Jacob Wächtler

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Jacob Wächtler

Jacob Wächtler (born September 17, 1638 in Grimma , † November 4, 1702 in Belzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Wächtler came from an Evangelical Lutheran pastor family. He was the son of the archdeacon of the same name in Grimma (* May 15, 1611 in Grimma; † June 17, 1675 ibid.) And his wife Elisabeth Margaretha Bake, a daughter of the former superintendent of Grimma Reinhard Bake . He received his initial training from his father and at the town school in his hometown. Prepared in this way, on July 15, 1651, he moved into the electoral Saxon state school in Pforta , which, along with the state school in Grimma and the state school St. Afra in Meißen , was considered to be the forge of the Saxon pastors and civil servants.

His studies began with his enrollment on August 26, 1657 at the University of Wittenberg . There he was initially accepted by the theology professor Andreas Kunad and after his death moved to the household of Johann Deutschmann . In addition to his initial philosophical studies, he also dealt with theological questions. After he had practiced preaching and debating, on April 26, 1660 he became a master of philosophy. On December 7, 1661, he completed his habilitation in Wittenberg as a Magister legens and taught students. In 1662 he was employed as a private tutor in Dresden for half a year , but returned to Wittenberg, where he was accepted on March 16, 1665 as an adjunct to the philosophical faculty. However, he did not stay long in this teaching post for a Wittenberg professorship.

The Saxon elector Johann Georg II appointed him in 1666 to the vacant position of archdeacon in Oschatz . In 1679 he changed to the office of senior pastor and superintendent in Gommern . Since some of the Saxon church ordinances require higher academic degrees, he moved back to Wittenberg and obtained a licentiate in theology from the local university in December 1679 . In 1687 he changed office and became pastor and superintendent in Belzig. Despite his old age, Wächtler remained very mentally active. This proves, among other things, the fact that four years before his death at the Wittenberg University on October 6, 1698 he was still doing his doctorate in theology. After his death, an epitaph was erected for him in the Belziger Marienkirche , the text of which was written by the provost at the time in Kemberg, Johann Heinrich Feustking .

family

Wächtler married on September 17, 1667 in Grimma Rosina Magdalena Schlegel von Gottleben (born April 13, 1650 in Leutschau / Hungary; † October 9, 1701 in Belzig), the daughter of the superintendent in Grimma Christoph Schlegel . The marriage had 10 children, of whom Christoph Siegfried Wächtler, Anna Susanna Wächtler, Johann Andreas Wächtler and Johann Friedrich Wächtler died young. From the other children you know:

  • So. Christoph Jacob Wächtler (born November 3, 1668 in Oschatz, † September 20, 1721 in Görzke) May 18, 1683–29. September 1684 kurf. Ls. St. Augustine Grimma; April 3, 1685 kurf. Ls. Pforta, February 23, 1688 Uni. Wittenberg, October 16, 1690 Mag.phil. ibid., 1694 Rev. Görtzke, m. May 11, 1696 in Görzke with Elisabeth Lenz (* May 18, 1674 in Tucheim; † November 7, 1757 in Görtzke), daughter of the pastor in Tucheim Salomon Jacob Lentz (* around 1646 in Gladau; † 1714 in Tucheim) and his wife Margarethe Wilke (* Burg; † October 2, 1681 in Tucheim)
  • To. Rosina Magdalena Wächtler († December 24, 1778 in Weißenfels) married. September 20, 1700 in Belzig with General Superintendent von Weißenfels Dr. theol. Michael Heinrich Reinhard , (born October 18, 1676 in Hildburghausen, † January 1, 1732 in Weißenfels)
  • So. Johann Christian Wächtler (born October 22, 1673 in Oschatz, † July 19, 1728 in Zerbst) November 25, 1686 kurf. Ls. Portal; January 13, 1692 Uni. Wittenberg, September 1701 Lic. Jur. University. Erfurt, October 19, 1702 Dr. jur. University. Wittenberg, lawyer and legal counsel in Belzig, accountant and chamber consultant Zerbst, m. November 29, 1703 in Wittenberg with Christine Dorothea Keßler (* April 22, 1686 in Wittenberg; † March 1, 1705 in Belzig), daughter of the rent office administrator and tax collector Paul Keßler (* Roßwein; † January 26, 1706 in Wittenberg) and the Regina Maria Kornmann (* July 5, 1653 in Wittenberg; † April 10, 1688 ibid.)
  • So. Johann Georg Wächtler (* 1679 in Gommern; † 1728 in Plauen), October 20, 1692 - August 2, 1697 kurf. Ls. Grimma, August 26, 1697 Uni. Wittenberg, April 27, 1699 Mag. Phil. ibid., 1704 Pfarrsubst. Plauen, 1706 1st Landdeacon Plauen
  • To. Raisin Elisabeth Wächtler m. May 22, 1702 in Belzig with Superintendent von Belzig Dr. theol. Christian Ernst Mussigk , married. July 12th 1729 Belzig with Johann Christoph Eilers (~ October 10th 1701 in Wansleben) May 8th 1723 Uni. Halle, 1729 Lic. Jur. ibid., June 16, 1729 Dr. jur. ibid.,
  • So. Christfried (Christoph) Wächtler (born April 21, 1689 in Belzig), November 19, 1702 kurf. Ls. St. Augustin Grimma, October 24, 1707 Uni. Wittenberg, 1717 Uni. Erfurt, 1719 Dr. med. ibid, doctor in Itzehoe, married. July 11, 1719 with Johanna Barbara Steinmann (1680–1763), daughter of the royal family. dan. Envoy and Minister Resident in Lübeck Johann Steinmann (alias Reimarus), the widow of Dr. med. in Itzehoe Justus Daniel Stemann (born September 25, 1669 in Helsingör, † 1717).

