Sebastian Starck

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Sebastian Starck (also Sebastian Starcke, Stark, Starke, Starcken ; born January 20, 1528 in Meißen , † August 17, 1586 in Mühlhausen ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian , pastor and superintendent .

Life

Starck was born as the son of the Meissen cloth merchant Gregor Stark and his wife Afra Nauendorf. In keeping with the customs of the time, it got its name from the patron saint of his birthday. After initial training in Meißen and St. Joachimsthal , he matriculated at the University of Wittenberg in May 1543 . Here he may have met Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, among others . In the winter semester of 1544 he continued his studies at the University of Leipzig . To defend his fatherland in the Schmalkaldic War , he joined the Saxon troops as a soldier. As such, he participated in the battle of Mühlberg . After the Wittenberg surrender , he became a schoolmaster in Luchau near Naumburg at the beginning of 1548 .

The following year he returned to Wittenberg, where he acquired the degree of Master of Philosophy on April 30, 1549, and was ordained by Johannes Bugenhagen on September 18, 1549 at the Wittenberg City Church as a deacon in Buchholz . In 1552 he was appointed pastor in Falkenau an der Eger in Bohemia. Due to counter-Reformation efforts, however, he was expelled from this office in 1555. Therefore, the following year he lived as an exile in Quedlinburg with his father-in-law. Until he received another appointment as pastor in Greußen on September 30, 1556 . During this time he mainly experienced the internal Protestant disputes. In the course of the conflict he turned more to the view of the Gnesiolutherans . In order to emphasize his Lutheran beliefs, he signed the formula of concord . In 1575 he followed an appointment as superintendent and pastor in Mühlhausen. Here he spent the last years of his life with the new order, his ephoria.

family

Starck was married twice. His first marriage was on August 25, 1550 with Anna Ernst (also: Ernesti; * 1532 in Nordhausen; † June 12, 1575 in Greußen), the daughter of the pastor in Laucha Andreas Ernst. He concluded his second marriage on February 8, 1575 in Erfurt with Elisabeth Funke, the widow of Heinrich Schneider from Erfurt, otherwise known as Weißmantel. From the first marriage there are 15 children. Twelve sons and three daughters, five of whom died young before their father. From the children we know:

  1. To. Anna Starck (* 1551 Buchholz; † 1552 ibid.)
  2. So. Andreas Starck (born May 9, 1552 in Buchholz; † 1611 Mühlhausen), Dr. med. and city doctor in Göttingen
  3. Sun. Georgius Starck (born August 23, 1553 in Falkenau)
  4. So. Benjamin Starck (born December 13, 1554 in Falkenau; † February 1, 1634 in Mühlhausen) Superintendent in Mühlhausen
  5. So. Samuel Starck (born October 15, 1556 in Quedlinburg; † shortly before November 13, 1582 Udersleben (Pest)) 1581 Rev. Udersleben, m. August 30, 1580 in Mühlhausen with Anna Tilesius, the daughter of Hieronymus Tilesius (born November 19, 1529 in Hirschberg / Silesia, † September 17, 1566 in Mühlhausen), she married. II. On April 28, 1589 with the deacon and later superintendent in Mühlhausen Heinrich Gallus (* 1538 in Kronach; † November 17, 1605 in Mühlhausen)
  6. To. Magdalena Margarethe Starck (born September 15, 1558 in Greußen, † January 19, 1577 Mühlhausen) married. January 15, 1576 in Mühlhausen with Mühlhausen councilor Johannes Hartmann
  7. So. Christoph Starck (born September 15, 1558 in Greußen; † 1558)
  8. So. Constantin Starck (born September 1, 1560 in Greußen, † September 14, 1597 Westhoffen / Alsace) Rev. in Westhoffen / Alsace m. October 10, 1587 in Strasbourg with Magdalena Gerawin
  9. So. Godofredus Starck (born June 14, 1562 in Mühlhausen, † before August 26, 1611) Rector Greußen, m. June 16, 1606 NN
  10. So. Sebastian Starck (* February 18, 1564 in Greußen; † January 22, 1634 ibid.) 1588 Uni. Jena, Rector Greußen, married. August 26, 1594 in Mühlhausen with Anna Reinhardt, daughter of the pastor in Greußen Matthäus Reinhardt
  11. So. Nathanel Starck (* February 27, 1566 in Greußen; † before October 1601) teacher in Mühlhausen school, m. April 24, 1592 in Mühlhausen with Catharina Usung
  12. So. Michael Starck († Mühlhausen) Rev. August 7, 1603 in Mühlhausen with Maria Linke
  13. So. Ernestus Starcke (born June 16, 1568 in Greußen, † October 31, 1625 in Mühlhausen) Rev. St. Nikolai and Petri Mühlhausen, m. I. July 26, 1596 with Christina Gödicke († December 5, 1609 in grave), To. d. Mag. Johann Gödicke from Erfurt, m. Second summer of 1610 with Barbara Volkenant (born April 8, 1641 in Mühlhausen) the daughter of councilor Christoph Volkenant
  14. So. Jacob Daniel Starck (* January 2, 1570, ~ January 3, 1570 in Greußen; † February 19, 1637 Mittweida, c. February 24, 1637 ibid.) Married. I. June 6, 1597 in Meißen with Barbara Weyland († ± 1601 in Pölnitz), To. of the citizen in Döbeln Georg Weyland married. II. May 4, 1602 in Mittweida Maria Köckeritz (* November 11, 1582 in Mittweida; † February 6, 1623 ibid.), To. of the kurf. Saxon Oberförsters in Mittweida Friederich Köckeritz married. III. 1623 with Anna († 1633), the daughter of the pastor in Radeburg David Gensreff, widow of Sup. Oschatz Mag. Michael Schumler
  15. To. Lydia Starck (born December 10, 1572 in Greußen)

