Johann Merck (pedagogue)

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Johann Merck also: Mercke or Merckius (born June 29, 1577 in Rentweinsdorf ; † June 3, 1658 in Leipzig ) was a German educator. He was - historically unique - twice rector of the Princely School Grimma with a total of more than 31 years of service.

Life

Merck was the son of the pastor in Rentweinsdorf Johann Merck and his wife Anna Oelhafen, the only daughter of Abraham Oelhafen from the Nuremberg area. In the summer semester of 1596 he enrolled at the University of Jena . On September 25, 1604, he continued his studies at the University of Wittenberg as a master's degree . It is possible that he obtained the academic degree of Magister in Philosophy at the University of Leipzig , where he worked as a philologist. Around 1608 he stayed in Coburg , where he possibly worked at the Casimirianum . On January 12, 1610, Merck received a position as vice-principal at the electoral Saxon state school in Grimma , of which he took over as rector on May 26, 1620. Two years later around September 29, 1622, he took over the rectorate of the Thomas School in Leipzig , and on March 14, 1627 , he took over the management of the Grimmens educational institution again. Fighting with the adversities of the Thirty Years' War, he fulfilled this task until his retirement in 1656.

During his time as rector of Grimma, despite the inadequacies of the war, some personalities emerged from his school. Among them are the natural law philosopher and international lawyer Samuel von Pufendorf , the hymn poet Paul Gerhardt , the Lutheran theologian Georg Lehmann , the superintendent in Borna Gottfried Andreae (1618–1675), the doctor Johann Matthias Nester (1622–1679), the Danish Minister of State Esaias von Pufendorf and the philologist Balthasar Stolberg are among his students. He spent the last two years of his life with his daughter in Leipzig, where he finally died. His body was transferred to Grimma and buried on June 6, 1658 in the monastery church of Grimma . His motto was Mei Jesu Momento Redemptor . In addition, an epitaph was erected for him in Grimma, which was transferred to the Altertumsmuseum in Dresden in 1822. In the auditorium of the grammar school in Grimma there is an oil painting depicting Johann Merck.

family

Merck was married to Elisabeth Lotter (also: Lother; * June 15, 1590 in Grimma; † September 16, 1657 ibid), the daughter of the lawyer and city judge in Grimma Mag. Hieronymus Lotter (Lother). The marriage resulted in children, many of whom died before their father. From the children we know:

  • Johann Abraham Merck March 13, 1627 - June 12, 1630 ksFs. Grimma, 1630 Uni Leipzig † 25 August 1637 as an auditor in a ship on the Elbe not far from Wittenberg an der Pest and was buried in Barby
  • Christoph Merck 1627-1630 ksFs. Grimma, April 20, 1637 Mag.phil. University. Leipzig; † November 9, 1637 in Grimma at the plague
  • Elisabeth Merck (born September 11, 1618 in Grimma, † July 31, 1682 in Leipzig) married. I. 1636 with the deacon in Borna Andreas Walther, married. II. November 16, 1640 with the professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig Philipp Müller (born February 11, 1585 in Herzberg; † March 26, 1659 in Leipzig), married. III. May 6, 1660 in Leipzig with Prof. Christian Friedrich Franckenstein
  • Anna Merck † October 20, 1637 Grimma (Pest) married. October 16, 1637 with Rector of the City School in Grimma Mag.Bartholomäus Henning († October 1637 in Grimma (Pest))

Works (selection)

  • Oratio in Obitum patris mei.
  • Grammaticam Crusianam contractiorem.
  • Sermon on the history of the prophet Malachiae.
  • Lamentationem de devastatione populi judaici.
  • Dispvtatio Feudalis VII. Continens amplissimam iuxta et utilissimam materiam quomodo. 1589

literature

  • Johann Christoph Adelung , Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : Continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöcher's general scholarly lexico, in which the writers of all classes are described according to their most distinguished living conditions and writings. Verlag Johann Georg Heyse, Bremen, 1813, Vol. 4, Sp. 1490 ( online )
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig, 1751, Vol. 3, Sp. 456, ( online )
  • Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Selbstverlag, Boppard am Rhein, 1980, Vol. 10, p. 468, R 9758;
  • Catalog of the princely Stollberg-Stollberg collection of funeral sermons. Verlag Degner, Leipzig, 1928, vol. 2, p. 710, [15446] and 1930, vol. 3, p. 70 [16155];
  • Johann Martin Lappenberg: Paul Fleming's German poems. Stuttgart, 1865, vol. 2, p. 809 ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gymnasium_St._Augustin # Rektoren.2C_Professoren_und_Kantoren
  2. ↑ George Mentz, Reinhold Jauering: The matriculation at the University of Jena. 1548 to 1652. Verlag Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1944, Vol. 1, p. 204
  3. ^ Bernhard Weissenborn: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 1 (1602-1660). Magdeburg, 1934, p. 25
  4. ↑ Fedor von Zobeltitz: magazine for book lovers. Monthly books for bibliophilia and related interests. Verlag Velhagen und Klasing, 1903/04, 7th year, 2nd volume, (8th issue, November 1903) p. 524 (questions)
  5. ↑ Richard Sachse: The older history of the Thomasschule zu Leipzig, presented according to the sources. Verlag BG Teubner, Leipzig, 1912, p. 76.
  6. ↑ Christian Gottlob Lorenz : Grimmenser Album. Verlag-Comptoir, Grimma, 1850
  7. ↑ General literary gazette or annals of the entire literature for the quick announcement of various news from the field of learning and art. Leipzig, 1797, Sp. 230, ( online )
  8. ↑ Cornelius Gurlitt: Descriptive representations of the older architectural and art monuments in Saxony. Verlag CC Meinhold & Söhne, Dresden, 1897, p. 107
  9. ↑ Sarah Schrempel: The picture dispute between the high school St. Augustin and the district museum Grimma. 2013, ( Online PDF )
  10. ^ Albert Fraustadt: Grimmenser Stammbuch 1900. Life news about pupils of the Princely School Grimma from the year it was founded in 1550 until today. Association of Former Princely Students, Meißen, 1900
personal data
SURNAME Merck, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mercke, Johann; Merckius, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1577
PLACE OF BIRTH Rentweinsdorf
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1658
Place of death Leipzig