Martin Noessler

Martin Nössler (also: Nosler , Nösler , Nöslerus , Nössler , Nossler , Nosslerus , Nösslerus * 9. November 1554 in Münsterberg , Duchy of Münsterberg ; † 20th July 1608 in Berlin ) was a Protestant theologian , court chaplain of the Elector of Brandenburg and pen Dean in Berlin.

Title page of the print of Martin Nößler's three funeral sermons for Joachim von Brandenburg (1600); the "Stifftkirche" is the old Berlin Cathedral.

Career

Martin Nößler was the son of Valentin Nößler, self-employed businessman in Münsterberg, and Anna, née. Schulze. Martin attended the Elisabet-Gymnasium in Breslau from 1572 and matriculated at the University of Frankfurt / Oder in 1576 . In 1582 he was appointed pastor to Fürstenwalde . There he met the elector Johann Georg , who in 1586 appointed him to Berlin as his court preacher , where he was promoted to dean of the monastery in 1600.

With his wife Eva, daughter of Basilius Mehlhorn from Frankfurt (Oder), he had three sons and a daughter:

Elias (1596–1627), doctor in Fürstenwalde
Adam († 1637), Chamber judge, feudal secretary and chamber councilor in Küstrin, ⚭ Eva Maria Striepe , daughter of Sebastian Striepe (1582–1649),
Georg , professor of medicine and philosophy in Altdorf
Anna, ⚭ David Hofmann, mayor of Fürstenwalde, mother of the physician Moritz Hofmann

Martin Nößler died on July 20, 1608 and was buried in the Trinity Church in Berlin . His motto was Mortalis non moriar (“Although mortal, I will not die”).

literature

Johann Christoph Müller, Georg Gottfried Küster : Old and New Berlin. Part 1, Berlin 1713, pp. 110-113 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ Elector Joachim II had established a collegiate foundation at the old Berlin Cathedral . Nossler was its last dean; after his death in 1608 it was abolished.
^ Georg Friedrich Gottlob Goltz: Diplomatic Chronicle of the former residence of the Lebusian bishops Fürstenwalde . 1837, p. 228 ( preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Works by and about Martin Nößler in the German Digital Library

personal data
SURNAME	Nößler, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nossler, Martin; Nosslerus, Martin; Nösler, Martin; Nöslerus, Martin; Noesler, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant theologian, court preacher and dean in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1554
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munsterberg , Duchy of Munsterberg
DATE OF DEATH	July 20, 1608
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Elector Joachim II had established a collegiate foundation at the old Berlin Cathedral . Nossler was its last dean; after his death in 1608 it was abolished.

[2] Georg Friedrich Gottlob Goltz: Diplomatic Chronicle of the former residence of the Lebusian bishops Fürstenwalde . 1837, p. 228 ( preview in Google Book search).