Johann Jahn (theologian, 1644)

Johann Jahn , Latinized as Johannes Janus , (born September 15, 1644 in Platten , Böhmen , † March 7, 1716 in Aue ) was a German Lutheran theologian. He is not to be confused with his father of the same name.

Life

He was the son of the pastor in Kürbitz and Bergstadt Platten Johann Jahn (* 1604 in Schneeberg ; † May 2, 1651 ibid) and his second wife Margaretha, nee. Berckhau (~ December 20, 1612 in Platten), the daughter of the founder of the first paint mill not far from Platten and pharmacist from Magdeburg, Laurentius Berckhau. In the course of the Counter-Reformation , the family had to leave the country and sought refuge on the Jugel and later in Schneeberg. Jahn was a student at the grammar school in Bautzen and Jüterbog and a respondent at the University of Wittenberg . After completing his studies, he taught students in Schneeberg for a while. In 1677 he took up the pastor's position in Raben near Belzig . In 1679 he married Salome Neumann, the sister of the famous theologian Johann Georg Neumann . In 1685 he became a priest in the mountain town of Aue on an electoral order, where he also died.

Extracts

Christian Gotthilf Blumberg, Pastor and Superintendent zu Zwickau writes about Johann Jahn:

"Mr. M Johann Jahn, a man who loved piety, and the registered Hn. Well instructed superintendent in the arts and sciences at Schneeberg, came from Raben to Aue in the Zwickauische Inspection uf in 1677 he was appointed to Raben with Rabenstein, belzig Dioeces near Wittenberg (not Dresden, as L. Engeschall writes), and as he of because in 1685. received an unexpected call to Aue in his fatherland, his dear housewife was reluctant to follow. Because as the official the Churfl. Delivered the order and met her, as Eliesen found Rebecca, employed in the house, she threw both vessels of her hands for horror and displeasure, because he made the acceptable ore guarantor, (*) like others, too terrible to have been ground down. She was a sister of the famous professor of the divine truth D. Joh. Georg Neumann, who among other writings, especially through his Theologiam Aphoristicam became known. "

family

Jahn married Salome Neumann (born March 19, 1659 in Niemegk , † January 31, 1740 in Pockau ) on May 13, 1679 , the daughter of pastor Johann Georg Neumann in Mörz . The following children were born from the marriage:

Johann Wilhelm Jahn (born November 9, 1681 in Raben; † August 27, 1725 in Wittenberg), professor at the Elisabeth Gymnasium in Breslau and in Wittenberg; ⚭ 1721 Magdalena Elisabeth Wichmannshausen
Johann Daniel Jahn (* 1685 in Raben; + August 16, 1733 in Aue), pastor in Aue and Lauterau; ⚭ Johanna Eleonora Gross
Maria Christina Jahn (* 1687); ⚭ 1712 NN Drechsler, merchant in Pockau
Johann Christoph Jahn (* 1690), 1734 respondent in Wittenberg, "Univ. Mus. Dir. Cantor et Org. Ad OO. SS."
Eva Maria Jahn; ⚭ NN trimmers in Freiberg
Anna Margaretha Jahn; ⚭ Johann Müller, tradesman and building trades in Aue

Works

Theill, Johannes: CCVI. Jesum Nazarenum, quem nos Christiani colimus ... - 1666
Calov, Abraham: Elenchus Hugonis Grotii ... - 1672

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Johann Christian Engelschall: Description of the Exulanten- and Bergstadt Johann Georgen Stadt, in four parts introducing, I. The Exulanten condition and where it turns. II. The city's cultivation, growth and events that have occurred in it. III. The local mining industry, its origins, finding metals and all the mines. IV. The parish Hammerwerck Wittichsthal, as well as the Upper and Lower Jugel . Pending, Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1723 ( google.de [accessed on April 5, 2019]).
↑ George Körner: Brief outline of some geographical-historical news from the mountain spot Bockau near Schneeberg in the Meissnian Ober-Erz Mountains: along with a number of neighboring places, mountains, rivers, etc. In which the life descriptions of all pastors of Aue, Bockau and Lauer from the time Reformation . Fulden, 1755 ( google.de [accessed April 5, 2019]).
↑ Historia Schneebergensis renovata, that is: renewed town and mountain chronica of the mountain town of Schneeberg (etc.) located in the Ober-Ertz-Gebürge Meißens . Fulda, 1716 ( google.de [accessed April 5, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Jahn, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Janus, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	September 15, 1644
PLACE OF BIRTH	Platten , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1716
Place of death	Aue

[1] Johann Christian Engelschall: Description of the Exulanten- and Bergstadt Johann Georgen Stadt, in four parts introducing, I. The Exulanten condition and where it turns. II. The city's cultivation, growth and events that have occurred in it. III. The local mining industry, its origins, finding metals and all the mines. IV. The parish Hammerwerck Wittichsthal, as well as the Upper and Lower Jugel . Pending, Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1723 ( google.de [accessed on April 5, 2019]).

[2] George Körner: Brief outline of some geographical-historical news from the mountain spot Bockau near Schneeberg in the Meissnian Ober-Erz Mountains: along with a number of neighboring places, mountains, rivers, etc. In which the life descriptions of all pastors of Aue, Bockau and Lauer from the time Reformation . Fulden, 1755 ( google.de [accessed April 5, 2019]).

[3] Historia Schneebergensis renovata, that is: renewed town and mountain chronica of the mountain town of Schneeberg (etc.) located in the Ober-Ertz-Gebürge Meißens . Fulda, 1716 ( google.de [accessed April 5, 2019]).