Johannes Zollikofer

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Johannes Zollikofer, 1691

Johannes Zollikofer von und zu Altenklingen (born December 29, 1633 in St. Gallen , † April 23, 1692 in Herisau ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor .

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Johannes Zollikofer von Altenklingen was born in St. Gallen and studied in Zurich and Basel. At the age of twenty he was called to Geneva as a German preacher. He continued his studies in Oxford and Cambridge.

He worked as a deacon in St. Leonhard and St. Gallen , as a pastor and treasurer in Herisau in Appenzell Ausserrhoden . He was the author, translator and editor of several books.

Depiction of Herisau by Matthäus Merian (from Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae , 1654)

According to the Stemmatologia Sangallensis by Johann Jacob Scherrer (1653-1733), Zollikofer was a preacher from 1653 to 1692, German adjunct in Geneva from 1653 to 1654, German helper in Amsterdam from 1655 to 1655 , Synodalis from 1657 to 1692 , and deacon from 1657 to 1666 St. Leonhard, 1657–1692 Collega Disputat. , 1657-1692 Collega music. , 1660-1660 Bussner Coll. theol. I, 1665-1665 Bussner Coll. theol. II, 1666–1692 pastor in Herisau, (the 13th after the Reformation), 1667–1692 Synodalis of Ausserrhoden, 1671–1692 Camerarius of Ausserrhoden and 1684–1692 Ordinari Marriage Judge of Ausserrhoden.

View into the choir of the Herisau church, where Zollikofer preached 1666–1692 (status 2011)

Zollikofer's sermon The unfortunate fiends wretched condition , delivered on May 5, 1689 in Herisau, printed in the same year in St. Gallen, based on the work Magiologia. Christian warning for the superstition and sorcery of Bartholomäus Anhorn the Younger , in which a critical presentation of magical practices takes place. Witch trials and killings took place in the vicinity of Zollikofer's statements .

His Heavenly Incense Treasure , first published in 1691 , gained popularity as a book of edification for over 150 years.

H. Johannes Zollikofer, Pastor , among others , reads the inscription on a bell cast in 1679 in the Herisau Church.

family

Johannes Zollikofer was a son of Georg Zollikofer (1591–1634) and Judith Schobinger. On November 3, 1657, he married Catharina Gonzenbach (1631–1672), a daughter of Heinrich Gonzenbach and Sabina Zwicker. He had a daughter with her in 1663 who died unbaptized, and in 1665 a daughter, Judith.

In his second marriage, on June 11, 1672, he married Susanna Zollikofer (1644–1685 in Herisau), a daughter of Niklaus Zollikofer and Benigna Zollikofer, and had four children with her: Magdalena (1673–1700 in Amsterdam ), Georg Niklaus (1676– 1706 in East India ), Johannes (* 1681), who died young, and another Johannes (* 1683).

In his third marriage on June 15, 1686, he married Elisabeth Zollikofer (1656-1694), daughter of David Zollikofer and Elisabeth Högger, and had three children with her: David (* 1688), Elisabeth (1690-1694) and Gottlieb (1691) .

Johannes Zollikofer's newly opened, heavenly incense treasure, or complete prayer book, for all times, concerns and statuses. (9th edition, Reutlingen 1865)

Fonts (selection)

