Thomas Neidlein

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Thomas Neidlein , also Thomas Neidlin and Thomas Neutlin (* in (Groß-) Langheim ; † December 23, 1556 ) was a German Premonstratensian Abbot and from 1540 to 1556 Abbot of the Premonstratensian Monastery of Oberzell in Zell am Main .

Oberzell before Neidlein

The time before Abbot Thomas Neidlein took office was marked by the conflicts in the German Peasants' War . After the Reformation had largely spared Oberzell Abbey at the beginning of the 16th century, the monastery buildings were looted in 1525. The abbot's predecessors pushed ahead with the reconstruction. Finally, Abbot Georg Hoffmann was able to restore the buildings.

Life

Thomas Neidlein was born in the second half of the 15th and first half of the 16th century in "Langhemium majus" (Großlangheim), a market in Lower Franconia. The sources are silent about the family of the future abbot, and Neidlein’s schooling is also in the dark. Presumably he attended the University of Würzburg and graduated with an academic degree.

After the death of Abbot Georg Hoffmann at the beginning of 1540, the monks had to choose a successor. Thomas Neidlein emerged as the winner from the election. Neidlein quickly began to renovate the surrounding buildings around the actual monastery grounds. In 1540 the Marienkapelle was rebuilt south of the monastery church. It was consecrated by the Würzburg auxiliary bishop Augustinus Marius in March 1541. Marius left his library to the Oberzell monastery, which speaks for the promotion of science in the abbey.

Neidlein brought the humanist Kaspar Brusch to the Main . Bruschius called Neidlein the "magnus coenobii sui illustrator" (great illuminator of his monastery). Abbot Thomas Neidlein died on December 23, 1556 and, at his request, was buried in the choir of the Oberzeller monastery church.

literature

  • Helmut Flachenecker , Stefan Petersen: Personnel lists for upper and lower cell. In: Helmut Flachenecker, Wolfgang Weiß (ed.): Oberzell - From the Premonstratensian Monastery (until 1803) to the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Childhood of Jesus (= sources and research on the history of the diocese and bishopric of Würzburg, Volume LXII). Würzburg 2006, pp. 521-570.
  • Leo Günther: Oberzell Monastery. From foundation to secularization 1128–1802 . In: Festschrift for the 800th anniversary of the Norbertus monastery in Oberzell . Würzburg 1928. pp. 5-55.
  • Johann Ludwig Klarmann: The Steigerwald in the past. A contribution to Franconian cultural studies . Gerolzhofen 2 1909.
  • Johannes Merz: Crisis and Renewal - The Oberzell Abbey from the Peasants' War to the Real Time . In: Helmut Flachenecker, Wolfgang Weiß (ed.): Oberzell - From the Premonstratensian Monastery (until 1803) to the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Childhood of Jesus (= sources and research on the history of the diocese and bishopric of Würzburg, volume LXII) . Würzburg 2006. pp. 371-383.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klarmann, Johann Ludwig: The Steigerwald in the past . P. 196.
  2. ^ Günther, Leo: Oberzell Abbey . P. 20.
  3. ↑ Flachenecker, Helmut (among others): Personal lists for Ober- and Unterzell . P. 529 (footnotes).
  4. ^ Günther, Leo: Oberzell Abbey . P. 20.
  5. ↑ Merz, Johannes: Crisis and Renewal . P. 378 f.
personal data
SURNAME Neidlein, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neidlin, Thomas; Neutlin, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Premonstratensian Abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Großlangheim
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1556