Valentin Krautwald (Latin: Cratoaldus; 1465–1545) was a German religious reformer, lector of theology at Liegnitz, and colleague of Caspar Schwenckfeld.
[1] Born into a burger family of Neisse (now Nysa, Poland), he was supported in his higher education by Johann Thurzó.
[2] Thurzo had sympathy with the reforming views of Martin Luther, and Krautwald took a leading role in a small early evangelical congregation, around Breslau.
At this point Jan Hess was still hesitant about reform, though in contact with Luther and Philip Melanchthon.
Via correspondence with Wittenberg, the Protestant-minded Frederick II of Legnica called Krautwald in 1523 to become Lector of theology and canon of the collegiate church in Liegnitz.