Gregor Richter (Archdeacon)

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Gregor Richter (baptized February 19, 1563 in Chemnitz , † February 1636 in Jugel ) was a Lutheran clergyman and exile . He was archdeacon and cantor of St. Joachimsthal , as well as pastor of Abertham and Breitenbrunn .

Life

Gregor Richter was born in Chemnitz in 1563 and was baptized on February 19th of this year in the local church of St. Jakobi . His parents were Valten Richter, possibly identical to the Chemnitz cantor of the same name (* around 1530 in Chemnitz; † 1601), who temporarily stayed in Livonia , later was a pastor in Topfseifersdorf and most recently a deacon in Mittweida and his wife Margaretha.

He was named "Judge Greg" in the summer semester of 1576. Chemnicen. ”Matriculated at the University of Leipzig . It is not known whether he also studied there after finishing school. Thirteen days after his matriculation at the University of Wittenberg on June 4, 1582, Richter was accepted as an electoral scholarship holder of the theological faculty. In 1586 he finished his studies and had a small elegy published in Latin. Two years after taking up the position of cantor in St. Joachimsthal in Bohemia , he married the daughter of the local pastor Theophil Beck in 1588. In the summer of 1594 Richter was called to Abertham as pastor . When his father-in-law Theophil Beck and two deacons died in Joachimsthal within six months, he returned there and on April 6, 1610 was himself assigned to the office of deacon. His brother-in-law Erasmus Beck took over the pastoral position in Abertham as the last Lutheran preacher in office there. Richter wore u. a. 1613 to 1620 contributed to two printed funeral sermons .

In the course of the Counter-Reformation, the three Joachimsthal clergy were forced to resign from their offices in August 1624 against the will of the city council by the competent captain Christoph Graf von Grünenberg. The pastor Jakob Schober was invited to the council meeting with his deacons Gregor Richter and Paul Mönch . Here they made the following statement: “That they had incited to rebellion, they knew innocently, they had taught according to God's word, as they owe it to their class. If the archbishop left them with the Augsburg Confession, they would surrender. That they are wisely taken out of their homes would be wrong for everyone ... (they) hope that the council (will) care for them in their need in the future ... ".

The clergy used a one-day reflection period to convert to the neighboring Oberwiesenthal in Saxony. However, they continued to receive salary from the city council for some time. In a letter dated June 27, 1625, Richter admonished the city judge at the time, Georg Seeling, to “stand firm”: “Believe, pray, hope, trust God, stick to the evangelical doctrine once recognized, do not allow yourself to be favored or disapproved, violence or threats turn away ... ". Around 1630 he took over the pastoral position in Breitenbrunn, where he was replaced again in 1631. Presumably Richter spent his old age in the glassworks of Abertham-born Christoph Löbel in Oberjugel, which also served as a sermon place for Bohemian religious refugees. According to Christian Lehmann , he died in Jugel in February 1636 and was buried in Breitenbrunn.

Gregor Richter was the father of Elias Richter , schoolmaster in Platten and pastor of Raschau , and Theophil Richter, schoolmaster and pastor of Abertham. His grandson Theophil Richter was a schoolmaster and mountain master at Frühbuss . Another grandson was Martin Richter, schoolmaster at Abertham. His great-grandson Matthäus Richter was still employed as a cantor at the Abertham Church .

family

Gregor Richter married Elisabeth Beck (* 1563 in St. Joachimsthal) on November 20, 1588 in St. Joachimsthal. The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Theophilus (* 1590 in St. Joachimsthal); ⚭ around 1618 Anna.
  • Margaretha (* 1592 in St. Joachimsthal)
  • Johannes (* 1596 in Abertham)
  • Elias (* 1597 in Abertham, † 1678 in Raschau); ⚭ 1625 in Breitenbrunn Christina Schreyer.
  • David (* 1601 in Abertham)
  • Erasmus (* 1603 in Abertham)
  • Elisabeth (* 1605 in Abertham)
  • Georgius (* 1608 in Abertham)

Publications

  • Elegia de totius meriti Jesu Christi philanthrōpu causis ...; Krafft, Johann d. Ä. (Heirs) or Krafft, Zacharias; Wittenberg, 1586; [6] Bl
  • Christian funeral sermon ... to the rich people ... burial of the honorable merciful wolweise and Fürnemen Mr. Sigismundi Schlaginhauffen of the parents, 1607

