Bartholomäus Bischofberger

Bartholomäus Bischofberger (1623–1698), clergyman and chronicler

Bartholomäus Bischofberger (* 1623 in Heiden AR ; † 14 July 1698 in Trogen AR ; authorized to reside in Heiden) was an Evangelical Reformed Swiss clergyman and chronicler from Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

Life

Oldest Appenzell map in the Appenzeller Chronicle by Bartholomäus Bischofberger, 1682

Bartholomäus Bischofberger was a son of Barbel and Andreas Bischofberger-Sonderegger. In 1644 he married his first wife, Elsbeth Hörler, von Gais , widow of Captain Bartholomäus Keller. In 1665 he married his second wife, Maria Magdalena Gerber, from St. Gallen , widow of the pharmacist Andreas Schopfer and Bartholomäus Huber. In 1678 he married his third wife, Regula Elmer von Herisau . His fourth wife, Magdalena Scheuss von Herisau, married Bartholomäus Bischofberger in 1693.

Bartholomäus Bischofberger was orphaned as early as 1629; both parents died of the plague. Thanks to scholarships, he was able to study theology in Zurich . In 1643 he was elected pastor in Trogen . From 1654 he was dean of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

His Appenzeller Chronic (standard title: Appenzeller Chronik ), published in 1682, is often imprecise; the factual-chronological classification leads to repetitions. Nevertheless, it is a deserving first attempt to portray the history, country and people of the state of Appenzell. This chronicle also contains the first printed map of the state of Appenzell and a topographical description of its homeland.

Bartholomäus Bischofberger kept a diary containing his autobiography until his death , and he published a handful of other writings, not all of which have survived. The Appenzellisches monthly newspaper says about his portrait : “His portrait, painted in oil, is in the parish house in Trogen and proves that he was an exceptionally handsome man, whose high forehead and open, lively eye immediately betrayed an excellent man. »

literature

• Bartholome Bischofberger. Decan, and pastor in Trogen. [Obituary]. In: Appenzellisches Monatsblatt 16 (1840), 9 (September), pp. 127-134. Web access via e-periodica.ch
• Michael Rohner: The municipality of Heiden in the canton of Appenzell A. Rh. Described in historical, physical and topographical relation. Teufen: Johann Ulrich Niederer 1867, pp. 52–56.
• Titus Tobler:  Bischoffsberger, Bartholome . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 675.
• Walter Schläpfer: Appenzell history. Ed. By the Government Council of the Canton of Appenzell A. Rh. Vol. 2. Herisau, Appenzell 1972, pp. 145–148.
• Hans Martin Stückelberger: The Appenzell reformed pastors. Since the existence of every Reformed parish up to 1977 compiled and provided with biographical notes, with a brief history of the Synod of Appenzell A. Rh. Ed. By the Evangelical Reformed Church Council. Herisau: Schläpfer 1977, p. 100
• Richard Feller, Edgar Bonjour: Historiography of Switzerland from the late Middle Ages to the modern age. Vol. 1. Basel, Stuttgart: Helbing and Lichtenhahn ² 1979, p. 391.

Web links

• Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Bartholomäus Bischofberger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 7, 2010 , accessed March 30, 2020 .
• Publications by and about Bartholomäus Bischofberger in VD 17 .
• Brief description of the Appenzeller Chronicle at appenzelldigital.ch with reference to the full text at e-rara.ch, accessed on April 5, 2020.
• Publications by and about Bartholomäus Bischofberger in the catalog of the Appenzell Ausserrhoden Cantonal Library .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The source for such biographical details is the obituary for Bartholomäus Bischofberger in the Appenzellisches monthly sheet 16 (1840), 9 (September), pp. 127-134, web access via e-periodica.ch, there also with references to sources where these are still available are. Michael Rohner printed the autobiographical record: The municipality of Heiden in the canton of Appenzell A. Rh. Described in historical, physical and topographical relation. Teufen: Johann Ulrich Niederer 1867, pp. 52–56, without reference to the Appenzell monthly newspaper .
2. ↑ Bartholomäus Bischofberger: Appenzeller Chronic, that is, description of the laudable country and federal place Appenzell, the interior and Usseren clearing. St. Gallen: printed by Jacob Redinger 1682, online at e-rara.ch .
3. ↑ See Bartholome Bischofberger. Decan, and pastor in Trogen. [Obituary]. In: Appenzellisches Monatsblatt 16 (1840), 9 (September), pp. 127–134, here pp. 133–134, web access via e-periodica.ch
4. ↑ See Bartholome Bischofberger. Decan, and pastor in Trogen. [Obituary]. In: Appenzellisches Monatsblatt 16 (1840), 9 (September), pp. 127–134, here p. 133, web access via e-periodica.ch

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