Joseph Schaitberger

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Joseph Schaitberger

Joseph Schaitberger (born March 19, 1658 in Dürrnberg near Hallein , Archbishopric Salzburg , † October 3, 1733 in Nuremberg ) was a Protestant believer and miner.

Life

Joseph Schaitberger was expelled from the country as a heretic in 1686 and came to Nuremberg. There he wrote so-called evangelical letters, which were mainly addressed to his Lutheran compatriots and fellow believers on the Dürrnberg, in the Defreggertal in Salzburg at the time, and to the Salzburg residents living in exile . The first edition, comprising all 24 letters, appeared after 1710 and was widely used in southern Germany. Theologically, the letters were firmly rooted in Lutheran orthodoxy .

Through his letters, Schaitberger had become the spiritual leader of the evangelical population of the archbishopric and contributed significantly to the fact that around 26,000 Salzburgers, when Archbishop Firmian forced them to choose between faith and home through his emigration patent, decided to emigrate. His well-known and widespread song, “ Ich bin ein poor Exulant ” , which he once composed himself as a consolation, later accompanied the Salzburg emigrants on their way to what was then East Prussia .

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SURNAME Schaitberger, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant believer and miner
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1658
PLACE OF BIRTH Dürrnberg near Hallein
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1733
Place of death Nuremberg