Johann von Posilge

John of ( the ) Posilge (* 1340, † June 14, 1405 (probably ) ) was a Prussian historian of the Middle Ages.

The handwriting Ms. Boruss. 2 ° 241 of the Prussian State Library in Berlin Kulturbersitz initiates the text with the remark that her John, officialis of Resinburg the chronicles have walked beschrebin ZCU Latino, unde wurdin dornoch yn the Dutsche unde vortan beschrebin still syme death. The identity of this author is unclear. The controversial chronicler Simon Grunau and all other early modern sources use the name Johann lime leaf, but was rejected in 1827 by Johannes Voigt from source-critical reasons. While the publisher Ernst Strehlke and research before 1990 Johann generally accepted as the author of Posilge and ran out of several successors to, Jarosław Wenta Johann brought by Reddin as a writer into play. This was contradicted by Ralf G. Päsler. Among the officials of the bishop pomesanischen there are namely two bearers of the name John, John of Posilge and his successor John of Reddin. John of Posilge died in 1409; John of Reddin officiated 1411-1420 (according to other sources 1430) as ex officio proceedings.

It is believed that John is not migrated from Posilge from the Reich, but Altpreusse was and came from Posilge, a West Prussian village east of Malbork Castle in Christchurch. As Offizial the Bishop of Pomesania in Riesenburg he is first documented on February 4, 1376 in a document; He served simultaneously as a priest in German Eylau, later in charge Kopp. He worked as a referee in a process between the Order and the Diocese of Warmia. His timely written chronicle of the Teutonic Order begins with the year 1360 and ends at the beginning of the 15th century. It must have been continued over the death of Johann Posilge addition by another hand. This was originally written in Latin, but preserved only in German work contains cultural, domestic and foreign policy details, in particular the " Great War " of 1410 between the Teutonic Order and Poland. It is one of the most valuable German chronicles of the Order state and the first representative of a country's history. Sources Detmar of Lübeck, the so-called Anna Lista Thorunensis and the Order of the Chronicles of Dusburg Peter and Nicholas of Jeroschin served.