Johann Jakob Faesch

Johann Jakob Faesch (born March 24, 1752 , different date March 26, 1752 in Basel , † August 17, 1832 there ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman.

Portrait of Johann Jakob Fasch

Life

Johann Jakob Faesch was the son of town major Johann Rudolf Faesch († November 11, 1781 in Basel) and his wife Anna Margarethe (née Hagenbach) (1730–1786). He attended high school in Basel from 1760 (today: Gymnasium am Münsterplatz ) and began studying philosophy in Basel in 1766, which he completed in 1770 with a study of theology at the University of Basel , the University of Lausanne and the University of Geneva , among others with David Claparède , continued. After completing his studies, he became a theology candidate in 1774 and from 1774 to 1776 was tutor to the later mayor of Basel , Peter Burckhardt .

Epitaph in Basel Minster

From 1776 to 1777 he was chaplain in French service in Colonel d'Aubonne's regiment in the fortress in Avesnes ; During the trip there he met the writer Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel in Colmar . From 1777 to 1793 he was pastor in Gelterkinden and from 1791 to 1793 dean of the Farnsburg chapter, then until 1802 helper and then until 1832 pastor at the Theodorskirche in Basel.

On June 15, 1803, he first chaired the marriage court . In 1816 he became a member of the University Commission and in 1818 a member of the Basel Education Council.

He lectured in homiletics and catechetics at the University of Basel from 1819 to 1822 .

Johann Jakob Faesch was married to Maria Catharina (née Schnell) (1757–1814) since 1778. They had four children together. He was the maternal grandfather of the merchant and banker Johann Jakob Speiser .

Theological work

Theologically he was committed to the Enlightenment and took an active part in the Helvetic Revolution . He published some of his sermons and dealt with oriental languages . He was friends with the theology professor Johann Friedrich Miville (1754-1820) and the theologian Johannes Frey .

Fonts (selection)

• Observationes criticae in Hesiodum . Basel 1773.
• Sermon about love for the fatherland: Delivered in Gelterkinden on May 1st, 1791, when the abolition of serfdom was announced to the rural people from the pulpits . Basel 1791.
• Sermon on the pillars of a republican state and the safest means of maintaining it: according to Revelation. Joh. 3. v. 2. held on the day of the oath of the city of Minor the 10th month of 1796 . Basel 1796.
• Speech at the first festival of the fraternal union of the citizens of the city and landscape of Basel and on the occasion of the erection of the Freyheits Tree held in the Münsterkirche on the 22nd Jenner, 1798 . Basel 1798.
• On reason: two sermons . Basel 1817.
• On the unity of faith and the prophecies of our day: Two sermons . Basel 1829.
• Excerpts from the diary of Pastor Johann Jakob Faesch to St. Theodor . Basel Yearbook 1889.

literature

• Johann Jakob Faesch . In: The sincere and well-experienced Swiss messenger , No. 23 v. Chr. June 7, 1827.
• Johann Jakob Faesch . In: Franz August Stocker : The family of the Fäsch in Basel: from the Fäsch family book . In: Vom Jura zum Schwarzwald: Blätter für Heimatkunde und Heimatschutz, Volume 6. 1889. P. 259.

Web links

• Thomas K. Kuhn : Johann Jakob Faesch. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Faesch, Johann Jakob . In: Index entry: German biography .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinrich I. Weiss: Attempt of a small and weak description of the churches and monasteries in the city and landscape of Basel together with the same teachers and rulers in chronological order . Schneider, 1834, p. 67 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
2. ↑ Excerpt from the Faesch tribe. (PDF) October 2, 2018, accessed November 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Of freedom trees and their shadows. In: Blog on Swiss History - Swiss National Museum. September 6, 2018, accessed November 30, 2019 .