Nicolaus Varnbüler (1519 - abt. 1604)

Born 5 Dec 1519 in Lindau (Bodensee), Schwäbischer Reichskreis, Deutsches Reich

Husband of Regina (Walter) Varnbüler — married about 28 Aug 1547 in Augsburg, Bayern, Deutschland

Descendants

Died about 27 Aug 1604 at about age 84 in Tübingen, Württemberg, Deutsches Reich

Biography

Birth and Parentage

Nicolaus was born on 5 December 1519 in Lindau am Bodensee, Bavaria. He was the son of the mayor of Lindau, Johannes Varnbüler (*1464 in St. Gallen; † 1545 in Lindau), and his wife Agatha (Meuting) Varnbüler (* 1484 in Augsburg; † 1562 in Lindau).^[1]
He descended from an old noble family from the Grisons, whose members held influential offices in St. Gallen in the 14th and 15th centuries and were at the same time owners of the firm house of Weinstein in the Upper Rhine Valley. Nicolaus' grandfather, Ulrich Varnbüler (* 1432; † 1496), who had led the St. Gallen army in the battle of Granson, was defeated as mayor of St. Gallen in a dispute with the monastery there, and fled from the revenge of the abbot and his allies to Lindau, where his son Johann had already become mayor.^[2]

Education and Occupation

Nicolaus received his first education at home and in the schools of Lindau.
In 1537 he went to Straßburg to attend the academy there, where he stayed for three years, already praised by his teachers for his good intellectual gifts.
In 1541, Nicolaus went to Leuven and from there to Cologne in 1542.
In the fall of 1543 Nicolaus went to Tübingen, where he obtained his doctorate in law.
Initially active as an advocate at the ducal court in Tübingen, Nicolaus became a professor of pandemonium in 1544.
In the same year, Duke Ulrich of Württemberg appointed him a councilor, in which capacity he served four Württemberg dukes.
For the first time in 1548, Nicolaus was given the opportunity to demonstrate his aptitude for political business. At that time, Württemberg, had to suffer heavily from the Spanish occupations. To avert this burden from Tübingen, Nicolaus rode with mayor Stammler to Augsburg in 27 hours, and Nicolaus' skill in negotiations with the emperor and Alba was essential in averting the threatening burden from the university city.
In the meantime, Nicolaus' reputation as a doctor increased, so that in 1554 he was elected Rector of the University of Tübingen for the first time, a dignity he later attained repeatedly.
Towards the end of 1553, a complete draft of the Land Law was prepared by the Faculty of Law and the ducal councillor Beer, who had joined it, and was in the hands of the duke. Nicolaus also took an outstanding part in the further consultations and work, which finally led to the second Land Law of 1567.
Nicolaus was also repeatedly used on missions. Thus, in 1555, he participated in the conclusion of the Augsburg Religious Peace. In 1576, he attended the Imperial Diet in Regensburg, and in 1577, he conferred on behalf of his Duke the new Tyrolean fiefs to be received as a result of the death of King Maximilian.
In 1594 Nicolaus resigned as professor, but remained active as a member of the senate and the faculty.^[3]

Marriage and Children

Nicolaus married Regina, the daughter of Bernhard Walter and his wife Felicitas (Rehlinger) Walter from Augsburg, on 28 August 1547 in Augsburg.^[4]
They had the following children:

1. Joannes Bernhardus ("Johann Bernhard"), born about 1548, married the widow Dorothea Demmler née Drach 12 August 1582 in Tübingen^[5], died 29 June 1605.^[6]
2. Nicolaus, born about 1549, married Constantia (Unknown).^[7]
3. Johann Ulrich, b. 13 January 1551 in Tübingen^[8], married Agnes Königsbach from Tübingen 21 April 1577 in Tübingen^[9], buried 14 April 1630 in Markgröningen near Ludwigsburg, Duchy of Württemberg.^[10]
4. Felicitas, b. 3 August 1553 in Tübingen, married Martin Aichmann from Schorndorf, 4 October 1573 in Tübingen^[11], died 8 November 1615 in Dresden, Saxony, at age 62.
5. Anthonius, b. 17 January 1555 in Tübingen^[12][13], married Sibylla Vischer from Tübingen 21 April 1577^[14], died before 20 July 1591 in Hirsau near Calw, Duchy of Württemberg.^[15]
6. Joannes Wilhelmus ("Johann Wilhelm"), bapt. 24 June 1558 in Tübingen^[16], married the widow Clara Weselin née Aichmann 1584 in Schorndorf near Stuttgart.^[17]
7. Anna Maria, b. 1 Feb 1560 in Tübingen^[18], married Dr. Hieronymus Gerhardt 31 January 1585 in Tübingen^[19], died 13 July 1588 in Tübingen.^[20]
8. Sabina, b. 25 August 1561 in Tübingen^[21], married Professor Matthäus Entzlin 30 April 1581 in Tübingen^[22], buried 3 March 1629 in Stuttgart.^[23]
9. Christophorus ("Christoph"), b. 13 September 1563 in Tübingen.^[24]

