Johann Winckler

This article deals with the theologian Johann Winckler. For other people see Johann Winckler (disambiguation) .

Johann Winckler, copper engraving by Jacob Gole

Johann Winckler (born July 13, 1642 in Golzern , † April 5, 1705 in Hamburg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and chief pastor of the St. Michaelis Church in Hamburg . He was one of the protagonists in the Hamburg pietistic disputes at the end of the 17th century and is therefore assigned to the early church pietism around Philipp Jakob Spener .

Life

Winckler, son of a miller , studied at the Thomasschule in Leipzig and studied Protestant theology in Leipzig . In 1664 he obtained the degree of master's degree in Jena . In the following years he gave private lectures at Leipzig University . From 1668 to 1671 he instructed the sons of Duke Philipp Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg as court master in Tübingen . During his time in Tübingen he also met Philipp Jacob Spener . In 1671 Winckler received his first parish office in Homburg vor der Höhe . In the following year he became superintendent in Braubach , and in 1676 he was called to Darmstadt as court preacher . His marriage proposal to the noble pietist Johanna Eleonora von Merlau rejected her father.

Following the example of Spener, he held controversial conventicles (Bible studies in small groups) in Darmstadt , for which he had to leave the city. Winckler was pastor in Mannheim in 1678, and then superintendent in Wertheim from 1679 to 1684 . On Spener's recommendation, Winckler was appointed chief pastor of St. Michaelis in Hamburg in 1684. His closeness to Pietism was the reason for disputes with the Hamburg citizenship and the Lutheran ministry on several occasions . He was one of the three refusers of the Hamburg religion lapel . In 1699 Winckler took over the seniority , which he held until his death.

Under his influence there were a number of pietistic innovations, including a liturgical reform , the introduction of a new hymn book and the establishment of a school for the poor . In addition, he campaigned for a ban on opera performances , continued to hold house conventions and financed the printing of Lutheran Bible editions out of his own pocket . Winckler had a reputation for being an outstanding speaker. Up to 4,000 people attended his sermons, some of whom came from other parishes to hear him.

His son Johann Friedrich Winckler and his grandson Johann Dietrich Winckler were also appointed senior pastors in Hamburg and were also appointed to the senior council of the Ministry of Spirituality .

literature

• Carl Bertheau :  Winckler, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 365-373.
• Joachim W. Frank, Iris Groschek, Rainer Hering, Volker Reissmann: Michel burns! The history of the Hamburg landmark . Edition Temmen, Bremen 2006, ISBN 3-86108-085-0 .
• Johannes Geffcken , Carl Bertheau: Johann Winckler. In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 2nd edition, Volume 17, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1886, pp. 199-202 ( digitized version ).
• Johannes Geffcken: Johann Winckler and the Hamburg Church in his time (1684–1705). GE Nolte, Hamburg 1861 ( digitized version ).
• J. Jürgen Seidel :  Winckler, Johann. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 1240-1241.
• Claudia Tietz-Buck: Johann Winckler (1642–1705). Beginnings of a Lutheran Pietist. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-55836-2 (Work on the History of Pietism, Volume 50).
• Winckler, Johann, a famous Evangelical scholar of God. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 57, Leipzig 1748, columns 516-526.

Web links

Commons : Johann Winckler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Johann Winckler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by and about Johann Winckler in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Claudia Tietz: Johann Winckler (1642–1705) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, p. 45.

predecessor	Office	successor
Georg Hacke	Chief Pastor to St. Michaelis 1684–1705	Peter Theodor Seelmann