Alexander Nicolaus Tolckemit

Alexander Nicolaus Tolckemit (* 1715 in Elbing , Polish-Prussia ; † 1759 ) was a German Protestant pastor and regional historian.

Life

St. Anne's Church in Elbing, 1775

Alexander Nicolaus Tolckemit came from a pastor's family from Elbing and the surrounding area. He studied Protestant theology in Jena from 1733 to 1735 and received his first pastor's position in Lenzen in West Prussia in 1737 . In 1745 he moved to Preußisch Mark ( Preuschmark ) and in 1758 to the St. Anne's Church in Elbing, where he died the following year.

Works (selection)

Alexander Nicolaus Tolckemit wrote a description of all Protestant teachers from Elbing since the Reformation and theological writings

• Filivs Primogenitvs Sacerdos, That is: Written evidence, that at the time of the Patriach the first-born son was ordinarily a priest, together with a message about the vocation, ordination, the office and clothing of the priests, the like of the type, time and place of worship these times , Ritter, Jena 1735
• Elbingscher teacher memory, This is the life and writings of all Protestant teachers who have taught in all the churches since the Reformatiom, as well as at the grammar school in Elbing: together with an appendix from the Elbingers teaching outside of Germany and a message from the Elbing Medicis and Physicis, with some coppers , Schreiber, Danzig, 1753
• The different behavior of people in the course of Heavenly Father to his Son , Danzig 1754, sermon

literature

• Max Toeppen : The Elbinger historians and historians, presented in a critical overview (= magazine of the West Prussian History Association. Issue XXXII). Danzig 1893. pp. 138f. PDF

Web links

• Works by and about Alexander Nicolaus Tolckemit  in the German Digital Library
• Works by Alexander Nikolaus Tolckemit at WorldCat