Vitus Büscher
Vitus Büscher (* 1602 in Bühne , Harz foreland, † April 27, 1666 in Quakenbrück ) was a German Protestant theologian. He was head of the church in Vörden, superintendent in Quakenbrück and the first permanent evangelical pastor there after the religious struggles.
Life
In 1637 Büscher began his studies at the University of Helmstedt , in 1643 he became a chaplain at Ippenburg Castle , from 1645 to 1647 he was the Swedish court chaplain and dean of the Vörden dean's office and from 1647 he became pastor in Quakenbrück on the instructions of the Swedish administrator Gustav Gustavson , Count von Wasaburg with the mandate to push back the Counter Reformation and to consolidate the evangelical faith in the region.
Büscher settled in Quakenbrück and built a house that was leaned against the Hohe Pforte (and burned down in 1925).
Büscher was successful with his mission: in a short time most of the citizens returned to Protestantism. According to contemporary records, only 105 people were counted who remained Catholic. Büscher was also responsible for the reorganization of the school system, which he carried out between 1647 and 1651. In 1651 he became a clerical member of the consistory in Osnabrück.
In 1650 the Catholic Bishop Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg , sovereign in Osnabrück, commissioned the Franciscan Order to settle in Quakenbrück and to take over the pastoral care ( cura animarum ) of the few remaining Catholics.
It was not until 1651 that the Thirty Years' War ended for Quakenbrück as well. In the same year, division negotiations took place, which Büscher led on the Protestant side, which made him one of the most influential Protestant preachers of the Osnabrück Monastery. The participants in the negotiations finally adopted the “Capitulatio perpetua Osnabrugensis” (Perpetual Surrender), according to which the goods of the collegiate chapter were divided between the two denominations. Among other things, the Catholic side fell to the former deanery and vicariate house, including the property, which was immediately bought back by the Protestant side for 762 Reichstaler . The Catholic parish, in turn, used the proceeds from the sale to purchase a plot of land on the market square including the ruins of a former Burgmannshof with its fortified tower, on which the new Catholic St. Mary's Church, consecrated in 1696, was built.
In 1662, Büscher, in his function as superintendent, set up the "Spiritual Policey Regulations of the Oßnabrück Monastery" , which describes the exact state of the church in 1662. This writing is one of the most important sources for the church conditions in the years after the Thirty Years War , as it is in contrast to the visitation protocol of Albert Lucenius from 1624/25 and the "judgment of the auxiliary bishop Otto von Bronkhorst on the church conditions of the bishopric of Osnabrück" from 1696 who took a decidedly Catholic point of view.
Büscher's epitaph is in the Quakenbrücker Sylvester Church .
Web links
- The Osnabrück Simultaneum. Lecture by Wolfgang Seegrün on August 30, 1997. In: Archive of the Ecumenical Church Congress 1998. Archived from the original on December 12, 2000 ; Retrieved February 1, 2013 .
literature
- Hermann Rothert : Quakenbrück in the Thirty Years War. (1923)
- Heinrich Böning: Quakenbrück. History of a small North German town . Thoben-Verlag Quakenbrück, 1979. ISBN 3-921176-50-6
- Heinz Böning: Faith struggles in the north of Osnabrück in the 16th and 17th centuries. Thoben-Verlag Quakenbrück, 1981. ISBN 3-921176-38-7
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Büscher, Vitus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1602 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stage , Harz foreland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1666 |
| Place of death | Quakenbrück |