Works (selection)

  • De Syllogismi terminis, Euporia, Apodixi, Sagacitate, Dicto de omni & nullo, figurarum ac modorum numero & ... Pres. M. Ernesto Baio, Fac. Phil. Adj. Wittenberg 1659
  • Sciagraphia Logicae. President Christian Trentsch Log. & Metaph. Prof. Wittenberg 1661
  • De Essenti, & Essentiali. Resp. Christ. Schalizio Pombsensi. Misn. 1661
  • Diss. Polit. In Q. Curtii R. Charidemum, Darii, Persarum Regis, Consiliarium. Resp. Johannes Christoph Laurentius from Dohna. Wittenberg 1662 ( online )
  • De Natura. Resp. Joh. Gebhardo, Sommerh. Franco. 1663
  • De Templis. Resp. Christian Pausa, Heyens. 1663
  • De Vita Romuli. Resp. Jo. Ad. a Schoenfeld, Nob. Misn. 1663
  • De Eodem ac Diverso. Resp. Joh. Cramero, Magdeb. 1664
  • De Modis Distinctionum. Resp. Joh. Cramero, Magdeb. 1664
  • De Causa Instrumentali. Resp. Jo. Georg Schreiber. 1664
  • De Civitate, Subjecto Reipublicae, Resp. Jo. Feurelio, Weissenbergensi. 1664
  • De Juramento Principis. R. Wilh. Engelcke, Stargardiens. 1664
  • De jure Vitae && Necis. Resp. Jo. Höltzeln, Nivemont. 1665
  • De Summa potestate circa fodinas metallicas, Resp. Jo. Höltzeln, Nivemont. 1665
  • Collegium Logicum Repetitorum. Wittenberg 1665
  • De Monarchia. Resp. Casp. Stretch. 1666
  • De Subjecto Majestatis. Resp. Me. Tannenberg, Dresden. 1666
  • Oratio de Victoria Lipsiensi. Wittenberg 1660
  • The sad nothing, or abdication from Paul Kaselitzens, Huff-Schmieds in Oschatz, son Hieronymo. Torgau 1673
  • The Beltziger Denckmahl. Wittenberg 1691
  • Chiliassticae vanitatis demonstratio, contra D. Phil. Jac. Spenerum. Wittenberg 1694
  • Arcana Chiliasmi moderni, contra Spenerum & Petersium. Leipzig 1696
  • Praefatio ad Concord, Lanckischiam. Leipzig 1695
  • Drey Christian confessional children in Wittenberg. 1697
  • Concerns about Offenbahr. Johannes I, 4. us together with Chiliastic abuse of the same saying against D. Spener's treatise: Hope for better times.
  • Harmonia Sacra Paracletica, or the most blessed Creutz consolation of faith and dying. Leipzig 1695
  • Beltzig bells ringing, and description of the Oschatzer fire, exMSto. ex Matth. 22. Leipzig 1701
  • Law Evangelical Lutheran Memento, Disce, Gaude, Mori, about the Evangelia. Leipzig 1702

literature

personal data
SURNAME Wächtler, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wächtler, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and superintendent of the cities of Gommern and Belzig
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1638
PLACE OF BIRTH Grimma
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1702
Place of death Belzig