Melchior Kirchhofer
Melchior Kirchhofer (born January 3, 1775 in Schaffhausen ; † February 13, 1853 in Stein am Rhein ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor and church historian.
Life
The offspring of a bourgeois family of the city of Schaffhausen studied in Marburg , where he lived with Jung-Stilling . After ordination as a clergyman in 1797, he became pastor of Schlatt in 1798. From 1808 to 1853 he was pastor in Stein am Rhein ( Canton Schaffhausen ). From 1809 he was also school inspector for the Stein district, and from 1833 a church councilor.
In 1840 Kirchhofer received an honorary doctorate from the theological faculty in Marburg.
Kirchhofer made a name for himself primarily as a Reformation historian.
Works
- Sebastian Wagner called Hofmeister. A contribution to the history of the Swiss Reformation, along with a word about the spirit of the Reformers. Zurich 1808.
- Oswald Myconius, Antistes of the Basler Church. Zurich 1809.
- Wernher Steiner, citizen of Zug and Zurich. Winterthur 1818.
- Core of the Swiss Reformation history. Schaffhausen 1819.
- New year's gifts for the youth of the canton of Schaffhausen. Schaffhausen 1822–43.
- Truth and poetry. Collection of Swiss proverbs. Zurich 1824 ( online on Wikimedia Commons ).
- Bertold Haller or the Reformation of Bern. Zurich 1828.
- Wilhelm Farel's life from the sources. 2 volumes. Zurich 1831–33; English translation London 1837.
- The oldest donations to the monastery of All Saints in Schaffhausen. Zurich 1851.
literature
- Karl Hirrlinger: Melchior Kirchhofer as Steiner pastor. In: Steiner Anzeiger. 1999, No. 24 (not viewed).
- Ingeborg Schnack (Ed.): A Swiss student in Marburg 1794/95. Melchior Kirchhofer's diary from Schaffhausen . Marburg 1988 (not viewed).
- Susanne Siebert: Kirchhofer, Melchior. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 1517-1518.
- Paul Tschackert : Kirchhofer, Melchior . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 11.
Web links
Wikisource: Melchior Kirchhofer - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Melchior Kirchhofer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans Ulrich Bächtold: Kirchhofer, Melchior. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Relationship to Jung-Stilling (PDF)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kirchhofer, Melchior |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss reformed pastor and church historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1775 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1853 |
Place of death | Stone at the Rhein |