Johann Paul Oettel

Johann Paul Oettel (born January 18, 1699 in Plauen , † December 19, 1771 in Eibenstock ) was a German theologian and chronicler .

Life

Oettel was born in 1699 as the son of a citizen and master pewter in the Vogtland town of Plauen. From the age of four he received his first education, from 1706 in a Latin school. In 1712 he finished his schooling in order to learn the tin foundry trade in Schneeberg . However, the gout forced him to give up this training in 1715, so that from then on he attended the grammar school in Altenburg . He earned his living there as a private teacher and as a choir musician. In 1718 he turned first to Jena and later to Leipzig , where he received private lectures in theology.

In 1725 he was accepted by H. Ludolph Kasten, head forester at Schöneck , as the private tutor of his four sons. After Eibenstock he was appointed as a girl teacher in 1733, where he worked from then until his death. In addition to numerous theological writings such as the multiple published Aufrichtige Nachrichten of the song Jesus my confidence or the Lutheran Paradise Garden , Oettel devoted himself to the history of the city of Eibenstock and the surrounding area. His Eibenstocker Chronik from 1748 is considered a valuable treasure trove for the Ore Mountains local research in general as well as for the coal and steel industry of the area with its numerous hammer mills.

In 1735 Oettel married Johanna Rosina Viehweg, daughter of a shift foreman from Wildenthal , with whom he saw at least three children grow up.

Oettel died in 1771 as "fluent in the Holy Scriptures and the first public teacher at the Jungfrau School in Eybenstock".

Works

• Jesus the best Christmas present , Leipzig 1722
• The certain harvest of all people , Leipzig 1722
• The seven memorable Sundays in fasting and memorable days of torture week , Leipzig 1723
• The four holy Advent Sundays and Weyhnacht Feyertage , Leipzig 1724
• Comforting and edifying New Year's thoughts , Leipzig 1724
• Constant feast of childlike loyalty , Plauen 1725
• Sincere news of the song: Jesus My Confidence , Schneeberg 1728
• The new school funnel , Schneeberg 1736
• The well-used season of Advent and Christmas , Schneeberg 1737
• The prayer at the cliff to avoid useless chatter , 1737
• Sincere defense of the news of the song: Jesus my confidence , Zwickau 1739
• The Lutheran preparing for confession and going to the Lord's Supper , Schneeberg 1742
• Little children as angels , Schneeberg 1746
• Reliable history of all pastors and superintendents in Plauen , Schneeberg 1747
• Lutheran Paradise Garden , Schneeberg 1747
• Old and new merchandise from the Königl. Pohln. and Churfürstl. Sächßl. Mountain town of Eybenstock . Schneeberg 1747 ( digitized version )
• Old and new history The Königl. Pohln. and Churfürstl. Saxon. freyen Berg-Stadt Eybenstock in the Meißnischen Ober-Erz-Gebürge , Schneeberg 1748, (extended reprint 1997)
• The right breeding of children and how parents can experience joy in their children , Schneeberg 1754
• The nature of the true Christian churches according to their characteristics, members and advantages , Eibenstock 1761
• Description of the privileged Freyen town of Schöneck , Schneeberg 1761, who was privileged from 1730

literature

• Johann Paul Oettel: Old and new history of the royal. Pohln. and Churfürstl. Saxon. freyen mountain town Eybenstock in the Meißnischen Ober-Erz-Gebürge , pp. 130-138 (autobiography until 1748)
• Hans-Jürgen von Elterlein: Appreciation of the chronicler Johann Paul Oettel (in: Old and New History , reprint edition 1997, pp. 1 * –2 *)

Web links

• Literature by and about Johann Paul Oettel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Johann Paul Oettel in the Saxon Bibliography