Georg Conrad Maickler

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Georg Conrad Maickler (born October 31, 1574 in Endersbach , † May 27, 1647 in Cannstatt ) was a Protestant pastor and neo-Latin poet.

Georg Conrad Maickler portrait in the Fellbach City Museum

Life

Born as the son of the evangelical pastor of Endersbach , he grew up in the local rectory and attended the elementary school in his home village, from 1589 the Latin school in Schorndorf , and finally the monastery schools in Königsbronn and Bebenhausen . After studying theology at the Tübingen Abbey , which he completed with a master's degree in 1598, and the vicariate in Schorndorf, he took up the pastor's post in Fellbach in 1610 , which he held until his death in 1647. In addition to his work as a pastor, he devoted himself to literature. As a convent student he had already written a larger poem in Latin, The Sacred Story of Susanna , which was printed in Tübingen and received a great deal of applause and recognition from his contemporaries.

While studying in Tübingen he wrote another Latin poem, The Story of the Childhood of Jesus , for which he was awarded the dignity of Poeta laureatus et coronatus from Dresden in 1603 . His largest and most important work, Myrrhae-Poterium (Der Myrrhenbecher), was written in Fellbach and deals with the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in 5 books. In 1635 it was printed in an anthology together with other works in Tübingen; one copy is in the possession of the Fellbach City Archives.

When the plague broke out in Fellbach in June 1626, Maickler's own family fell victim to the plague. In August, his maid died first, then his wife Margaretha, followed by their daughter Juditha in January 1627. The place also suffered from the events of the Thirty Years' War . After the battle of Nördlingen in 1634 there were looting and other atrocities by marauding soldiers. In October Maickler fled behind the safe walls of the imperial city of Esslingen and returned to Fellbach for Advent. When the plague broke out again in 1635, Maickler lost family members again: his now third wife and his 18-year-old son from his first marriage died. Maickler later processed the horrors he had experienced in his elegy about the lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah . In 1636 he entered into a fourth marriage with the sister of the astronomer Johannes Kepler .

In the meantime the Duchy of Württemberg had become a theater of war. The French, Swedes and Imperialists devastated the country, while Maickler continued to do his service in Fellbach and conscientiously kept the church records . After 37 years of service, he died of a stroke in Cannstatt , which he had sought out to avoid the withdrawal of the armed armies. on the following Sunday he was buried in Fellbach.

Appreciations

Plaque at the Fellbach rectory

Maickler's congregation donated an epitaph to him that hangs in Fellbach's Luther Church to this day . In addition to the Ascension of Christ, it shows the portrait of Maickler as well as his four wives and a total of ten children. At the old rectory in Fellbach, a plaque commemorates Maickler as a former resident of the house. The crucifixion group donated by Maickler in 1611 for the then newly built cemetery is now in the tower of the Luther Church. Furthermore, a street and a primary school in Fellbach are named after Maickler. In addition, the bell cast in 1625 in the tower of the Luther Church bears his name.

Works

  • Epulum illustrious , Tübingen 1600.
  • Epulum illustrious , Tübingen 1603.
  • Panegyricus de vita et obitu Lucae Osiandri , Tübingen 1606. (Festschrift for Lucas Osiander )
  • Jesu Christi Theandri Salvatoris mundi Myrrhae-Poterium , Tübingen 1616.
  • Arcus Jonathae, such a panegyricus on the death of the Duke of Würtemberg , Stuttgart 1623.
  • Threni Davidici qui sunt Psalmi poenitentiales carmine elegiaco exhibiti , Tübingen 1628.
  • Historia Susannae , 1632.
  • Liber de nativitate Christi et ecloga de nomine Jesu , 1632.
  • Liber Psalmorum et precationum , 1632.
  • Poemata sacra , Tübingen 1635.
  • Cithara D. Jesu Christi Septichorda , Stuttgart 1643.
  • Threni Jeremiae una cum psalmis tribus elegiaco carmine conversi , Tübingen 1646.

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personal data
SURNAME Maickler, Georg Conrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maicler, Georg Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and neo-Latin poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1574
PLACE OF BIRTH Endersbach
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1647
Place of death Cannstatt