Johannes Wanckel
Johannes Conrad Wanckel (born January 12, 1553 in Kemberg ; † June 11, 1616 in Wittenberg ) was a German historian.
Life
Johannes Wanckel was the son of the Kemberger provost Matthias Wanckel and his second wife Elisabeth, daughter of the Schmiedeberg mayor Paul Leffler.
Johannes Wanckel initially attended school in his hometown. After his father found his son to have a certain talent, he sent him from June 9, 1566 to March 15, 1572 to the electoral state school St. Augustin in Grimma.
The school, under the leadership of Adam Siber , developed into a forge for the Saxon pastors and civil servants. In a tightly organized daily routine, the students were mainly taught knowledge of religion and ancient languages. In addition, the Artes Liberales , rhetoric , dialectics , music and poetics were taught. After Wanckel had left the state high school, he had the necessary qualifications to start studying at a university.
Like his father, he decided to attend the University of Wittenberg , where he enrolled on June 5, 1566. On March 11, 1575 he acquired the academic degree of a master’s degree and in the following year received an appointment to the city school of Torgau, where he worked for 18 years as vice rector . At the school he had earned an excellent reputation through his arduous work, so that the Saxon administrator Duke Friedrich Wilhelm drew him to his court in 1595 and taught it in Latin.
During this time he translated Martin Luther's house postil and other books into Latin and taught himself French, Italian and Spanish. After Christian II of Saxony took over his government, the former administrator returned to his hereditary lands and gave Wanckel free to come with him. But he refused and stayed for a few years as a private citizen in Torgau, where he devoted himself to literary work.
The death of Lorenz Rhodomann left a certain hole in the history professorship at the Wittenberg Academy. That is why Wanckel was remembered and appointed as a professor of history at the philosophical faculty of the Wittenberg University, where he accepted his new role on April 27, 1606. From now on he read about Philipp Melanchthon's chronicle, explained “De quatuor summis imperiis” (1556) by Johannes Sleidanus and in front of a few listeners the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus .
His view of history was based on the examples offered by everyday life situations, whereby with the older view of history he made sure to strive for a chronological - auxiliary scientific preparation. During a time as a Wittenberg professor, he administered the dean's office of the philosophical faculty and in 1614 was the rector's office of the Wittenberg academy. He became so saddened by the death of his wife that he fell ill and died at the age of 63. He was buried on June 12, 1616 in Wittenberg.
family
He married Barbara on November 24, 1579 in Torgau (born April 23, 1543 in Torgau; † August 1, 1612 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the citizen and trader of Torgau, Erasmus Sachse and the widow of the town judge of Freiberg , Bernard Hanemann. There are two sons and two daughters from this marriage:
- Elisabeth Wanckel, married. with NN. Springsfelt in Dresden
- Barbara Wanckel, married. with NN. Hardkopf in Hadeln
- Johannes Wanckel II.
- Matthias Wanckel, from Wittenberg
In his second marriage on January 19, 1613 in Wittenberg, he had Anna Maria († May 29, 1616 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the royal Kolbergian personal medicine physician Dr. Peter Bien (Apian) married. Two daughters emerged from this marriage.
His nephew is Ambrosius Rhode .
Selection of works
- Hyperaspists Prinsciani vapulantis contra Joh.Rhenium, Wittenberg 1614
- Mellisicii historici supplementum, 1611
- Disputation. De Ahasvero, Esthere marito
- Praecationes & cantiones S.
literature
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Volume 2, R 1892 and R 1972
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholars - Lexicon. Volume 4, 1751, Col. 1808
- Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502–1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 .
- Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917
- Matriculation of the University of Wittenberg
- Wanckel, Johann, Master of Philosophy. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 52, Leipzig 1747, column 1925.
- Heinrich Pröhle : Wanckel, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 133 f.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : "Wanckel (ius), Johannes Conrad", in: Important historical personalities of the Dübener Heide, AMF - No. 237, 2012, p. 104.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wanckel, Johannes |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wanckel, Johannes Conrad (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1553 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kemberg |
DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1616 |
Place of death | Wittenberg |