Heinrich Hirzel (theologian)

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Heinrich Hirzel (born August 17, 1818 in Zurich ; † April 29, 1871 ibid) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and known as Hirzel's helper .

Life

Heinrich Hirzel was the son of government councilor Hans Caspar Hirzel (born January 16, 1792 in Zurich, † May 26, 1851 ibid) and his wife Juliane (* 1794; † 1865), daughter of Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth . His sister was

  • Bertha Hirzel (* February 4, 1817 - February 19, 1884), married to Johannes Lavater (* July 7, 1812 - June 17, 1888), pharmacist and member of the City Council .

In his childhood he lost sight of one eye due to carelessness. He enrolled at the University of Zurich in 1839 and began studying theology, which he continued in Tübingen in 1840 at the school of Ferdinand Christian Baur and then at the University of Halle . He then went on two long trips to Bohemia and Hungary as well as Sweden and Norway with his friend David Fries and returned to Zurich in December 1842.

In 1844, after his ordination , he received a vicariate from pastor Johann Heinrich Gutmann (1776-1854) in Meilen and in October 1847 became parish administrator in the mountain community of Sternenberg . Together with an appointed extraordinary government commissioner, he was commissioned by the government to reorganize the community; Here he tried to raise the morale of the residents and to regulate the community expenses. After the inspector's early death, he continued the task alone; So he founded a silk weaver school , set up savings banks and founded a poor association in which young men from the community gave help.

In 1850 he was appointed pastor at the Höngg Church; In the same year he also became a member of the Grand City Council in Zurich and was responsible for school maintenance.

In 1855 he campaigned for the Catholic boys' educational institution Sonnenberg to be built in Kriens as a counterpart to the Protestant educational institution in Bächtelen.

In 1857 Höngg elected him to succeed his friend David Fries as a deacon at St. Peters Church in Zurich, where he became pastor in 1870 . He was friends with Heinrich Lang , who became pastor at the church after him. In Zurich he took part in the redesign of the city's school system, founded the female workers' association and the church choir St. Peter, and also proved himself during the cholera epidemic in 1867.

He also campaigned for the establishment of the Pestalozzi Foundation in Schlieren , in which a home for "difficult to educate" boys was established in 1867. He also discovered the talent of the peasant poet Franz Michael Felder , whom he recommended to the publisher Salomon Hirzel .

Heinrich Hirzel was married to Maria Magdalena (born April 27, 1820, † December 13, 1903), daughter of the captain and city councilor Konrad Hirzel (1772-1844) and Barbara Pestalozzi (1785-1864), since 1848. They had several sons together, two of whom died early. The names of the children are known:

Heinrich Hirzel was buried in the St. Jakob cemetery in Zurich in Aussersihl.

Theological work

Hirzel he was a supporter of theological liberalism and represented a social Christianity.

Memberships

Fonts (selection)

  • The Lord is the Spirit: a reminder to the world and to the Church of our time. Meyer and Zeller, Zurich 1849.
  • About poor legislation in general and especially that of the Canton of Zurich. Hegner, Winterthur 1850.
  • About the interactions between the Protestant Church and social-bourgeois life with special consideration for the factory industry: Presentation in the Swiss Reformed Preacher Society in Glarus. Glarus, 1853.
  • About the interaction of voluntary and statutory poor relief. Zurich 1856.
  • Hans Jakob Kündig: his life, crime and end. Bürkli, Zurich 1859.
  • Accountability for our faith: answer to the letter of Prof. Tholuck. Steiner, Winterthur 1862.
  • A fight in Bern's church. Ziegler'sche Buchdruckerei, Winterthur 1866.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Katja Hürlimann: Hans Caspar Hirzel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ^ German biography: Lavater, Johannes - German biography. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Home - Bächtelen Foundation. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  4. ↑ About us - Kantorei St. Peter Zurich. Accessed January 31, 2020 (German).
  5. ^ Adi Kälin: «Cholera is the worst enemy of the people» | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on January 31, 2020]).
  6. ↑ From the foundation in 1867 to the upheaval 50 years ago. In: «schlieremer» city magazine. Retrieved January 30, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  7. ^ Chronicle of the City of Zurich January 9, 1904 - e-newspaperarchives.ch. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
  8. ↑ VII.430. Heinrich Hirzel-Hirzel (1818-1871), pastor, deacon at St. Peter. Sermons, 1845–1871 (inventory). Accessed January 30, 2020 .
  9. ^ Heinrich Hirzel (1818 - 1871). City Archives Zurich VII. 430, October 17, 2007, accessed on January 30, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Portrait of «Switzerland. Association for Free Christianity »|. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
personal data
SURNAME Hirzel, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1871
Place of death Zurich