Nikolaus Rebhan

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Nikolaus Rebhan (born April 12, 1571 in Heinersdorf ; † August 14, 1626 in Eisenach ) was a German Lutheran theologian , church historian , general superintendent in Eisenach and ducal advisor.

Life

Born the son of a farmer and miller, who died in 1574, he grew up protected by his mother and encouraged to the best of his ability and began studying theology at the University of Jena in 1589 , where he also worked as a private tutor for his in order to be able to pay for his studies Professor Georg Mylius hired out. In 1595 he obtained his master's degree and in 1597 he became an adjunct of the Jena philosophical faculty .

In Gotha he entered the church service in 1598 and became a deacon. As early as 1600 he was appointed superintendent in Römhild and in 1605 he moved to Hildburghausen , where he also worked as superintendent. After intensive contacts with the ducal court, he moved to the royal seat of Eisenach in 1611, where he entered the service of Johann Ernst and was of great use to him as an advisor on canon law matters.

Rebhan succeeded in ousting the Calvinists , who were protected by Duchess Christine , from the Eisenach court. He demanded from the duchess, who had been brought up strictly in the Reformed spirit, a written confession in accordance with Lutheran teaching, especially on the question of the Lord's Supper. Rebhan proceeded in the same way against citizens of Eisenach, such as the mayor Johann Schilling, the senior Paul Seidler and the town clerk Bernhard Purgold, who refused to be unfaithful to their faith and therefore had to leave the city.

In addition to theological writings, Rebhan also wrote the Historia Ecclesiastica Isenacensis - an Eisenach chronicle in Latin, which was later used as a template by Christian Franz Paullini .

Rebhan was married to Dorothea Kellner, who was born in Coburg and was the daughter of a trader. Three of Rebhan's sons also became theologians, including Kaspar (1606–1683), who was also general superintendent in Eisenach; the eldest son Johann (1604–1689) later became professor of law at the University of Strasbourg .

Nikolaus Rebhan died in Eisenach in 1626 as a prominent victim of the plague .

Honor

For his services as a theologian and for the history of the town of Eisenach, a street in Eisenach was named after him after 1920, in the Reformatorenvirtel . As a special honor, Rebhan was buried next to the altar of the Nikolaikirche, Rebhan had been very committed to the restoration of the church, which was devastated by the Eisenach Pfaffensturm .

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  1. ↑ Gerd Bergmann: Historiography in Eisenach. A historical overview . In: Eisenach yearbook . tape 1992 . Hitzeroth-Verlag, Marburg 1992, p. 38 .
  2. ^ Gerd Bergmann: Eisenacher street names . In: Eisenach Information (Hrsg.): Eisenacher Schriften zur Heimatkunde . Issue 44. Eisenach 1990, p. 46 .

literature

  • Julius August Wagenmann :  Rebhan, Nicolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 755 f.
  • Hans Müller: Ancestors of Wilhelm Hauff and Justinus Kerner in Thuringia In: Thüringer Fähnlein, monthly journals for the Central German homeland, 3rd year. Issue 8, August 1934, pp. 508-509
  • Gerd Bergmann: Older history of Eisenach. From the beginning to the beginning of the 19th century . Ed .: Eisenacher History Association. Kröner, Eisenach 1994, ISBN 3-9803976-0-2 , p. 286-287 .

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SURNAME Rebhan, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, chronicler and church official
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1571
PLACE OF BIRTH Heinersdorf
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1626
Place of death Eisenach