literature

  • Ludwig Hembold: Libellus Elegiarum, IN MEMORIAM REVERENDI VIRI, M. SEBASTIANI STARCKII, EIVSDEM # [que] CONIVgis Annae, filiae Magdalenae, filij # [que] Samuelis, diuerso tempore & loco defunctorum, scriptus, et editus: cumiae. Super Eccles benè meritus, in caelestem Christi parochiam migrauerat, the 18th of August, anno salutis 1586. Georg Hantzsch (heirs), Mühlhausen, 1586 ( digitized version )
  • Starck, Sebastian, the world wisdom Magister. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 39, Leipzig 1744, column 1243 f.
  • Kurt Wensch: Contributions to the life of the Mühlhausen superintendent Sebastian Starck 1575–1586. In: Mühlhäuser Geschichtsblätter 33–35 (1936), pp. 92–97 ( digitized version ) .
  • Gustav Starke: The strong family in Mühlhausen i. Th. In: Ernst Brinkmann: Mühlhausen history sheets. Verlag des Altertumsverein, Mühlhausen, 1932, vol. 31, vol. 31 (1932), p. 257 ff. ( Digitized version )
  • Alfred Eckert: The German Protestant pastors of the Reformation time in West Bohemia. Johannes Mathesius Verlag, Bad Rappenau-Obergimpern, 1974/76, p. 114
  • Bernhard Möller: Pastors' Book of Thuringia. (Schwarzburg-Sondershausen). Verlag Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1997, ISBN 3-7686-4148-1 , Vol. 2, p. 373
  • Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2008, ISBN 978-3-374-02140-6 , Vol. 8, p. 344,

