Leonhard Truog

Leonhard Truog (born May 18, 1760 in Schiers , † April 24, 1848 in Ilanz ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman and historian .

Life

Leonhard Truog came from a family of farmers and attended the village school in Schiers. He was later trained by the parish priest. From 1782 to 1784 he worked as a private tutor in Rodels . In Bondo GR he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod on June 19, 1784 , which allowed him to work as a pastor in the Free State of the Three Leagues . Although he can be found briefly at the Bern Academy, he took over the pastor's position in Thusis in the same year . Appointed to the cantonal church council in 1808, the synod installed Truog as vice dean in 1814 . In 1825 he was appointed Dean of the Gray Covenant . In addition to these offices, he continued to work as a pastor until his death. Truog died on April 24, 1848 in Ilanz at the age of 87.

Truog wrote several historical works about the canton of Graubünden.

Works

• Announcement of a school (1801)
• Patriotic encouragement to connoisseurs and friends of the fatherland (1803)
• New Year's Sermon (1804)
• The dutifully Christian-wise behavior with and in mortal danger: A funeral sermon, delivered in Thusis on May 26th 1806, at the solemn funeral of Sr. Wolerworthy of the pastor Peter Schamaun, who was faithful pastor of honor. Congregation of Avers, on Psalm 69, v. 2 and 3. Along with a description of the life of the eternal one and a speech given at his grave; Dedicated to the sad parish of Avers as proof of respect and sympathy (Luzein 1806)
• History of the Reformation in Graubünden (Chur 1819; digitized version )
• Recollections of my synodal trip this year, and especially of my enjoyable stay in Puschlaf. A correspondence message given to a friend; un but publicly dedicated as a respectful, lasting memory of the honorable reformed parish of Puschlaf and the commendable board of the same (Chur 1825)
• New geography or: detailed and thorough description of this strange country and its inhabitants, with many historical, statistical and topographical remarks (Chur 1826)
• Dean Leonhard Truog's life described by himself (published by Jakob Rudolf Truog ; Schiers 1911)

literature

• Erich Wenneker :  Truog, Leonhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 641-642.
• The dean of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Graubünden. In memory of the Thusner pastor Leonhard Truog, ed. from the Synodal Commission 2011 Thusis, Supplement No. 14 to the Bündner monthly newspaper, Institute for Cultural Research Graubünden Chur 2011, ISBN 978-3-905342-50-5