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- Translation by Wilbur Hanson Kalb
TABLE I.
Peter Tryller,
Citizen of Torgau, married Anna, the mother of Nicolaus and probably also Justus Tryller [ citizen of Saalfeld circa 1500 ]. Both were already dead by 1526.
Nicolaus Tryller ( Trüller, Drüller ),
born in Torgau, was circa 1523 Rector of the boys school in Wittenberg, afterwards in Torgau.
Johannes Tryller ( Trüller, Dröller, Triller ),
b. probably in Wittenberg, attended school in Torgau, from 1543 at the University of Wittenberg, where he taught the children of Johannes Bugenhagen ( Dr. Pomeranus [ 1485 – 1558, Martin Luther’s parish pastor in Wittenberg, brought the Reformation to his native Pomerania and later Denmark, and named as “The Second Apostle of the North” ] ), was promoted to Baccalaureus in 1546 and Magister in 1549 ; 1552 he was Pastor of Neuendorf in the Mark ( probably Neuendorf in the District of Belzig, 19 miles north of Wittenberg, in the Electorate of Saxony. Luther preached in Belzig at St Mary’s Church on 14 January 1530. ), but 1555 he continued his studies at Jena ; 1556 he was Pastor of Lauenstein [ 18.6 miles southeast of Dresden and three miles from the Bohemian border ] in [ the Electorate of ] Saxony, 1559 Pastor of Old Dresden, 1565 Court Preacher for the Elector of Saxony [ Augustus, reigned 1553 – 1586 ] in Dresden, as which he was awarded on 3 Dec. 1578 municipal citizenship. He died on 20 October 1584. He was married to Katharina Hartmann, a daughter of a citizen ( Bürger ) from Dresden, who herself was supposed to have died in 1599.
The Children of Johannes Tryller der Ältere
1. Katharina, b. 1562 ( baptized 13 July ) in Dresden, married Hans Müller, a merchant and a council officer in Dresden.
2. Johannes [ I ], died young.
3. Magdalena [ I ], married Samuel Wayner, Electoral Saxon Secretarius of the districts of the Vogtland [ now the east end of the State of Saxony ].
4. Johannes [ III ] Tryller ( Troller, Droller ), attended the Princely School in Meissen from 26 January 1586 to 1589, studied in Leipzig, was himself Magister and 1593 Con-Rector of Pirna [ in the Electorate of Saxony, 10.8 miles southeast of downtown Dresden and 10 miles from the Bohemian border ], 1594 Diakonus in Dohna [ 3.5 miles west of Pirna ], 1596 Pastor of Dittersbach bei Stolpen [ 5.5 miles north of Pirna and 11 miles east of Dresden ] in [ the Electorate of ] Saxony, 1606 of Kindelbrück bei Weissensee [ 20 miles north of Erfurt, in the Electorate of Saxony ], where he died on 4 September 1611. He had been married since 5 November 1593 to Magdalena, the daughter of Kaspar Zimler ( Zunckler ? ), Council relative in Pirna. Of the children of this marriage, only [ two ] are known.
5. Daniel Tryller, came out of the Princely School in Meissen and was later Pastor in Jedenspeigen in Austria South of the Enns [ River ].
The Children of Johannes Tryller der Jüngere
1. Johannes [ IV ], b. 21 October 1594 in Pirna.
2. Magdalena [ II ], b. 20 May 1596 in Pirna.
P.S. Pirna was a complete pushover for the Reformation. Like Sonnefeld and Grünhain, it had been a monastery town for centuries but, unlike them, the monks, the Dominicans, were so unpleasant to the townsfolk that, once in a while, the Electors and Dukes of Saxony had to intervene. So, when the people of Pirna heard about the Reformation, they had the City Council to shop around for an Evangelical pastor. But the hunt had to be kept as a secret because the monks had a powerful ally — the Duke of Saxony, George the Bearded, a Catholic loyalist who was ready to fight tooth and nail. However, he knew that the Reformation was inevitable ; his own son and heir apparent, the future Heinrich IV the Pious, was a supporter of Martin Luther. The City Councilors of Pirna knew that, too, so they just had to sit and wait. They finally got the chance on 15 April 1539, when George died, and two of them rushed to Wittenberg to inform Luther that they had chosen his friend, Antonius Lautenbach ( 1502 – 1569 ), the Magister and Diakonus of the City and Parish ( St Mary’s ) Church of Wittenberg, to be the first Evangelical pastor of Pirna. At that time, Johannes Bugenhagen was the Senior Pastor of the City and Parish Church so, of course, he had to be informed!
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