  • “ Godly thoughts about the graceful order that can be felt in all unexpected and evocative coincidences in the care and government of God: All sad hearts / especially at these difficult and gloomy times extremely comforting / useful and edifying. Originally described in English by Mr. Johann Wilkins H. Schrifft Doctorn. Anjetzo, however, translated into Hochteutsche with all diligence by Johann Zollikoffer / servants of the churches in Herisau. “Emanuel König and Sons, Basel 1672.
  • " Godly soul exercise / for salutary nosing of the H. Lord's Supper /: Since the salvation-greedy ... soul is prepared .... Besides the English and Dutch writings W. Pemple, S. Simonidis, Hils, & c. ... pulled together / and overlooked again and increased by Johannem Zollikofer / pastor of Herisau. “König, Basel 1683.
  • " Annual monthly and daily home exercises Existing in XXXI. Morning- XXXI. Noon- XXXI. Evening exercises on the articles of Christl. Believe Duties of a Christian Lebes. History of salvation. Font. To negotiate comfortably and extremely useful within a month / since that every day is dedicated to one's exercises: For the other time overlooked / by Johannem Zollikoffer / servants at salvation. Word of God and Cammer at Herisau. Since then quite a few clergymen in a Christian household were added officially at the end. “König, Basel 1685.
  • “ Misera Lamiarum Sors. Or the miserable condition of the unhappy fiends. : In a Christian warning sermon [!] Except for a sad occasion, Sunday the 5th of May / in the year 1689. In the popular parish of Herisau For carried… “St. Gallen 1689.
  • " Christian Wedding Sermons / Of Duty Gottsel. Married couple: Foreducated in the duties of the faithful. Soul against the heavenly bridegroom of Jesus: From the CXLV. Psalm / 11.12 vers. ; Bey marriage of ... Jr Jacob Christoff Scherer / With the ... Ms. Sabina Gontzenbachin; Held in Herisau on the 2nd Christian month / 1690. “Hochreutiner, St. Gallen 1690. Digitized
  • “ The highest bliss of the believer's soul in communion with Christ Jesus: held for in a wedding preaching apart from the Song of Solomon on Cap II. 16. vers. Bey Vermählung Deß ... Herren Herman Höggers / With The ... Jungfr. Elßbeth Riethmänin. In Herisau the 6th Jenner 1691. “Hochreutiner, St. Gallen 1691. Digitized
  • “The newly opened heavenly incense treasure, or, Complete Prayer Book directed to all kinds of times, groups and people, is a conceptual lesson in the use of salvation. Last supper, visiting the sick and preparing the people condemned to death, etc. together with prayers. “Emmanuel and Hans Georg König, Basel 1691.

literature

  • Heidi Eisenhut: Religious Landscape Appenzell. In: Appenzell Yearbooks 2011. S. 31f. Digitized.
  • Manfred Tschaikner: The sorcery and witch trials of the city of St. Gallen. UVK, 2003, p. 18.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Martin Stückelberger: The Appenzell reformed pastorate since the existence of every reformed parish until 1977. Herisau 1977. P. 30. Quoted in: Christian Holziger (Ed.): Ulrich Bräker : Complete writings , 5, commentary and register. CH Beck / Haupt, 2010. p. 515.
  2. ↑ DNB.
  3. ^ Gabriel Walser: New Appenzeller Chronicle or description of the Canton of Appenzell. Less, St. Gallen 1740. p. 85. Online .
  4. ↑ a b Geneal forum.
  5. ↑ See also: Manfred Tschaikner, quoted by Achilles Waishaupt. In: ders. Hexenwahn in Appenzellerland - Various interpretations of the phenomenon of witch hunt. In: St. Galler Tagblatt , June 6, 2007, paras. 8–9. (Retrieved September 14, 2014.)
  6. ↑ See also Roger Fuchs: Beheaded or burned alive. In: St. Galler Tagblatt , April 23, 2011, para. 7f. (Retrieved September 14, 2014.)
  7. ^ New editions: Thurneysen, Basel 1743; Basel 1757, Thurneysen, Basel 1758; ditto 1787 and 1792, 1806; Rupp & Baur, Reutlingen 1841, 1842, 1846, 1851, 1857; Lipincott, Philadelphia 1848 and 1859. Also in English: Fleming, Clarlisle 1833; Ashmead, Philadelphia 1836 and 1838; Martin & Lambert, New York 1838 and 1839 ( digitized version ); William C. Martin, New York 1846 ( digitized version ); Barnes & Noble, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4589-9526-1
  8. ↑ Review In: Hermann Reuter (Ed.): General Repertory for Theological Literature and Church Statistics. Pp. 85, 86.
  9. ^ Arnold Nüscheler-Usteri : The bells, their inscriptions and foundries, in the canton of Appenzell. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher , 14 (1882), p. 10. doi : 10.5169 / seals-258450

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SURNAME Zollikofer, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zollikofer, Johann; Zollikoffer, Johannes; Customs suitcase, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pastor
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1633
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1692
Place of death Herisau