Joseph Ignaz Zimmermann

Joseph Ignaz Zimmermann SJ (born October 15, 1737 in Schenkon , † January 9, 1797 in Merenschwand ) was a Swiss pedagogue , theologian and writer .

Life

In 1766, after being ordained a priest, Zimmermann took up the position of professor of rhetoric at the Solothurn high school . After a teaching position in Munich , he was appointed to the grammar school in Lucerne on October 26, 1774, just one month after the Jesuit order was abolished , where he taught as a professor of rhetoric. Lucerne city pastor Thaddäus Müller called him, along with Franz Regis Krauer, one of the two most important Lucerne school reformers at the end of the 18th century.

Works (selection)

• The friendly muses , Verlag J. Wolff, 1773 ( digital copy )
• The young housekeeper , Verlag Anich, 1807
• Letters for boys from a small moral academy , Ph. J. Scherer, 1772
• Erlach's Death: A Patriotic Tragedy in Five Acts , 1790
• The German Latin: A practical textbook for beginners , Verlag Salzmann, 1787

literature

• Anna Bütikofer: State and Knowledge. Origins of the modern Swiss education system in the discourse of the Helvetic Republic . (PDF) Bern 2004, p. 111 (footnote)
• Reto Caluori: Joseph Ignaz Zimmermann . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 2149.
• Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer :  Zimmermann, Joseph Ignaz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 661-665.
• Georgios Fatouros :  carpenter, Josef Ignaz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 503-504.

Web links

• Paul Oberholzer: Zimmermann, Joseph Ignaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .