Martin Gobelius

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Martin Gobelius ( Martin Göbel ) (* 1535 in Valwig ; † February 28, 1598 in Salmünster ) was a German clergyman and monastery dean in Salmünster.

Life

Martin Göbel, whose last name was later converted into the Latinized form Martin Goebelius, was born in Valwig in 1535. Since a priest named Nikolaus Göbel lived on the Valwigerberg from 1540 to 1553 in his youth, it is assumed that he took over his early training and thus prepared him for his later studies. After completing his studies in Trier and Mainz , Martin came to the Fulda Monastery as a young clergyman in 1557 . On May 31, 1560, Prince Abbot Wolfgang Schutzbar sent him to Salmünster , a politically and denominationally isolated area of ​​his territory, to defend the Catholic faith.

The abbot recommended that the residents accept the pastor as their new pastor and provide him with housing and other resources. When Martin Gobelius came to Salmünster, there was a general shortage of priests. The counties to the east and west had increasingly turned to Luther's teaching after the Reformation . Here Martin tried his best to preserve the old faith, but was ordered back to Fulda in 1561 by Prince Abbot Wolfgang. But here too the Catholic faith was at risk. Gobelius nevertheless preached the Catholic doctrine, read Holy Mass and donated the sacraments .

When the prince abbot of Fulda Balthasar von Dernbach had to sign his abdication in 1576, he fled to a castle of his friend, the prince-elector of Mainz, Daniel Brendel von Homburg , and Martin Gobelius was among his entourage . After the death of his predecessor and Magister Paulus Molitor, Gobelius was appointed pastor for the second time in 1588 together with chaplain Johann Frentz in Salmünster. Since he saw himself as the successor to the canons , he now called himself a dean . In trying to reintroduce the customs of the Catholic Church, he and Frentz encountered greater opposition in many ways. I.a. because two of their predecessors renounced Catholic doctrine, took women and fathered children with them, but did not fail to continue to call themselves canons and to remain in office for a longer period of time. The grievances were made possible due to the still prevailing shortage of priests and the general confusion of this time.

Gobelius, who disliked all of this, soon turned to his superiors, the Elector of Trier bailiff, and Johann von Hutten, a relative of the church enemy Ulrich von Hutten, and asked for “the public groceries, bargains, also chat rooms, playgrounds and salvo decore lies benches in the alleys, under the lapes, linden trees and other hiding spots ”on Sundays and public holidays during the service . The bailiff issued a ban, but von Hutten reacted dismissively and had both his followers and the peasants who had to pay compulsory work work on the church holidays. When Johann von Hutten let the situation escalate on Whitsun in 1597 by holding Lutheran services in a public chapel during the holidays and on Trinity Sunday, Gobelius complained by writing him a letter of protest. Von Hutten did not react at first, but after the letter had landed both with the princely Fulda governor and with the Elector of Mainz, Wolfgang X von Dalberg , he was asked to end the "exercitium of Lutheran teaching" again.

Gobelius not only campaigned for the pastoral needs of his Christian community, he also knew how to take care of the economic interests of the collegiate monastery of St. Peter and Paul in Salmünster. He also did his best to get back the tenth that the von Huttens family had seized during the Peasants' War. For this purpose he wrote to the Elector of Mainz, Archduke Maximilian III. von Vorderösterreich and the Counts von Schlitz - the latter administrators of the bishopric of Fulda. He also took care of the church and the rectory, had the rectory garden fenced in and bought back a previously stolen goblet with his own money and donated a charity foundation.

In his home country, too, he supported the schooling of his closest relatives throughout his life. In order to give the rest of the male youth in Bruttig an education, he asked Pastor Jakob Maurer (also called Jakob Latomus) for a suitable classroom. This was then granted to him in his own rectory - the first mentions go back to 1572. In his hometown Valwig he donated a memorial for the year and after his death in 1598 his relatives had a bronze plaque cast and put up in the church of Salmünster. Although it was melted down in 1747 when new bells were cast, the text of the inscription has been preserved.

"To Martin Gobelius from Valwig an der Mosel, who was dean and pastor at Salmünster for 31 years in Fulda and 10 years, who made a poor foundation here, in Fulda and Valwig must foundations, who donated a sum for students and founded the school in Bruttig, dedicate this table to his 10 nephews as unions and most lavish patrons and his brothers born in Bruttig, as well as his other nephews, protégés and heirs. "

From his nephews by name on this panel: Cornelius Gobelius , M. Martinus, Johann Heinrich, Hubert (Trier City Council) and the clergy named; Jakob Valwe, Johannes von Valwe, Friedrich Bopparder , Peter Valwey, Andreas Valve, Bantus Gobelius, Anton Humphäus, Frans Cochems, Heinrich Andreä, Franz Göbel, Peter Josef Krötz and Anton Lenz.

Works

literature

  • Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Gobelius, Martin , In: Personalitäten des Kreis Cochem-Zell, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 127.
  • Manfred Ostermann: 400 years ago ... Martin Gobelius from Valwig In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell 1998, pp. 134–137.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Moselle stream from Metz to Coblenz, a geographical - historical - statistical - topographical manual for travelers and locals by Georg Bärsch, Trier: Verlag von Karl Troschel 1841, Martin Gobelius, p. 435. In: book.google.de. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
  2. ^ Salmünster, In: Germania Sacra.Retrieved June 28, 2019
  3. ^ The chronicle of Valwig / Mosel after Dr. Georg Reitz with additions by the Valwig school teachers Severin Moog and Richard Schützen, Martin Gobelius pp. 8–9, compiled and revised by Peter Hess; Valwigerberg 1998
personal data
SURNAME Gobelius, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goebel, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1535
PLACE OF BIRTH Valwig
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1598
Place of death Salmunster