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ Damm, Emil: The Lutheriden Library in Zeitz - Found a home after a long search , in: Festschrift 75 Jahre Lutheriden-Vereinigung e. V. on the festive event on September 8, 2001 in Erfurt (PDF; 18.0 MB), p. 57 ff.
  5. ^ Library and archive of the Lutheriden Vereinigung eV Torhaus der Moritzburg, Schloßstr. 6 [1]
  6. ^ From: Ahnen und Enkel , Starke Verlag, Limburg adLahn 1960; The new Luther descendants book , BOD Verlag, 2015
  7. ↑ Hof, Patrik : Be fruitful and multiply! - The great clan of the German reformer , PM History # 10/2005, pp. 14-20.
  8. ↑ Family Gazette No. 69 December 2019 pp. 28-29
  9. ↑ Family sheet of the Lutherid Association , No. 51 (No. 204 since 1926), 84th year, December 2009, p. 1.
  10. ^ Andras, Angelika: Luther's descendants meet at the White Elster , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (mz-web.de), November 16, 2008.
  11. ^ Damm, Friedel: Genealogy today, only computer work? , in: Festschrift 75 Years of the Lutherid Association V. on the festive event on September 8, 2001 in Erfurt , p. 18.
  12. ↑ Former board of the Lutherid Association, in board ( Memento from February 25, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Keller, Claudia : Here I research and can not do otherwise , Der Tagesspiegel No. 18 395, February 20, 2004, p. 16, Potsdam.- Critical to this: Wagner, Jürgen: To some questions of Luther genealogy , in: Genealogie 2016 pp. 242–269 with an overview of the descendants of the reformer and his siblings up to the 4th generation.