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[German Version] (duke; May 12, 1515, Urach – Dec 28, 1568, Stuttgart). The vicissitudes of the reign of his father Duke Ulrich (1487/1503–1550) defined Christopher's childhood and youth. Ulrich's problematic relationship with his only son improved as the result of the mediation of Landgrave Philip of Hessen; Christopher turned to the Reformation at the end of the 1530s. On assuming office in 1550, Christopher faced severe problems caused by the unfortunate outcome of the Schmalkaldic War (Schmalkaldic League). He ¶ succeeded, however, in confirming the Reformation that had…

[German Version] (Gretter; c. 1501, Gundelsheim/Neckar – Apr 21, 1557, Stuttgart). Gräter began studies in Heidelberg in 1520, receiving the Bacc. artium in 1522. Around 1523, he was a tutor in the household of Dietrich of Gemmingen in Schloss (Castle) Guttenberg/Neckar; in 1526/27, he was chaplain to Duke Ulrich of Württemberg in Montbéliard; from 1527 to 1533, schoolmaster in Heilbronn; in 1534, he took the M.A. at Heidelberg and became pastor in Herrenberg, and 1537/38 in Cannstatt (Stuttgart-B…

[German Version] 1. Peter (Tossanus; 1499, St. Laurent, Lorraine – Oct 5, 1573, Montbéliard), canon in Metz after 1515. His attempt to preach the Reformation in Metz was unsuccessful. In 1535 Tossanus was charged with continuing the Reformation of the Württemberg count of Montbéliard (Mömpelgard), begun by G. Farel. The introduction of the Württemberg church order of 1536 and then the order of 1559 created difficulties, since Tossanus and his colleagues favored the Swiss Reformation. Negotiations le…

[German Version] I. Territory In the late 11th century, the castle name “Württemberg” (in the vicinity of Stuttgart-Rotenberg) was adopted by an aristocratic family that is first attested at this time. The counts of Württemberg (dukes from 1495 onward) began to build up a territory after the end of the Hohenstaufen dynasty; by the early 16th century, it had acquired the appearance that it would retain until the radical changes of the Napoleonic period. The secularization of 1802/1803 and the mediati…

[German Version] (Baden-Württemberg), former Cistercian monastery (Cistercians), founded in 1138 at Eckenweiher (near Mühlacker) by Walter of Lomersheim, settled from Neuburg (Lower Alsace), and moved to the Salzach valley in 1147. Until 1504, it was administered by the Palatinate, then by Württemberg. In 1536, following the Reformation, it was closed, but it was resettled in 1548. In 1556, it was turned into a Protestant monastic school, but from 1630 to 1648 it became once more a Cistercian mona…

[German Version] (Dec 2, 1867, Runzenheim, Alsace – Nov 13, 1930, Tübingen), church historian. He was pastor in Lingolsheim, Alsace (1894–1901); he gained his habilitation and became professor of church history at Strasbourg in 1894, and became professor of church history in 1900, and university professor in 1914. He became professor in Bonn in 1919 and in Tüb…

[German Version] (Dec 15, 1495, Heilbronn – Nov 1, 1558, Jena), began his studies in 1509 in Erfurt, then went to Heidelberg in 1511; after receiving his M.A. in 1513, he studied theology (Bacc.theol. 1518) and then law. It is likely that he was a participant in Luther’s Heidelberg disputation in 1518. In 1520 he was appointed to a position in Weinsberg but was expelled in 1522 for his Lutheran leanings. He was given refuge by Dietrich v. Gemmingen at Castle Guttenberg on the Neckar and in 1524 wa…

[German Version] (1483, Rottenacker, near Ehingen on the Danube – Jun 20, 1533, Ulm), studied in Tübingen and Freiburg im Breisgau, receiving his Lic.iur. from Tübingen in 1509. He became a preacher in Brackenheim, Württemberg, in 1513; in 1520 he was already in contact with Luther and J. Eberlin of Günzburg. Expelled from Brackenheim in 1524, he was called to the pulpit in Ulm by the council. An eloquent popular preacher, he succeeded in having the Reformation accepted despite the authorities’ he…

[German Version] (May 2 or 6, 1702, Göppingen – Feb 10, 1782, Murrhardt), son of a town clerk. Oetinger attended the monastic schools of Blaubeuren and Bebenhausen, then from 1722 to 1727 studied theology at Tübingen. From 1731 to 1738, with intervals of travel, he was a tutor at the Tübingen Stift (Tübingen: II). He became a pastor in 1738 in Hirsau, in 1743 in Schnaitheim, in 1746 in Waldorf; then dean in 1752 in Weinsberg, in 1759 in Herrenberg, and in 1766 prelate in Murrhardt. Oetinger’s earl…

[German Version] 1. Andreas (Dec 14 or 19, 1496 or 1498, Gunzhausen – Oct 17, 1552, Königsberg [today Kaliningrad, Russia]), Reformer of Nuremberg (Nürnberg) and center of a violent controversy over his doctrine of justification. Osiander matriculated at Ingolstadt in 1515, where he learned Greek and Hebrew and was influenced by Humanism and especially by J. Reuchlin and the Kabbalah. In 1520 he was ordained to the priesthood; in the same year, he was employed to teach Hebrew by the Augustinian Herm…