As a contributor

  • Christian funeral sermon at the burial of ... Frawen Mariæ, of ... Messrs. Iohannis Heintzii, Der Artzney Doctoris, vnd Physici in S. Joachimsthal / blessed / left widow / held in the parish churches there ... Anno 1613
  • Christian funeral sermon. At the funeral of ... Mr. Michael Schweitzers the elder / citizen / merchant / and the council of Leipzig ... who fell asleep blissfully on December 12th, 1620th in Christ

literature

  • Siegfried Sieber : Spiritual Relationships between Bohemia and Saxony at the Time of the Reformation. Part 2: Pastors and teachers in the 17th century. 1966, pp. 144, 147, 168.
  • Jonny Hielscher / Heiko Fiedler: Church trip Breitenbrunn. Self-published, Breitenbrunn 2016, pp. 67–71. ISBN 978-3-7418-6876-4
  • Reinhold Grünberg: Saxon Pastors' Book: the parishes and pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran. Regional Church of Saxony (1539–1939). The pastors of the ev.-luth. Regional church of Saxony ; M-Z, Volume 2 . Mauckisch, 1940, p. 737

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Gottlob Richter: Historical news of the noblest memorials in the city of Chemnitz, especially your tribulations suffered more than a hundred years ago . Stößel, 1734 ( google.de [accessed on November 23, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Reinhard Vollhardt: History of the Cantors and Organists of the Cities in the Kingdom of Saxony . W. Issleib, 1899 ( google.de [accessed November 23, 2017]).
  3. ↑ See Pfarrarchiv Chemnitz St. Jakobi, baptismal register 1563
  4. ↑ Jonny Hielscher: All Saints Church Raschau: 800 years of church history . epubli, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8442-1647-9 ( google.de [accessed November 15, 2017]).
  5. ↑ See Jonny Hielscher / Heiko Fiedler: Kirchfahrt Breitenbrunn. Self-published, 2016, p. 67
  6. ↑ Andreas Gössner: The students at the University of Wittenberg: Studies on the cultural history of everyday student life and the scholarship system in the second half of the 16th century . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2003, ISBN 978-3-374-02075-1 ( google.de [accessed on November 23, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Christopher Boyd Brown: Singing the Gospel: Lutheran Hymns and the Success of the Reformation . Harvard University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-674-02891-3 ( google.de [accessed November 16, 2017]).
  8. ^ Gregor Lindner: Memories from the history of the k. k. free mining town Sankt Joachimsthal Ed .: St. Joachimsthal. Volume 2, 1913, p. 372
  9. ^ Gregor Lindner: Memories from the history of the kk free mountain town Sankt Joachimsthal Ed .: St. Joachimsthal. Volume 2, 1913, p. 553
  10. ↑ a b Christian Adolf Pescheck : History of the Counter Reformation in Bohemia . Volume 2: Main story since 1621 and post-history . Dresden / Leipzig 1844, p. 238 f .; Digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10450320_00250~SZ%3D~ double sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D
  11. ^ D. Christian Friedrich Illgen: Journal for historical theology . 1841 ( google.de [accessed on November 16, 2017]).
  12. ↑ Friedrich Francke (Superintendent zu Schneeberg): On the founding history of Johanngeorgenstadt.-Communications from archival sources; in addition to the church lectures given at the 200th anniversary celebrations on February 23 and 24, 1854 . 1854 ( google.de [accessed on November 15, 2017]).
  13. ↑ Thomas Bilek: The Counter Reformation in the mining towns of the Ore Mountains 1623–1678. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte der Deutschen in Böhmen 1885, pp. 209–228, here p. 210, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
  14. ↑ Hielscher / Fiedler 2016, p. 67 ff.
  15. ↑ See Hielscher / Fiedler 2016, p. 71
  16. ^ Parish of St. Joachimsthal (Ed.): Traumatrik , Volume 1, p. 129
  17. ↑ Parish of St. Joachimsthal (Ed.): Taufmatrik, Volume 3, p. 176
  18. ↑ Parish of St. Joachimsthal (Ed.): Taufmatrik, Volume 3, p. 183
  19. ↑ Parish of Platten (ed.): Traumatrik, Volume 2, p. 44
personal data
SURNAME Judge, Gregor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran clergyman, archdeacon and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH February 1563
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH February 1636
Place of death Jugel