Johann Wilhelm Hilliger

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Johann Wilhelm Hilliger (born August 3, 1643 in Chemnitz ; † September 9, 1705 there ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Born as the son of the cloth maker and later mayor Zacharias Hilliger (* July 14, 1591; † July 10, 1654 in Chemnitz) and his wife Magdalena (* July 17, 1611 in Chemnitz; † December 14, 1669), the daughter of Caspar von Berg (en) and his wife Katharina (née Müller from Stolberg), he spent his childhood and first school years in his hometown. At the age of 11 his father had died so he had to entertain himself by singing carolers . Supported by a scholarship from the Council of Chemnitz, he moved to the University of Wittenberg on September 26, 1664 , where he primarily devoted himself to studying the oriental languages. After he had acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in world wisdom on October 15, 1667 , the Chemnitz council granted him another scholarship.

After giving private lectures and writing some writings, he was accepted on May 3, 1672 as an adjunct at the philosophical faculty. He was offered various school rector positions in Chemnitz, Reval, Lübeck and Zwickau, which he refused. Instead, on December 3, 1776, he accepted an invitation from the Chemnitz council to hold a guest sermon for the diaconate at St. Jakobikirche . The Chemnitz council was impressed by his sermon and confirmed him as a deacon. Therefore he went to Dresden, where he took his theological exam and was ordained for the office. So he took office on December 24 of the same year, became archdeacon on September 9, 1684, and after Albinus Seyfried had died, he was made superintendent of Chemnitz. He took up this position on December 5, 1686 and was solemnly introduced on August 11, 1687 by the then Saxon court preacher Philipp Jakob Spener .

Hilliger was considered a prolific scholar who had held 20 disputations during his time at university in Wittenberg. In the course of reading at the university he mainly used his summarium linguae santae (Wittenberg 1679), with around 800 students attending it. He has also made a name for himself as the editor of various disputations. His oeuvre includes around 49 of his own works, which were published in Nov. Lit. Germ. (Hamburg 1704) can be found. As superintendent, he stopped the comedies and the holy Christian elevators. He died of complications from painful gout.

family

Genealogically it should be noted that he met Anna Elisabeth Egerland (born January 31, 1658 in Wittenberg, † February 1, 1725 in Chemnitz), the daughter of the Wittenberg city commander Erasmus von Egerland and his wife Anna Catharina, the daughter on February 27, 1677 of Christoph Notnagel , has married. There were seven daughters and three sons from this marriage. Of these it is known:

Wilhelmine Justine Hilliger (born February 19, 1678; † February 20, 1678)
Johanna Elisabeth Hilliger († 1750) married. on July 20, 1696 with M. Christian Gottfried Georgi
Johann Wilhelm Hilliger (born February 16, 1681 in Chemnitz; † January 27, 1702 in Wittenberg) student of theology
Johanna Dorothea Hilliger, married. on August 24, 1700 M. Moritz Engel
Johanna Katharina Hilliger (born September 28, 1684) married. with M. Johann Christoph Reichel
Johanna Magdalena Hilliger (May 16, 1686 - May 31, 1704)
Johanna Sidonie Hilliger (born April 2, 1688) married. June 9, 1705 with Johann Paul Schönickel
Johanna Christiane Hilliger (March 18, 1690; † March 18, 1736) married. July 5, 1706 with M. Johann Justus Töpfer
Johann Zacharias Hilliger
Johann Sebastian Hilliger (born May 26, 1695 in Chemnitz; † October 31, 1755 ibid) Mayor of Chemnitz

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Son of the trader and councilor, and later mayor Sebastian Hilliger the Elder. Ä. (* May 20, 1553 in Freiberg (Saxony); † March 7, 1631 in Chemnitz) and his wife Ursula (* January 20, 1662 in Chemnitz; †?) The daughter of the governor Wenzel Oswald and his first wife Regina, the daughter of Benedict von Born.
  2. ^ A b c Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis - Younger Series Part 2; Halle (Saale), 1952, p. 173
personal data
SURNAME Hilliger, Johann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1643
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1705
Place of death Chemnitz