Jakob Ammann

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Jakob Ammann (* February 12, 1644 (?) In Erlenbach in the Simmental ; † before 1730 probably near Zellwiller , Alsace ) was originally a preacher for the Swiss brothers who became the founding father of the Amish , who are named after him. Little is known about his life.

Around 1655 he moved with his parents to Oberhofen am Thunersee , before 1680 he converted to Anabaptism and later became the elder of an Anabaptist community. Soon after 1680 he had to flee to Alsace, lived in Heidolsheim from 1693 to 1695 , in Markirch from 1695 to 1712 and then probably in Zellweiler until his death . He was probably a tailor , like his father.

In the summer of 1693 he traveled to a number of parishes in the Swiss Emmental who were willing to baptize . The Amish or Amish Mennonites are derived from him after he caused a split in the Mennonites in 1694 through his harsh attitude towards church discipline.

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literature

  • Association Française d'Histoire Anabaptiste-Mennonite (ed.): Les Amish: origine et particularismes 1693-1993. Actes du colloque de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 19–21 août 1993 . Ingersheim 1996, ISBN 2-9509333-0-0 .
  • Robert Baecher: Jacob Amann, see biography se précise . In: Souvenance Anabaptiste, Bulletin annuel de l'Association Française d'Histoire Anabaptiste-Mennonite , 19 (2000), pp. 46-66.
  • Ernst Crous:  Ammann, Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 251 ( digitized version ).
  • Helmut Stalder: Jakob Ammann. The fund from the Simmental. In: Helmut Stalder: Misunderstood visionaries. 24 Swiss life stories. Verlag NZZ Libro, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-03823-715-0 , pp. 121–125.
  • Helmut Stalder: father of all Amish people. In: Schweizerischer Beobachter 15/2011, pp. 34–35.

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SURNAME Ammann, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Mennonite preacher
DATE OF BIRTH on February 12, 1644
PLACE OF BIRTH Erlenbach
DATE OF DEATH before 1730
Place of death uncertain: Zellwiller , Alsace