Heinrich Giller

Heinrich Giller (born July 19, 1701 in St. Gallen ; † July 18, 1764 in Herrnhut ) was a Swiss merchant and member of the Moravian Brethren .

Life

Heinrich Giller was the son of pastor Sebastian Giller, a Huguenot who had fled from Montpellier , and his wife Katarina (née Reynard).

From 1716 he received a commercial training in Lyon and then worked as a businessman.

In 1733 he came into contact with pietistic circles through pastor Samuel Lutz in Basel , Amsoldingen and Oberdiessbach and was accepted into the Moravian Brethren in 1740 and worked in their services in Geneva , Marienborn , Basel and Pilgerruh near Oldesloe .

With his wife's fortune in 1742, he acquired the Montmirail estate (today La Tène parish ) from Friedrich von Wattenwyl (1665–1741 ) for the congregation and was its head until 1746. To prevent the community property from causing offense, the estate was nominally sold back to Niklaus von Wattenwyl (1695–1783) in 1753 .

In the period from 1746 to 1748 he was for the Brethren in Zeist , London , Herrnhaag and Herrnhut; from 1748 to 1754 he was back in Switzerland and then back in Herrnhut.

Heinrich Giller was married to Agnes (born von den Thurn; also Im Thurn) († in Herrnhut), a daughter from a wealthy family from Schaffhausen and a student of Hieronymus Annoni , since August 5, 1741 .

Web links

Holger Finze: Heinrich Giller. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ E. Bloesch: History of the Swiss Reformed Church . BoD - Books on Demand, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7340-0766-8 ( google.de [accessed January 6, 2020]).
↑ Herrnhuter. Society for Schleswig-Holstein History, accessed on January 7, 2020 .
↑ Sara Aebi: Upbringing for Girls and Mission - The Daughter Pension of the Moravian Brethren in Montmirail in the 18th century. In: Contributions to Historical Educational Research, Volume 48. 2016, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
^ Wattenwyl, Niklaus von. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
↑ Sara Aebi: Upbringing and Mission: The Daughter Pension of the Moravian Brethren in Montmirail in the 18th century . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50358-1 ( google.de [accessed on January 6, 2020]).
↑ Heinrich Joachim Bothe: Reliable description of the now completely discovered Herrenhut marriage secret: together with its 17 basic articles, according to which they are instructed and established in the same the doctrine, way of life and intentions of the so-called Moravian Brethren-related circumstances. Bey the author, 1751 ( google.de [accessed January 6, 2020]).
↑ Hieronymus Annoni, Hildegard Gantner-Schlee, Michael Knieriem: On the trail of right faith: an educational journey through Alsace, the Netherlands, Bohemia and Germany: the travel diary of Hieronymus Annoni from 1736 . Theological Verlag Zürich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17373-9 ( google.de [accessed January 6, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Giller, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Giller, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss businessman and member of the Moravian Brethren
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH	July 18, 1764
Place of death	Herrnhut

[1] E. Bloesch: History of the Swiss Reformed Church . BoD - Books on Demand, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7340-0766-8 ( google.de [accessed January 6, 2020]).

[2] Herrnhuter. Society for Schleswig-Holstein History, accessed on January 7, 2020 .

[3] Sara Aebi: Upbringing for Girls and Mission - The Daughter Pension of the Moravian Brethren in Montmirail in the 18th century. In: Contributions to Historical Educational Research, Volume 48. 2016, accessed on January 6, 2020 .

[4] Wattenwyl, Niklaus von. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .

[5] Sara Aebi: Upbringing and Mission: The Daughter Pension of the Moravian Brethren in Montmirail in the 18th century . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50358-1 ( google.de [accessed on January 6, 2020]).

[6] Heinrich Joachim Bothe: Reliable description of the now completely discovered Herrenhut marriage secret: together with its 17 basic articles, according to which they are instructed and established in the same the doctrine, way of life and intentions of the so-called Moravian Brethren-related circumstances. Bey the author, 1751 ( google.de [accessed January 6, 2020]).

[7] Hieronymus Annoni, Hildegard Gantner-Schlee, Michael Knieriem: On the trail of right faith: an educational journey through Alsace, the Netherlands, Bohemia and Germany: the travel diary of Hieronymus Annoni from 1736 . Theological Verlag Zürich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17373-9 ( google.de [accessed January 6, 2020]).