Nikolaus Thoman

Coat of arms of those of Neuffen from the Frauenfeld manuscript of the chronicle

Nikolaus Thoman (* probably around 1457 in Zipplingen ; † perhaps on June 2, 1545) - also: Nicolaus - was a chaplain and chronicler in Weißenhorn .

Life

The son of Claus and Ursula Thoman studied in Ingolstadt in 1480 . He is probably identical to a Nikolaus Thoman, who received the parish Blindheim from the Pope in the same year . In 1479 he became the owner of the Weissenhorn Leonhard benefice , which he had actually looked after as a pastor since at least 1488.

Thoman worked on his chronicle for 62 years, from 1480 to 1542. His dedication copy ( autograph ) owned by the city of Weißenhorn bears the date March 13, 1536 in the preface and was completed on January 19, 1536. In the manuscript of the Austrian National Library, Cod. 2943, there is a second autograph version of the text, which changes the language of the text. There are also other more recent copies.

In his chronicle, Thoman stood strictly on the side of the old faith and the authorities. The latter is evident not least from his attitude towards the peasant war .

meaning

His chronicle is a living source not only for the history of the town of Weißenhorn, but also for the history of Upper Swabia .

The chronicle reports the narrative song of the noble Moringer (it is also passed on in a number of other text witnesses, see author's lexicon, 2nd ed. Vol. 6, Col. 688). It was reprinted in Gräter's magazine Bragur in 1794 from a manuscript in Thomans' Chronicle.

Nikolaus-Thoman-Strasse in Weißenhorn commemorates the chronicler.

literature

• Nicolaus Thoman: Weissenhorn History . Reprint. Weißenhorn 1969 (a partial reprint of the edition by Franz Ludwig Baumann (ed.): Sources on the history of the peasant war in Upper Swabia . Stuttgart 1876 with additions and afterwords by Horst Gaiser and Anton K. Konrad)

Web links

• Edition Baumann
• Description of the Viennese manuscript