Johann Heinrich Schubert

Johann Heinrich Schubert (mostly Heinrich Schubert ; born February 27, 1692 in Magdeburg , † 1757 in Zossen ) was a pietistic preacher in Ebersdorf and Potsdam and superintendent in Zossen.

Life

Heinrich Schubert studied Protestant theology in Halle with August Hermann Francke , the leading exponent of Pietism, with whom he was in contact until his death. In 1715 (or 1718) he became an informator ( private tutor ) for Count Heinrich XXIV. Reuss in Köstritz . In 1720 Schubert became court deacon of his cousin Count Heinrich XXIX. Reuss in Ebersdorf in Vogtland and a year later court preacher. This year the community made a strong impression on the young Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , who was inspired by the founding of the Moravian Brethren and was married by Schubert in Ebersdorf the following year. In the following years, however, tensions arose with Count Erdmuthe Benigna Reuss's mother, who was too bossy and spiritually rigorous Schubert's demeanor. Zinzendorf also expressed himself increasingly critical, while the young court and especially Countess Theodora were very grateful to him.

In 1726 Schubert was called to the newly built Heiligengeistkirche in Potsdam , where he became a Lutheran preacher alongside a Reformed colleague. King Friedrich Wilhelm was very touched by the inauguration sermon. In 1750 Schubert became Inspector (Superintendent) in Zossen, where he also died in 1757.

A few volumes of sermons were printed by Johann Heinrich Schubert that were widely used.

literature

• Hans Walter Erbe: Zinzendorf and the pious high nobility of his time. Leipzig 1928. Reprinted in first anthology about Zinzendorf. Hermann Olms, Hildesheim / New York 1975. pp. 373–634, here pp. 533–538 .

Web links

• Heinrich Schubert . Copper engraving in the Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andreas Kitschke: The churches of the Potsdam cultural landscape . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-3-86732-248-5 . P. 66 , also p. 55.