Death

Nicolaus was buried on 20 August 1604 in Tübingen.^[25]

Sources

1. ↑ Entry on Nicolaus Varnbüler at Wikipedia.com
2. ↑ Entry on Ulrich Varnbüler at Wikipedia.com
3. ↑ Wintterlin, Friedrich, Varnbüler, Nikolaus in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 39 (1895), p. 498-499 (Online-Version)
4. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 121 ("Tübinger Familienbuch" von Reinhard Rau; "Entringer-Föhr") # 546, p. 3 Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ Marriage register entry no. 38 / 1582 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 29 (Eheregister 1553-1614), p. 257 Ancestry Sharing Link
6. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 121 ("Tübinger Familienbuch" von Reinhard Rau; "Entringer-Föhr") # 546, p. 8 Ancestry Sharing Link
7. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 121 ("Tübinger Familienbuch" von Reinhard Rau; "Entringer-Föhr") # 546, p. 3 Ancestry Sharing Link
8. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 121 ("Tübinger Familienbuch" von Reinhard Rau; "Entringer-Föhr") # 546, p. 5 Ancestry Sharing Link
9. ↑ Marriage register entry no. 16 / 1577 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 29 (Eheregister 1553-1614), p. 231 Ancestry Sharing Link
10. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Markgröningen, Dekanat Ditzingen, Band 11 (Totenregister 1621-1724), p. 33 Ancestry Sharing Link
11. ↑ Marriage register no. 40 / 1573 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 29 (Eheregister 1553-1614), p. 204 Ancestry Sharing Link
12. ↑ Short Biography of Antonius Varnbüler in: Württembergische Kirchengeschichte Online - Ordnungsnummer 8470
13. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 121 ("Tübinger Familienbuch" von Reinhard Rau; "Entringer-Föhr") # 546, p. 10 Ancestry Sharing Link
14. ↑ Marriage register entry no. 15 / 1577 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 29 (Eheregister 1553-1614), p. 230 Ancestry Sharing Link
15. ↑ See the addition "posthumus" in the baptismal record of daughter Sabina, baptized 20 July 1591 in Tübingen: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 3 (Taufregister 1562-1614), p. 176 Ancestry Sharing Link
16. ↑ Baptismal register entry no. 26 / 1558 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 1 (Taufregister 1558-1562) Ancestry Sharing Link
17. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 121 ("Tübinger Familienbuch" von Reinhard Rau; "Entringer-Föhr") # 546, p. 4 Ancestry Sharing Link
18. ↑ Baptismal register entry no. 23 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 1 (Taufregister 1558-1562), p. 64 Ancestry Sharing Link
19. ↑ Marriage register no. 11 / 1585 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 29 (Eheregister 1553-1614), p. 268 Ancestry Sharing Link
20. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 122 ("Tübinger Familienbuch" von Reinhard Rau; "Völin-Gerhard") # 719 , p. 3 Ancestry Sharing Link
21. ↑ Baptismal register entry no. 113 / 1561 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 1 (Taufregister 1558-1562), page 123 Ancestry Sharing Link
22. ↑ Marriage register entry no. 28 in: Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 29 (Eheregister 1553-1614), page 252 Ancestry Sharing Link
23. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Gesamtkirchengemeinde Stuttgart-Stiftskirche, Dekanat Stuttgart, Band 43 (Totenregister 1579-1629), p. 24 Ancestry Sharing Link
24. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 3 (Taufregister 1562-1614) p. 10 Ancestry Sharing Link
25. ↑ Kirchenbuch der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Tübingen, Dekanat Tübingen, Band 48 (Totenregister 1596-1651) Ancestry Sharing Link