Daniel Hitzler
Daniel Hitzler (born September 27, 1576 in Heidenheim , † September 6, 1635 in Strasbourg ; also Daniel Hizler ) was a German Protestant theologian and clergyman .
Life
Hitzler attended monastery schools in Bebenhausen and Blaubeuren ; then he studied in 1594/1595 at the University of Tübingen . He received his master's degree and was repetition . In 1600 Daniel Hitzler became a deacon in Waiblingen . He reformed Reichenbach and became the first pastor there . In 1608 he was appointed parish priest in Freudenstadt ; the following year pastor and special superintendent in Güglingen . In 1610, Hitzler was asked to leave Württemberg and serve in Linz as a senior pastor and head of a Protestant educational institution. There, however, Jesuits threatened him with death; there was also the uprising against the Protestants. Daniel Hitzler then spent 30 weeks in prison for allegedly starting an uprising against Ferdinand II . After that he was forced to leave Austria with other evangelical preachers and return home. There, in Württemberg, he was appointed city pastor in 1625 and in Kirchheim as special superintendent; the next year he was ducal councilor and in Bebenhausen special superintendent and abbot of the Bebenhausen monastery . However, four years later, in 1630, he was expelled from the Edict of Restitution . Another two years later he was appointed both canon preacher and provost in Stuttgart . Hitzler did not stay here long; in 1634 he had to due to the battle of Nördlingen with Eberhard III. flee to Strasbourg . There he died of a stroke on September 6, 1635 . In 1659 a commemorative speech from the previous year was published, which was called Memoria Hizleri resuscitata .
Works
- Musica nova.
- de praestantia Theologiae.
literature
- Julius August Wagenmann: Hitzler, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 512.
- Othmar Wessely: Hitzler, Daniel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 276 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hitzler, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hizler, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1576 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1635 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |