Johann Jänichen

Johann Jänichen (born September 29, 1659 in Kamenz , † October 10, 1731 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German teacher and poet.

Life

Born the son of a clothing maker of the same name and his wife Justina Fichtner, he moved to the University of Wittenberg in 1678 . There he was accepted in Theodor Dassov's house . Among other things, he attended the lectures of Abraham Calov and Johannes Deutschmann . In 1681 Jänichen came to Halle (Saale) as a private tutor, in 1683 acquired the degree of master's degree in Wittenberg , became a teacher at the grammar school in Halle in the same year and was promoted to rector of the institution until 1705. After suffering a stroke in 1723, he recovered from it, was disabled in 1731 and died that same year.

Jänichen is known as the author of a considerable number of sacred and secular songs. Some of his songs were in community hymn books. His best-known song "How happy will my soul be" was recorded in the Halle hymn book in 1713 and spread to northern Germany. Stylistically based on the models Martin Opitz , Paul Fleming , Christian Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau and Christian Weise , he wrote his “Thorough Guide to Poetic Eloculion” in 1706 . The work is written in a memorable catechetical form, in which he cites some German substitute words as negative examples that interfere with linguistic communication. As a linguistic theorist, he is thus one of those anxious seekers of the linguistic middle ground that are characteristic of the turn of the 18th century and whose carefully restricted positions can at best only be distinguished from one another in small shades.

family

Genealogically it should be noted that in 1686 he married Rosina Elisabeth († February 6, 1715), the daughter of the Halle Pfänner Johann Ellenberger. 6 children are known from this marriage:

• Christiana Rosina Jänichen († 1730) married. 1706 with M. Johann Caspar Büchner
• Johanna Justina Jänichen
• Johann August Jänichen pastor in Hundisburg near Magdeburg
• Elenora Sophia Jänichen married 1716 with D. Johann Christian Lindner physician in Hildesheim
• Christina Elisabeth Jänichen married 1724 with Friedrich Andreas Schubart from Magdeburg
• Johann Gotthilf Jänichen , born November 23, 1701 in Halle, † unknown. Secret secretary and harpsichordist at the court of Margrave Christian Ludwig von Brandenburg-Schwedt in Berlin.

Selection of works

• Basic instructions for poetic elocution, which one must use with Teutleben verses ..., Leipzig 1706, Friedrich Lanckischen's blessed heirs

literature

• William Jervis Jones: Sprachhelden und Sprachverderber - documents for the investigation of foreign word purism in German (1478-1750) , 1995 Walter de Gruyter S. 200, 610 ISBN 3110144808
• Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt: Pagus Neletizi et Nudzici, or detailed diplomatic-historical description of the former primacy and Ertz-Stifft, but now secularized by the Duchy of Magdeburg, which belongs to the Duchy of Magdeburg, and of all the cities, palaces, offices, Manors, aristocratic families, churches, monasteries, parishes and villages, especially the cities of Halle, Neumarckt, Glaucha, Wettin, Löbegün, Cönnern and Alsleben; From Actis publicis and credible ... news, collected diligently, reinforced with many unprinted documents, adorned with copperplate engravings and abstracts, and provided with the necessary registers. Emanuel Schneider, Hall 1749/50. P. 642
• Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel: Historically critical news from deceased scholars and their writings , Köthen 1753, 1st vol. 445
• unknown author:  Jänichen, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 698 f.

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