Pfaffenstürmen

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The attacks on church institutions and personalities that took place in the context of the Reformation from 1521 onwards are called Pfaffenstürmen . These far-reaching actions, especially in central Germany, were directed against the special position of the Catholic clergy and contained demands that they should also bear civil burdens.

The main reason was Martin Luther's appearance in Erfurt on April 6th and 7th, 1521 on his trip to the Reichstag in Worms . Honored by the city council and the rector of the university, hundreds came to his sermon in the church of the Augustinian monastery , where he presented his ideas about the Reformation ( I want to tell the truth, and should it cost me twenty necks ).

After the end of May 1521 by the Edict of Worms of outlawry had fallen, and the deans of the two pins Erfurt outlawing Luther followers in the region. A little later, the Erfurt priests ' storms, the storming of the houses of the collegiate priests on Domberg and the threat to the episcopal institutions. The declared intention was to punish the priests, preachers, and especially the courtesans, and finally to get them to hang on to Martino too . In three days, students and citizens as well as farmers from the rural area devastated more than 40 curiae of the Catholic clergy on the cathedral hill.

Similar incidents occurred in other cities in the region in the following period ( Jena 1523, Eisenach 1523, Gotha 1524).

The resulting devastation, hostility, emigration and disruption of public order had far-reaching consequences for the further development of these cities and their facilities, especially for the University of Erfurt .