Johann Jakob Schneider (theologian)

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Johann Jakob Schneider (born February 8, 1797 in Basel , † March 24, 1859 in Betberg ; also written Johann Jacob Schneider ) was a German-Swiss dialect poet, poet, pastor and writer.

Life

Schneider was the son of the Basel book printer and bookseller Felix Schneider. At the age of ten he was sent to an educational institution in Alpirsbach , where he made friends with Albert Knapp . In 1811 he began studying theology at the University of Basel . Probably under the influence of his father, he also turned to the teachings of the Moravian Brethren . He initially worked as a vicar in Basel and other Swiss places before he was employed by the Evangelical Church in Baden in 1820 as a vicar in an old people's home and then as parish administrator for Grenzach near Basel. In 1820 he got a parish in Weiler and in 1824 in Obereggenen . Today's Tüllingen district of Lörrach was his next stop from 1832, followed by Feldberg (1840). Shortly after he took up a pastor's position in Betberg near Buggingen at the beginning of 1859, he died of a heart condition.

In addition to poems, Schneider also wrote a description of the Baden Oberland . He became known as a poet of sacred songs. He had already published them in various magazines since 1823. Some of his poems have also been included in hymn books.

Works

  • The Baden Oberland. Loerrach, 1841 catalog.hathitrust.org
  • Alemannic poems. Loerrach, 1842
  • Poems of time. Basel, 1847
  • The Christian Singers of the Nineteenth Century. Selection of the best and most beautiful from the field of pure Christian poetry of our time, as morning and evening sacrifices for domestic edification for every day of the year.
  • Poems of time for Baden. 1849
  • Glass or diamond! Letter to Dr. Alban Stolz in Freiburg. In response to his writing: diamond or glass. Heidelberg 1851
  • The future of the Lord. Songs and singing. (1852)

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Johann Jakob Schneider  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ André Salvisberg : Schneider, Felix. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ here after Robert Feger : Foreword to the reprint. In: Johann Jakob Schneider: The Badische Oberland, Rombach, Freiburg 1979; slightly different for Brümmer
  3. ↑ s. Brümmer
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Johann Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss dialect poet, poet, pastor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1859
Place of death Betberg