Thomas Gyrfalk

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Thomas Gyrfalk , even Thomas Geier Falk, came from Munster Val de Saint-Grégoire in the Upper Rhine († 14. February 1559 in Basel ) and was a Swiss reformer .

Life

Thomas Gyrfalk was first mentioned in 1523 as a reading master in the Augustinian monastery in Freiburg . He had to leave the monastery in 1524 because of his Reformation inclinations and on the recommendation of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim to the legal scholar Claudius Cantiuncula in Basel, he became a preacher in the Augustinian monastery in Basel , where he developed his Reformation zeal.

In 1526 he accompanied Johannes Oekolampad , with whom he was friends, to the Baden disputation and supported him in his five theses . Together with Oekolampad and other preachers, he also spoke out against the Anabaptists .

When Oekolampad, together with Gyrfalk, put up some theses in Basel in 1527 that he wanted to dispute about , these were torn down by a Catholic priest, who then verbally abused them, Gyrfalk was attacked by the priest and injured with a knife.

After the last five hermits left the Augustinian order in 1528 , they transferred ownership to the city of Basel. Thomas Gyrfalk handed over the monastery to the city on January 18, 1528, as head of the monastery, together with the other conventuals . For this, the council paid a life annuity ; Thomas Gyrfalk received 50 guilders a year as well as a right of residence in the house next to the monastery.

In 1529 he took up the position of preacher in the church of St. Elisabeth and St. Ulrich in Basel and from 1535 until his death he was archdeacon at the cathedral . During this time he enrolled at the University of Basel in 1539 .

When the council issued new statutes for the reorganization of the university in September 1532, the university lost its previous legal independence and was integrated into the Christian state, which wanted to ensure the new teaching also in the field of education; This also led to conflicts, in particular because of the newly regulated relationship between the Reformed clergy and the university, in which the Antistes Oswald Myconius , supported by Gyrfalk and other preachers, resisted. In 1539 it was possible to push back the influence of the authorities a little and to regain part of the former self-government. For the appointment of professors, however, the council enforced its right of co-determination, according to which only supporters of the reformed direction represented by the Basel council could be appointed.

From 1551 to 1552 he represented the Antistes Oswald Myconius, who was ill.

Thomas Gyrfalk was married to Benigna (née Schlierbach) († April 24, 1582) since 1528. The names of his children are known:

  • Simon Gyrfalk, Hintersasse , married to Salome Jerger
  • Ursula Gyrfalk, married to Pastor J. Truckenbrot
  • Hans Conrad Gyrfalk

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Albert Büchi: Peter Girod and the outbreak of the reform movement in Freiburg, p. 13 f. In: Journal for Swiss Church History, No. 18. 1924, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Christian Wurstisen, Jacob C. Beck: Brief Concept of the History of Basel . Bischoff, 1757 ( google.de [accessed December 25, 2019]).
  3. ^ Alfred Schindler, Wolfram Schneider-Lastin: The Baden Disputation of 1526: Annotated Edition of the Protocol . Theological Publishing House Zurich, 2015, ISBN 978-3-290-17757-7 , pp. 124, 162 ( google.de [accessed December 25, 2019]).
  4. ^ History of the city and landscape of Basel . Decker, 1821 ( google.de [accessed December 26, 2019]).
  5. ^ Karl Rudolph Hagenbach: History of the Reformation especially in Germany and Switzerland . Hirzel, 1870 ( google.de [accessed December 26, 2019]).
  6. ^ Heinrich Rocholl: Beginnings of the Reformation in Colmar: A contribution to the Reformation history of Alsace . P. 33. Verlag von Lang & Rasch, 1875 ( google.de [accessed on December 26, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Sybille Knecht: Endure or withdraw? P. 123. Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zurich, 2013, accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  8. ↑ St. Ulrich on Rittergasse in Basel. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  9. ^ Oskar Vasella: Die Matrikel der Universität Basel, p. 235. In: Swiss Journal of History No. 7, Issue 2. 1957, accessed on December 25, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Markus Lutz : History of the University of Basel: from its foundation to its latest redesign . Christen, 1826 ( google.de [accessed December 25, 2019]).
  11. ↑ 1460–1560: From the successful foundation to international importance. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  12. ^ Oswald Myconius: Correspondence 1515–1552: Regesten, edited by Rainer Henrich . P. 70. Theologischer Verlag Zurich, 2017, ISBN 978-3-290-17890-1 ( google.de [accessed December 25, 2019]).
  13. ^ Alfred Hartmann (ed.): Die Amerbachkorrespondenz, Volume X, p. 453. Verlag der Universitätsbibliothek, 1995, accessed on December 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gyrfalk, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geierfalk, Thomas; Grifalconius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Munster Val de Saint-Grégoire , Upper Alsace
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1559
Place of death Basel