Matthäus Blöchinger

Matthäus Blöchinger

Matthäus Blöchinger (also: Plochinger, Blochinger, Plöchinger, Blocher ; * 1520 in Wittenberg , † December 17, 1584 in Kemberg ) was a German mathematician, philologist and Lutheran theologian.

Life

Matthäus Plochinger was born as the son of the sexton at the Wittenberg Castle Church Georg (Matthäus) Blochinger and his wife Anna († February 26, 1568 in Wittenberg). In 1526, Blöchinger was enrolled as a student under the rectorate of Justus Jonas the Elder at the University of Wittenberg . After he had completed the preparatory school for a degree, he advanced to the Baccalaureus on April 28, 1538 and acquired the academic degree of a Magister of World Wisdom on September 4, 1544 . On May 1, 1545 he was accepted into the Senate of the Faculty of Philosophy and, after the Wittenberg surrender, became a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy. He taught Latin grammar in the pedagogical professorship.

After Sebastian Theodoricus was promoted to the professorship of higher mathematics in 1560, he switched to his better-paid professorship of lower mathematics. Blochinger strove for a highly respected theological position. He attended the theological lectures of Martin Luther , Justus Jonas the Elder, and Johannes Bugenhagens from an early age . In doing so, he acquired such skills that in 1565 he was given the extraordinary professorship of the Hebrew language. During his time as a university teacher in Wittenberg, he held the office of Dean of the Wittenberg Academy in the winter semester of 1553 and 1568, and also in the winter semester of 1557 .

After Matthias Wanckel died as provost and first superintendent of Kemberg, the Elector of Saxony made Blöchinger his successor. For this purpose, Plochinger was ordained on April 10, 1571 by Friedrich Widebram in Wittenberg and assigned to his office on April 14, 1571 in the presence of the delegates from the Wittenberg University and representatives of the Wittenberg consistory . During his tenure, Blochinger experienced, among other things, the convent in Torgau and the swearing-in on the concord formula in 1574 . He signed both creeds and thereby professed Lutheran orthodoxy .

In addition to his sermons in the Kemberger St. Marienkirche, he taught the pastors under him and supervised the schools of the Kemberger ephorie .

family

Blochinger was married twice. His first marriage was his before 1557 with Maria NN († March 6, 1570 in Wittenberg). His second marriage was on October 31, 1581 in Wittenberg with Anna Vogel from Torgau. From these marriages are known:

1. Georgius Blochinger † 1558 in Wittenberg
2. Anna Blochinger ⚭ June 27, 1587, the student Johann Hau from Halle, 2nd marriage to Sylvester Köthmann (Cöleman) Pf. In Rotta and Meuro
3. Elisabeth Blochinger * January 16, 1562 in Wittenberg ⚭ October 31, 1581 in Wittenberg the deacon M. Andreas Jagenteufel
4. Dorothea Blochinger ⚭ Daniel Parnier (Parninus), Mayor Kemberg
5. Ernst Blochinger * January 17, 1564 in Wittenberg
6. Johannes Blochinger * December 18, 1565 in Wittenberg
7. Jacobus Blochinger * Kemberg, May 23, 1586 UWB, Procurator in Wurzen
8. Daughter NN ⚭ Johann Amseder, pastor in Rotta.

His descendants donated to him a wooden epitaph on the north pillar in front of the altar in the Kemberger St. Marienkirche with his image at the age of 64 years (the year of his death) and the inscription:

Hanc effigiem Reverendi, Clarissimi & Doctissimi Viri, Domini Matthaei Blochingeri, olim Professoribus Matheseos Wittebergae Ann. XXIII. Publici, & Praepositi ac Superintendentis hujus ecclesiae Kembergensis An. X fidelissmi, renovari curaverunt, & denuo vere omnibus innotescere voluerunt Genri ejus, M. Sylvester Colemannus, ante biennium An. XIII. Rottaviensis, jam Meuroviensis ecclesiae Pastor: & Daniel Parnirus, Consul hujus Civitatis, mariti honestissimarum feminarum; Annae & Dorotheae Blochinger arum; nec non idem nobiscum ex animo voluti Filius germanus, Jacobus Blochingerus, civis & Procurator communis dioeceseos Würzensis, cujus optimi, serque bene meriti Virianima sit in benedictone divina, & tum pietas, tum excellentia in optimum omnium sempiterna memoria. IV. Non. Novembre Anno Christi 1621

literature

• Julius Köstlin : The Baccaulaurei and Magistri . Hall 1890
• Karl Eduard Förstemann : Album Academiae Vitebergensis . Leipzig 1841
• Album Academiae Vitebergensis Volume Secundum , Halle (Saale) 1894
• Theodor Wotschke : From Wittenberg church registers . In: Archive for Reformation History (ARG) No. 115/116 XXIX Volume 3–4,
• Gottlieb Müller : That is the greatest consolation for a teacher when he feels the fruits of his office; Inaugural sermon on Sundays Sexagesimä 1751; together with a brief life story of the provost of Kemberg. Wittenberg 1751,
• Balthasar Mencci: Historica Narratio de Septem Electoribus… 1577 Frankfurt
• Parish Book of the Church Province of Saxony Volume 1, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-374-02083-6
• Blochinger, Matthäus. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 3, Leipzig 1752, column 1412.
• Johann Heinrich Feustking : The life of the first married preacher, Bartholomai Bernhardi von Feldkirchen , Wittenberg 1705
• Karl Pallas : The registries of the church visits in the former Saxon spa district . First part, hall 1906
• Helmar Junghans: Directory of the rectors, vice-rectors, deans, professors and castle church preachers of Leucorea from the summer semester 1536 to the winter semester 1574/75. In: Irene Dingel, Günther Wartenberg : Georg Major (1502–1574) - A theologian of the Wittenberg Reformation. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02332-0

Individual evidence

1. ^ Church register Kemberg