Johann Streitberger
Johann Streitberger (born November 5, 1517 in Hof (Saale) , † April 20, 1602 in Kulmbach ) was a German theologian .
Summary
Enrolled in Wittenberg in 1532, Baccalaurius in 1538, master's degree , deacon and rector in Naumburg an der Saale (1538–1546), marriage around 1542 in Naumburg , rector in Braunschweig until 1548, rector in Hof, city preacher and special superintendent in Hof 1552, General Superintendent and President of the Princely Brandenburg Consistory in Kulmbach 1567, Emeritus Magister Dr. Theol. of the University of Jena February 9, 1574, was 85 years old.
Life
Johann Streitberger was born in Hof an der Saale as the son of the citizen Paulus Streitberger on November 5, 1517 and was a pupil of the old parish school near St. Michael under Magister Nikolaus Medler . Johann followed his expelled teacher into exile and taught his children. In Naumburg he was installed as a deacon by Bishop Nikolaus von Amsdorf in 1538 , and in 1543 after Loener's departure he was a preacher there himself . With Medler he went to Braunschweig and became rector of the newly established pedagogy.
The court magistrate first asked the superintendent Medler, Streitberger's father-in-law, to win him over to take over the rectorate at the new school. At his approval, Streitberger's vocation took place on Epiphany 1548. He took up his post with the title “gymnasiarcha scholae inspector” and gave his inaugural address on March 18, 1548 at the grammar school . With Jacob Schlemmer (* around 1505 in Gochsheim , † 1580 in Hof), who retained the title of rector , but now exercised the function of a conrector , “he founded our school in community and undisturbed harmony with the participation of other colleagues, ... and brought it to bloom again with God's help. "
On July 10, 1552 he was appointed "Preacher at St. Michael" after he had taken the oath on June 30, 1552. He kept the school inspection.
He gave clergy lessons in the writing of theological treatises. Like Medler, his activity earned him the name lumen urbis Curiae (English: light of the city of Hof). In 1554 he was with the burgrave Heinrich zu Meißen in the field camp at Schmeilsdorf and was called by him "his pastor at court". After the Markgräflerkrieg and the destruction of the Hofer suburb with the hospital and church, he inaugurated the rebuilt hospital in 1558. In the same year the new Hof superintendent was transferred to him. During the period from 1561 to 1564 he had the first general visitation of the churches and schools belonging to his superintendentage. First he gave a hymn book in 1561 under the title Spiritual songs and church chants, so bey der christl. common to the hope of several Fürnebste festivities . During the visitation on November 5, 1563 he was offered a professorship at the University of Strasbourg , which he turned down as well as a vocation to the University of Königsberg in Prussia . In 1563 the Pastors' Investiture appeared in the Superintendents Hoff .
With the repeated requests of the "Councilors on the Mountains", in particular with the urgent letter of August 8, 1566, Streitberger was persuaded to accept the call as consistorial president and first general superintendent in the royal seat of Kulmbach . On December 28th, 1566 he inaugurated the new Hofer town hall. On Judica Sunday 1567 he gave his farewell sermon; on March 19, 1567 the move to Kulmbach took place.
On April 4, 1570 he signed with Sup. Thiel, Kulmbach ; Bloch, Bayreuth ; Pancratius, Hof and Stratius (Strötz), Wunsiedel , the concord formula . Soon after, Prince Georg Friedrich entrusted him with the organization of the entire church system in the Principality of Kulmbach (1572). In 1574 he acquired his theological doctorate in Jena , after he had undergone another exam and delivered a sermon on Ex. 33 on the office of church servant.
On November 29, 1576 he wanted to resign from office; but the prince gave no permission for it. In 1586 he fell out of favor with the margrave . The appointment as abbot of Heilsbronn on October 20, 1601, which made him realize that he was considered superfluous in the royal seat, he refused, referring to his old age and sickness.
Streitberger lived in the Kulmbach castle estate , today Waaggasse 5, from 1572 until his death. On April 20, 1602, Streitberger died in Kulmbach and found his final resting place in the Petrikirche.
Johann Streitberger was married to Rebekka Elbel from Joachimstal and had 15 children, 75 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
His coat of arms : red shield, a bearded man in armor standing on a silver mountain; holding a sword in his right hand and a hammer in his left. Crowned helmet, crest: the same armor; Reconstructed from Siebmacher , Bürgerliche 4th part p. 40 plate 48 No. 2 .
literature
- E. Dietlein, Adolf Jäger: The Chronicle of the City of Hof, Volume IV, Church History . 1955. Pages 224-227.
- Christian Meyer: Johannes Streitberger . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 567.
- Johann Nikolaus Prückner : Syncronistics and curriculum vitae of the teachers at the Hofer Gymnasium from 1502 to 1817 . Nordoberfränkischer Verein für Natur-, Geschichts- und Landeskunde eV Hof 1999. P. 78. ISBN 3-928626-33-7 .
- Wolfgang Schoberth and the project group "denkmal aktiv" of the Markgraf-Georg-Friedrich-Gymnasium Kulmbach: The castle estates - on the trail of Kulmbach's last riddles . Weißenstadt 2006. pp. 37,43.
- Paul Freher: Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum Volume 1, Nuremberg 1688, p. 321 (text), p. 311 panel XII (portrait) [1]
- Georg Wolfgang Augustin Fikenscher: Gelehrtes Fürstenthum Baireuth ninth volume, Nuremberg 1804, pp. 89–96.
- Ludger Stühlmeyer : The new conception of Protestant church music. Löner and Streitberger's song collections. In: The music history of the city of Hof . Bayerische Verlagsanstalt, Bamberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89889-155-4 , pp. 76-94.
Web links
- Johann Streitberger in the picture and the castle he lives in on the homepage of the Markgraf-Georg-Friedrich Gymnasium Kulmbach
- Johann Streitberger in the picture archive of the Austrian National Library [2]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Streitberger, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1517 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hof (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1602 |
| Place of death | Kulmbach |