Johann Rudolf Ulrich

Johann Rudolf Ulrich; Engraving by Johann Elias Haid (1777)

Johann Rudolf Ulrich (born December 14, 1728 in Zurich ; † February 8, 1795 there ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor .

Life

family

Johann Rudolf Ulrich was the son of pastor Friedrich Salomon Ulrich (* 1696 in Zurich; 1754) and his wife Regula, daughter of Hans Kaspar Locher (1675–1738), merchant of the golden ring, 1697 Zünfter zur Waag , captain; he had four other siblings and was related to the Zurich antistes Johann Jakob Ulrich .

Johann Rudolf Ulrich was married to Anna Maria, daughter of the surgeon and Zurich city doctor Peter Lavater (1695–1745); they had three children together:

Anna Regula Ulrich (* 1769 in Zurich; † 1816), married to Johann Heinrich Bremi ;
Friedrich Salomon Ulrich (born March 3, 1771 in Zurich; † November 5, 1848 in Meilen ), canon in Zurich, professor of theology, educational counselor , married to Elisabeth (1773–1812), daughter of Zurich mayor David von Wyss the Elder (1737– 1815), mayor of Zurich; Grandfather of the theologian and writer Rudolf Steck and of Albert Steck , politician and co-founder of the Swiss Social Democratic Party ; Father-in-law of the politician Abraham Rudolf Wyss (1792–1854);
Johann Rudolf Ulrich (* 1773 in Zurich; † 1844), first married to Anna Margaretha (1774–1820), daughter of the merchant and captain Melchior Römer (1747–1819) and secondly to Anna Maria (1788–1873) , Daughter of Salomon Pestalozzi (1753–1840), banker .

Career

After his ordination in 1747 he traveled to Geneva , Paris , Holland and Germany for further training and was his father's helper in Seengen for a long time .

In 1756 he was appointed professor of eloquence at the Collegium Carolinum and in 1759 elected pastor at Oetenbach . In 1763 he was appointed professor of natural law and in 1764 of ethics .

In 1769 he was elected Antistes of the Zurich Church and pastor at the Grossmünster .

Spiritual and literary work

Johann Rudolf Ulrich advocated moderate rationalism and quite consciously advocated an enlightenment of the school reform of 1775.

In 1770, at the autumn synod, he warned pastors against excessive emphasis on original sin in their sermons, which could lead to demoralization of the population and would be detrimental to church attendance.

In 1822 he tried to prevent his colleague Johann Jakob Tschudi (1722–1824) from opening a witch trial against Anna Göldi , but could not prevent it, so that Anna Göldi was executed on June 13, 1782; in the judgment, however, the terms " witch " and " witchcraft " were avoided.

In addition to his various sermons, including sermons for the promotion of active Christianity , he published The New Testament with the summaries by Jean-Frédéric Ostervald in 1766 .

Memberships

Co-founder of the Physical Society Zurich (today: Natural Research Society in Zurich ).
Member of the Zurich Ascetic Society .
Founding member of the Moral Society of Zurich .
Member of the Société des citoyens in Bern .
Member of the Tuesday Company .
Member of the Helvetic Society .

Fonts (selection)

News about the publication of the N. Testament with Osterwald's summaries and reflections . Zurich 1765.
Shepherd's letter from Reverend Antistes Ulrichs to the pastors in the countryside of the Canton of Zurich because of the emigration epidemic in Prussian-Pomerania, November 27, 1770 . Zurich: printed by Joh.Kaspar Ziegler, 1770.
Holy speech on I Timoth. VI. V. 6 . Zurich: Printed by David Bürgkli, 1771.
Encouragement for a rich love tax for the fire victims in Frauenfeld . Zurich: by Joh.Kaspar Ziegler, 1771.
New collection of sermons for the advancement of active Christianity . 1775.
The house of prayer made into a murder pit, or Christian sermon on the words Luca XIX. 41-46. held on the occasion of the poisoning of the H. evening meal wine . 1777.

literature

Gerold Meyer von Knonau: Ulrich, Zurich bourgeois family . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, pp. 248-252.
Hans Rudolf Ulrich . In: Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died between 1750 and 1800 , Volume 14. Leipzig 1815.

Web links

J. Jürgen Seidel: Johann Rudolf Ulrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Hans Rudolf Ulrich . In: Index entry: German biography .
Hans Rudolf Ulrich : In: e-manuscripta .

Individual evidence

↑ Historical Family Lexicon of Switzerland - Persons. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
↑ Ancestors. Zunft zur Zimmerleuten, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
↑ Wyss, David von. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
↑ Wyss, Abraham Rudolf. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
↑ Christoph Ebnöther: Robbers, Harschiers and Public Security: on the early history of the police in the canton of Zurich in the second half of the 18th century. University of Zurich , 2013, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
^ Gerhard Lauer: The Lisbon earthquake and the disaster discourse in the 18th century . Wallstein Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0267-9 ( google.de [accessed on August 15, 2020]).
↑ Tschudi, Johann Jakob. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
^ Marion Gindhart, Karin Marti-Weissenbach, Hanspeter Marti, Robert Seidel: Early modern disputations: Polyvalent production apparatuses of learned knowledge . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50330-7 ( google.de [accessed on August 15, 2020]).
^ Esther Berner: In the sign of reason and Christianity: the Zurich rural school reform in the late 18th century . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20388-7 ( google.de [accessed on August 15, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Ulrich, Johann Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ulrich, Johann Rodolph; Ulrich, Hs. Rudolf; Ulrich, Hans Rudolf; Ulrich, Rudolf; Ulrich, Johann Rudolph; Ulrich-Lavater, Johann Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	February 8, 1795
Place of death	Zurich

[1] Historical Family Lexicon of Switzerland - Persons. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .

[2] Ancestors. Zunft zur Zimmerleuten, accessed on August 15, 2020 .

[3] Wyss, David von. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .

[4] Wyss, Abraham Rudolf. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .

[5] Christoph Ebnöther: Robbers, Harschiers and Public Security: on the early history of the police in the canton of Zurich in the second half of the 18th century. University of Zurich , 2013, accessed on August 15, 2020 .

[6] Gerhard Lauer: The Lisbon earthquake and the disaster discourse in the 18th century . Wallstein Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0267-9 ( google.de [accessed on August 15, 2020]).

[7] Tschudi, Johann Jakob. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .

[8] Marion Gindhart, Karin Marti-Weissenbach, Hanspeter Marti, Robert Seidel: Early modern disputations: Polyvalent production apparatuses of learned knowledge . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50330-7 ( google.de [accessed on August 15, 2020]).

[9] Esther Berner: In the sign of reason and Christianity: the Zurich rural school reform in the late 18th century . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20388-7 ( google.de [accessed on August 15, 2020]).