The father, a wealthy man with a share in the family's possessions, died at the young age of 30 when Michael was six years old [1]. His uncle Dr. Jobst Lorber [3]. During this time Michael was mentioned in several documents as a co-owner of the former paternal inheritance. He was probably brought up in the Lutheran faith. The Lorbers, like many council and noble families in Bamberg, preferred this denomination, which was initially tolerated by the Catholic bishops, the lords of the city. In 1578 the mother married Dr. Johann Reuß, called "Türck", as well as many from the Lorbers family, lawyer and district judge [1].

On 06.06.1580 he comes to Nuremberg to the pastor of the St. Egidien School Andreas Daucher in "Kost und Schul" [2]. The Aegidianum (forerunner of today's Melanchthon High School) was then outsourced to Altdorf. In 1585 he came to Jena to study with Elias Ölhafen from Nuremberg [2]. The mention of Ölhafen in his chronicle could indicate a continuing friendship with the university. In 1590 he continued his studies in Altdorf [2]. On June 5, 1591 he entered the master book of Christoph Löffelholz (1572-1619) [4]. In the same year he went to Ingolstadt for further studies [2].

With the new Prince-Bishop Neidhardt von Thüngen, the pressure on the Lutherans is increasing in his hometown Bamberg. In 1594 he requests a return to the Catholic Church and otherwise threatens to be expelled from the monastery. On Monday, November 13, 1595, Michael celebrates a wedding with Juliana Hagelsheimer, called Held, in the predominantly Protestant Nuremberg. A bride from a well-known patrician family, so. The wedding takes place in St. Sebald, the celebration in the dwelling of Regina, widow of Philip Römer near the Güldenen Gans [2]. The following year he began to write a "small" family chronicle [1]. A family in his hometown of Bamberg, however, is no longer possible without becoming Catholic at this point in view of the counter-reformation. In the same year, he moved away, like many other council members and respected citizens. First of all, the couple found refuge in the Freyung in Zeil am Main [5], a place that offers persecuted people a hostel. It will stay here for 18 years and give birth to 9 children. Among the godfathers appear names such as the canon Adam Groß von Trockau, represented by district court assistant Christoph Friedrich von Reitzenstein or Erasmus Braun, the sculptor of the Renaissance building of the old court [2]. So the reputation does not seem to have suffered when he left Bamberg. On August 28th, 1600 his mother died in Bamberg, but was buried in Walsdorf [1], the next Protestant parish that remained in the vicinity of the episcopal city. At that time a side altar was also created, which the family donated to the church and decorated with their portraits [7]. The only known source to date of the appearance of the noble Lorbers.

In the meantime things went up economically. Documents prove [9] that he acquired land from his aunt Martha, among other things. From his uncle Hans Caspar he inherits rights to the house at Habergasse 2 [8]. Together with others, he takes over the guardianship of Hans Philip, the son of his late cousin Hans Heinrich. In 1613 he began to create a large family chronicle, which apparently is only preserved today in copies [2]. These copies from the 19th century are in the possession of the laurels in Vienna and serve as the basis for this biography. The following year, Michael and his family moved from Zeil to Schweinfurt, and a year later, on June 10, 1615, he bought the Gadamer family's house (also called Gademann) in Spitalgasse in Schweinfurt [2]. His wife Juliana died there on August 19, 1617, her sermon on the corpse is still preserved [10]. He follows her just six months later, on February 28, 1618, at the age of 48.

In his memory, a lead medal was minted, with a portrait of St. Michael and a laurel tree between the church and the coat of arms [10].