Peter Ulner
Peter Ulner (born October 18, 1523 in Gladebach ; † September 6, 1595 ) was the first Protestant abbot of the Berge monastery near Magdeburg .
Life
Ulner was born the son of the mayor of Gladebach (today Mönchengladbach) Laurenz Ulner . He enjoyed an apprenticeship with the fraternity in Deventer and Herzogenbusch . He studied in Wittenberg and probably also philosophy and theology in Cologne .
In 1542 he entered the Benedictine monastery Werden . His monastery name was Ludgerus . Around 1550 he was pastor in the neighboring St. Lucius Church . The Evangelical Congregation Werden still owns the so-called Ulner Goblet , which according to tradition he is supposed to have donated, but which actually comes from the Baroque style .
Ulner then received a position as pastor in the Ludgerikloster in Helmstedt . Just one year later he became court chaplain to the Catholic Duke Heinrich the Younger of Braunschweig.
In 1559 Ulner became coadjutor , in 1561 abbot of the Berge monastery near Magdeburg. Under his direction the rebuilding of the monastery took place after the destruction of 1546 during the Schmalkaldic War and the re-establishment of the library . In addition to many buildings, the monastery church was also newly built.
With a Lutheran sermon on August 25, 1565, he led the monastery into the Reformation . Berge monastery became a Protestant monastery . Ulner was the first prelate in the Archbishopric of Magdeburg to openly confess to the new faith. In the same year Ulner founded the monastery school. Ulner held the office of abbot for 34 years and led the important Berge monastery to a new bloom.
In 1569, Duke commissioned Julius of Brunswick next to Martin Chemnitz and Jacob Andreä also Ulner with the reformation of the churches in Brunswick country.
On Peter and Paul Day 1573 Ulner married Margaretha, daughter of Magdeburg city treasurer Hans Westphal. The marriage resulted in five well-known children (order not confirmed): Catharina, Joachim, Margaretha, Anna and Agnesa. Allegedly Abbot Peter also had a natural son of the same name (that is, born out of wedlock).
Since 1583 Ulner was also part of the commission for visiting churches in the diocese of Magdeburg.
Honor
The city of Magdeburg named a street in his honor as Ulnerstraße .
literature
- Karl Janicke: Ulner, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 211 f.
- Anton Joseph Krebs: Peter Ulner von Gladbach. In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine (AnnHVNdrh). Volume 7, 1859, pp. 188-200
- Reinhild Stephan-Maaser: From becoming monk to Protestant abbot in Magdeburg: Peter Ulner and the Reformation. In: Jan Gerchow (ed.): The millennium of the monks: KlosterWelt Werden 799–1803. Wienand, Cologne 1999, pp. 154-163, ISBN 3-87909-643-0
Web links
- Peter Ulner and the Reformation in Werden ( Memento from March 16, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Works by and about Peter Ulner in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Funeral Sermon Peter Ulner, copy of the Leipzig University Library, Sign .: Hist. Sax. Inf 23
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ulner, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ludgerus; Ullner, Peter; Ulnerus, peter; Ulner, Petrus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Berge Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1523 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gladebach |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1595 |
| Place of death | Berge monastery near Magdeburg |