Michael Meyenburg

Bust of Michael Meyenburg at the Kunsthaus Meyenburg , installed in September 2016

Michael Meyenburg , also Michel Meienburg , b. Leyer or Liser (* around 1491 in Marktsteinach ; † November 13, 1555 in Nordhausen ), was a mayor of the free imperial city of Nordhausen who was close to the Reformation .

Life

Lucas Cranach the Younger : Epitaph for Michael Meyenburg in Nordhausen, dated 1558. In the foreground Meyenburg with family, behind the resurrection of Lazarus and people from the Reformation

After studying law at the University of Erfurt in the years 1506–1509, Meyenburg became town clerk in Nordhausen and rose there to the position of mayor. He joined Martin Luther's ideas at an early stage and made friends with Justus Jonas and Philipp Melanchthon .

In his official work he also enjoyed the trust of the representatives of the surrounding imperial cities of Mühlhausen and Goslar , whom he represented at district, imperial and city meetings and in several trials before the imperial court . Having personally achieved financial wealth, he was able to make several loans, for example to the Counts of Stolberg .

Meyenburg was a partner in the Graflich- Mansfeldische Kupferhütte an der Steinach and had a share in this company that was calculated at 27,880 guilders on his death.

He married Anna Reinicke, the daughter of the Mansfeld smelter Hans Reinicke , and left behind the sons Caspar, Christoph, Hans and Michael. His daughter Ursula married Thomas Matthias . He died on November 13, 1555 and was buried in the Blasiikirche in Nordhausen.

Honors

The Kunsthaus Meyenburg in Nordhausen named after Michael Meyenburg

Kunsthaus Meyenburg Nordhausen, previously Meyenburg Museum Nordhausen

literature

Paul Schreckenbach : Michael Meyenburg. A life novel from the time of the Reformation . Staackmann, Leipzig 1919; The Book Community, Berlin 1941
Gustav Kawerau: Meienburg, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 286-288.

Web links

Commons : Michael Meyenburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Kerstin Bullerjahn: Two family dynasties of the Mansfeld copper slate mining depending on the Grafenhaus in the 16th century, in: Mansfeld - Luther (s) stadt, Halle an der Saale 2015, p. 31

personal data
SURNAME	Meyenburg, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Meienburg, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mayor of the free imperial city of Nordhausen
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1491
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marktsteinach
DATE OF DEATH	November 13, 1555
Place of death	Nordhausen

[1] Kerstin Bullerjahn: Two family dynasties of the Mansfeld copper slate mining depending on the Grafenhaus in the 16th century, in: Mansfeld - Luther (s) stadt, Halle an der Saale 2015, p. 31