Johannes Criginger
Johannes Criginger (also Krüginger and the like; * August or September 1521 in Sankt Joachimsthal ; † December 27, 1571 in Marienberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian , cartographer and writer .
Life
Criginger was born as the son of Ulrich Krüginger (Criginger). In November 1538 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg , where Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon worked. In the summer semester of 1540 he moved to the University of Leipzig and in 1541 to the University of Tübingen . From 1543 he was temporarily schoolmaster in Crimmitschau and then went back to Wittenberg , where on September 4, 1544 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in liberal arts .
In 1547 we find him as court preacher of Count Lorenz Schlick in Luditz and in 1548 he followed a call as a deacon to Marienberg, where he married Ursula, a daughter of Hans Meyner, from Nebanitz near Eger in the same year . There he rose in the church hierarchy in 1551 to archdeacon and in 1559 to pastor at the Marienkirche , which office he administered until his death.
Criginger stood out as the author of two Bible dramas. These have a social claim and in their transferred didactics arouse trust in God, piety and the hope of salvation in the audience. Criginger also appeared as a cartographer. His cards, e.g. B. a map of Saxony from 1567 and a map of Bohemia from 1569 were used in the editions of various other cartographers.
When his wife died in 1571, he remarried.
literature
- Wilhelm Scherer: Krüginger, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 236 f.
- Viktor Hantzsch: Criginger, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 556-562.
- Ernst Kähler : Criginger, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 415 ( digitized version ).
- Manfred Knedlik: Krüginger (Criginger), Johannes. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 873-874.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 1. Marriage book of St. Joachimsthal 1531–1554. Editor: Lutz Kühnl. Association of Sudeten German Family Researchers, Regensburg 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Criginger, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crigingerus, Johannes; Krüger, Johannes; Criginger, Johann; Krueger, Johann; Kringerius, Johann; Krüginger, Johann; Kruginger, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian, cartographer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1521 or September 1521 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Joachimsthal |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1571 |
| Place of death | Marienberg |