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Another indication of the birthday 10 January 1528
  2. ↑ cf. AAV 204a, 22 ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ Matr. UL Ä.R. III. ( Digitized version )
  4. ^ Julius Köstlin: The Baccalaurei and Magistri of the Wittenberg philosophical faculty. 1548-1560. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale), 1891, p. 8 ( digitized version )
  5. ^ Georg Buchwald: Wittenberger Ordiniertenbuch. 1537-1560. Verlag Georg Wigand, Leipzig, 1894, Vol. 1, No. 1030 ( digitized version )
  6. ↑ Starck, Sebastian (1528–1586) on the website of the Kalliope network . Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ Andreas Ernst (also: Ernesti, Ernestus, Fernesius; * April 2, 1498 in Nordhausen; † September 24, 1565 in Quedlinburg) was the son of the mayor of Nordhausen Cyriakus Ernst and his wife Catharina Ribbes (also: Ribeis), he acted as Monk joined the Franciscan order, attended the University of Erfurt in 1513 and became a master of philosophy there in 1518. Turning to reformatory efforts, he married and took a position as a deacon at the St. Blasikirche in Nordhausen in 1524, and in 1539 moved to the St. Benedict Church as a pastor in Quedlinburg, in 1541 he was again pastor of St. Blasikirche in Nordhausen, moved to a pastor's position in Laucha in 1545 and finally became pastor of St. Nikolaikirche in Quedlinburg in 1553, where he finally died of the plague, another daughter of his Ursula Ernst (* April 26, 1541 in Nordhausen; † March 5, 1602 in Eisleben) married on July 17, 1557 in Nordhausen in their first marriage with the future pastor at St. Nikolaiki rche in Eisleben Andreas Fabritius (also: Fabricius; * January 25, 1530 in Chemnitz; † October 26, 1577 in Eisleben) and after his death in his second marriage to the general superintendent in Mansfeld Georg Autumnus (also: Herbst; † Pest, established July 4, 1598 in Eisleben) cf. Pfb. KpS Vol. 2, p. 479 & Vol. 1, p. 160
  8. ↑ Other sources say widowed Funcke from Erfurt
  9. ↑ the Pfb. Thuringia says 11. Sö and 5. Tö.
  10. ↑ 1585 Uni. Leipzig, 1587 Uni. Wittenberg, teacher & cantor Mühlhausen (Teutonic Order School), ord. May 18, 1596, Rev. Dachrieden 1596, 1608 Rev. Großgrabe, 1623 Rev. St. Nicolai & Petri Mühlhausen, cf. Pfb. KpS. Vol. 8, p. 337
  11. ^ School Mühlhausen, 1586 Academy of Strasbourg, 1589 Uni. Jena, 1590 Mag. Phil. ibid., 1592 teacher Dresden, 1597 ord. Wittenberg, 1597 Rev. Pölnitz, 1602 Rev. Mittweida (35 y.) And adj. Sup. Chemnitz
  12. ^ From the marriage I. there are three sons who all died young, Samuel Starck († Meißen), Theodosius Starck († Pölnitz) & Christoph Starck († Meißen)
  13. ↑ eleven children from marriage II. Two children died young. Five sons and three daughters survived the father. So. Christian Starck (* 1606; † 1607), So. Mag.Benjamin Starck Rev. Mittweida, Adj. Sup.Chemnitz, So. Friedrich Starck Rev. Burckardswalda, So. Jacob Daniel Starck Stud. Theol., So. Mag. Sebastian Gottfried Starck Stud. Theol., So. Isaac Starck Alumnus kurf. Saxon. Ls. Grimma, To. Elisabeth Starck married with the citizen and councilor Mittweida Caspar Bernhard, To. Anna Marie Starck widow of Jacob Francke Rev. Zinna bei Torgau, To. Magdalene Starck married with Rev. in Rossa Johann Petschen
  14. ↑ David Gensreff (also Gensref * 1537 in Köthen, † 1606 in Radeburg) School Halle (Saale), 1556 University. Wittenberg, 1566 Uni. Leipzig, 1566 Rev. Mohorn, 1571 Rev. Radeburg cf. Pfb. Saxony. I., p. 230
  15. ↑ m. November 24, 1584, Michael Schumler (* 1556 in Niederau; † September 19, 1617 in Oschatz) father Blasius Schumler (* 1519 in Roßwein; † 1584 in Naunhof; pastor in Niederau and Naunhof), August 1, 1581 Uni. Wittenberg (AAV II 300a, 23), September 9, 1581 Mag.phil. ibid. (Dek. Bu.), 1583 Diak. Langensalza, 1584 Rev. Naunhof, 1597 Rev. Döbeln, 1611 Sup.Oschatz, So. Desiderus Michael Schumler (March 15, 1608 to June 11, 1611 electoral Saxon Ls. St. Afra Meißen, 1611 Uni. Leipzig, 26 March 1614 Uni. Wittenberg) cf. Joh. Gottl. Frenckels: Diptycha Ositiensia. P. 146
  16. ↑ cf. Balthasar Balduin : D. Pauli, piorumq [ue] Doctorum Ecclesiae Gravamen & Levamen, Des H. Pauli and all faithful preachers greatest burden and greatest relief. Bey Christian / Volckreicher funeral ... Jacob-Daniel Starckens / the churches in Mittweyda / wolverdienten Pastoris, and the Superintendens Chemnitz Adjuncti, who died there in the 1637th year / February 19th ... fell asleep ... on the 24th / and again on the 30th ... was buried. Dresden, 1638 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Starck, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Starcke, Sebastian; Stark, Sebastian; Starcken, Sebastian; Strong, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, pastor and superintendent
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1528
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH August 17, 1586
Place of death Mühlhausen / Thuringia