Thomas Blarer

BLARER (or Blaurer), Thomas. b. Konstanz, Bodensee, ca. 1499; d. Brunegg, Switzerland, 1567. He was the younger brother of Ambrosius Blarer*. He studied at Freiburg im Breisgau and later in Wittenberg under Luther* and Melanchthon*. He returned to Konstanz in 1523, becoming a member of the town council, and Burgomaster in 1536. Following the Interim of 1548, in which Konstanz became a part of the Holy Roman Empire (see Johannes Agricola*, Ambrosius Blarer*) he left for Switzerland, living first at Wetzikon near Zürich, and from 1562 onwards at Brunegg. Thomas Blarer is not as well known as his brother Ambrosius, but he was the author of eight hymns, printed in Wackernagel, Das Deutsche...