[German Version] (1494, Ulm – Sep 14, 1556, Tübingen). Frecht began studying in Heidelberg in 1514, was awarded the M.A. in 1517, the Lic.Theol. in c. 1529, and was reader ( Lektor) of Holy Scripture in Heidelberg from 1529 to 1531. Having participated in Luther's Heidelberg Disputation (II), he received an appointment as preacher in Ulm following the implementation of the Reformation in 1531. In 1533, he became the successor of the deceased K. Sam and assumed the leader-¶ ship of the church in Ulm. In spite of conflicts with the magistrate and quarrels with S. Franck and …

[German Version] , (Dec 4, 1495, Reutlingen – Dec 1, 1570, Blaubeuren), the reformer of Reutlingen. Alber began his studies in 1513 in Tübingen, where Melanchthon was lecturing, and went on to Freiburg i.Br. in 1520. In 1521, he began to preach in Reutlingen; from the outset he espoused church reform. Hostility from outside (investigations by the bishop of …

[English Version] Sam, Konrad (1483 Rottenacker bei Ehingen/Donau – 20.6.1533 Ulm). Studierte in Tübingen und Freiburg i.Br., 1509 in Tübingen zum Lic. iur. promoviert. Seit 1513 Prediger in Brackenheim, Württemberg stand er schon 1520 mit Luther und J. Eberlin von Günzburg in Verbindung. 1524 aus Brackenheim vertrieben, wurde er vom Rat in Ulm zum Prediger berufen. Dem wortgewaltigen Volksprediger S. gelang es, trotz zögernder Haltung des Magistrats, die Reformation durchzusetzen, die 1531 eingefü…

[English Version] 1.  Andreas (14. oder 19.12.1496 [1498?] Gunzenhausen – 17.10.1552 Königsberg), Reformator Nürnbergs und Auslöser des nach ihm benannten Streits über die Rechtfertigungslehre (Rechtfertigung). O. wurde 1515 in Ingolstadt immatrikuliert, erlernte Griechisch und Hebräisch und war vom Humanismus und bes. von J. Reuchlin und der Kabbala beeinflußt. 1520 zum Priester geweiht, wurde er im gleichen Jahr als Hebräischlehrer von den Nürnberger Augustiner-Eremiten angestellt. Spätestens hier…

[English Version] Schnepf, Erhard (15.12.1495 Heilbronn – 1.11.1558 Jena), Studium seit 1509 in Erfurt, seit 1511 in Heidelberg; nach der Promotion zum M.A. 1513 Studium der Theol. (1518 Bacc. theol.), dann Studium der Jurisprudenz. Eine Teilnahme Sch.s an Luthers Heidelberger Disputation 1518 ist wahrscheinlich. 1520 wurde er Prediger in Weinsberg, 1522 wegen luth. Neigungen vertrieben, von Dietrich von Gemmingen auf Burg Guttenberg/Neckar aufgenommen und war seit 1524 Prediger in der Reichsstadt …

[English Version] I. Territorium Nach der Burg W. (bei Stuttgart-Rotenberg) nannte sich eine am Ende des 11.Jh. erstmals bezeugte hochadlige Familie. Die Grafen von W. (seit 1495 Herzöge) begannen nach dem Ende der Staufer mit der Bildung eines Territoriums, das am Anfang des 16.Jh. seine bis zu den napoleonischen Umwälzungen gültige Gestalt gewonnen hatte. Durch die Säkularisation 1802/03 und die Mediatisierung 1805/06 entstand das Territorium des Königreichs W. (seit 1806), das im wesentlichen da…

[English Version] 1.  Peter (Tossanus), (1499 St. Laurent, Lothringen – 5.10.1573 Montbéliard), seit 1515 Kanonikus in Metz. Versuche, dort ev. zu predigen, schlugen fehl. 1535 wurde T. mit der Fortführung der von G. Farel begonnenen Reformation der württembergischen Grafschaft Montbéliard (Mömpelgard) beauftragt. Die Einführung der württembergischen Kirchenordnung von 1536, desgleichen der von 1559, verursachte Schwierigkeiten, da T. und seine Kollegen der Schweizer Reformation zuneigten. Verhandlu…

[English Version] Oetinger, Friedrich Christoph (2. oder 6.5.1702 Göppingen – 10.2.1782 Murrhardt). Der Sohn eines Stadtschreibers studierte nach dem Besuch der Klosterschulen Blaubeuren und Bebenhausen 1722–1727 Theol. in Tübingen und war 1731–1738, durch Reisen unterbrochen, Repetent am Tübinger Stift (Tübingen: II.). 1738 wurde er Pfarrer in Hirsau, 1743 in Schnaitheim, 1746 in Waldorf, 1752 Dekan in Weinsberg, 1759 in Herrenberg, 1766 Prälat in Murrhardt. O.s frühe Jahre sind mit zahlreichen Rei…