Johann Adam Müller

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Half-length portrait of the peasant prophet Johann Adam Müller (born March 27, 1769 in Meckesheim, † December 9, 1832 in Maisbach).
Johann Adam Müller, called Hannadl, with plow in Meckesheim in Easter decorations
Hannadl fountain in Meckesheim

Johann Adam Müller (born March 27, 1769 in Meckesheim , † December 9, 1832 in Maisbach (Nussloch) ) was known as the "peasant prophet".

Müller was born in Meckesheim and after his marriage came to the Maisbacher Hof near Nussloch , where he lived as a farmer with his wife and five children. In 1807 he looked for the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III on foot . in Königsberg and Memel (today Klaipėda ), was received by him and Queen Luise and told him about his divine instruction to interpret the Isaiah chapters. He prophesied that Napoleon's defeat would be imminent if Russia and Austria formed an alliance. In 1813 the Prussian King granted him another audience on the occasion of his visit to Heidelberg and confirmed the correctness of his prophecies regarding the defeat of the Emperor and the fire of Moscow .

The Heidelberg writer Irma von Drygalski paid tribute to Müller in her novel Der Bauernprophet (1928). In addition, the village square of Maisbach has been renamed Johann-Adam-Müller-Platz after Müller since 1986 and a fountain is designed and named after him in his birthplace, Meckesheim.

Works

  • The new prophet . - Put on v. CRA [d. i. JA Müller]. 1816 (at least 6 different issues). 2., verb. Edition - Boselli, Frankfurt 1816. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • A prophecy given by God about the Turkish or Mohammedan war . How it comes to an end, how it is with the whole world event, so it concerns us all, and afterwards it will become with all of humanity. Gutmann, Heidelberg 1829.

literature

  • Witte, Karl Heinrich Gottfried : History, apparitions and prophecies of Joh. Adam Müller, a farmer on the Maisbacher Hofe, two hours from Heidelberg . In addition to all the original letters belonging to it in true copies and the refutation of 37 inaccuracies in the writing that appeared without his knowledge: Johann Adam Müller the new prophet [...] With the faithful portrait of the man [...] from his own mouth put on. Wilmans, Frankfurt am Main 1816.
  • Johann Christoph Hoffbauer : Johann Adam Müller . The prophet and his father. Berlin u. Hall, 1817.
  • Kemmerich, Max : Prophecies . Old superstition or new truth? Albert Langen, Munich 1911. (Chapter 7).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Landesbibliographie Baden-Württemberg: Personal database , database entry
  2. ^ Institute for German Studies at the University of Innsbruck: Project Historical Novel , database entry
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German peasant prophet
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Meckesheim
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1832
Place of death Maisbach