Johann Jakob Irminger

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Johann Jakob Irminger (* 1585 in Frauenfeld ; † September 25, 1649 in Zurich ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman .

Life

Johann Jakob Irminger was the son of pastor Ulrich Irminger († 1615) and his wife Dorothea Stadler. His birth took place in Frauenfeld, but his father was attacked by the local Catholic priests because of the introduction of the Gregorian calendar , in which the priests threw wood and cobbler strips into the window of the rectory, which led to the premature birth, from which his mother died shortly afterwards. His father then accepted the call as pastor to Kirchberg , but he and his son had to flee again from the Catholic priests to Kyburg , where he became pastor shortly afterwards in 1589.

Johann Jakob Irminger attended the Collegium Carolinum in Zurich with Rudolf Simler (1568–1611) and Rudolf Hospinian . 1606 enrolled him at the University of Marburg and studied until 1610 at the Theological Faculty.

After his return to Switzerland he was ordained in Zurich in 1610 and in the same year prescriber and teacher at the Carolinum.

From 1611 he was also pastor in Zumikon and from 1618 a deacon and 1620 pastor at St. Peter's Church ; In 1632 he was appointed dean .

In 1645 he was appointed pastor at the Grossmünster and was the antistes of the Zurich church.

Johann Jakob Irminger was married to Anna, daughter of Heinrich Erni, in his first marriage from 1612 and his second marriage from 1628 to Veronika, daughter of Kaspar Hafner, locksmith and councilor.

Spiritual and theological work

Johann Jakob Irminger saw himself obliged to church orthodoxy and resisted any innovation. He published several works, including in 1622 a report on the three main points of true Christianity and in 1634 a holy art of dying .

Fonts (selection)

literature

  • Johann Jakob Irminger . In: The Zurich Church from the Reformation to the third anniversary of the Reformation . Zurich 1878. p. 184 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Calendar. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  2. ^ Thurgauian contributions to patriotic history . P. 3 and 73. Historical Association of the Canton of Thurgau, 1861 ( google.de [accessed on February 13, 2020]).
  3. ^ German biography: Simler, Rudolf - German biography. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Erni, Heinrich. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Irminger, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Irminger, Johannes Jacob; Irminger, Hans Jacob; Irminger, Johann Jacob; Irminger, Johannes Jakob; Irminger, Hans Jakob; Irmingerus, Iohannes Iacobus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1585
PLACE OF BIRTH Frauenfeld
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1649
Place of death Zurich