Michael Förtsch

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Michael Förtsch

Michael Förtsch also: Foertsch, Foertschius , (* July 24, 1654 in Wertheim ; † April 4, 1724 in Jena ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Michael was a son of the red tanner and councilor Jakob Förtsch (* October 24, 1599 in Wertheim; † November 29, 1659 there) and his wife Margaretha Elwert, who was married on October 18, 1638 (also: Elbert , * June 19, 1618 in Wertheim, buried December 6, 1693 ibid). His parents had lost their house and farm in the Thirty Years War . Despite the resulting poverty of the family, some of the seven sons who emerged from the marriage later became important. Michael’s brothers, the theologian Philipp Jakob Förtsch (1646–1691) and the physician, as well as the composer Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652–1732) are said to be named here . Michael himself attended the Latin school in his birthplace and at the age of ten he first became a choirboy in Durlach . In 1665 he received a scholarship from the margraves of Baden-Durlach and attended the Illustre grammar school , where Johannes Fecht and Johann Gerhard Arnold were his teachers.

On July 22, 1672 he enrolled at the University of Strasbourg to study theology. Here Elias Obrecht (1653–1698), Johann Joachim Zentgraf , Johannes Faust (1632–1695), Isaak Faust (1631–1702), Balthasar Bebel and Sebastian Schmidt became his formative teachers. On November 5, 1677, he moved to the University of Jena . Here he continued his training with Johannes Musaeus , Friedemann Bechmann , Johann Wilhelm Baier and Caspar Sagittarius (historian) . Finally in 1679 he moved to the University of Helmstedt , where Hermann Conring and Gerhard Titius (1620–1681) shaped his further education. After flying visits to the University of Leipzig with Johann Adam Scherzer and at the University of Altdorf with Johann Christoph Wagenseil and Johann Christoph Sturm , he returned to Strasbourg in 1680.

Here he was supposed to practice preaching on the ducal orders and in 1681 should have got a job as a preacher at the Strasbourg Cathedral . However, as a result of the French reunification policy of Louis XIV , the ecclesiastical institution came into Catholic hands. In 1681 the Margrave of Baden-Durlach appointed him as court deacon in Durlach. On October 7, 1682, he enrolled at the University of Gießen , where he defended the work Ostensio summaria analogia fidei under Kilian Rudrauff (1627–1690) on November 30, 1682 and thus acquired a licentiate in theology. In 1683 he became a high school professor of theology at the Illustre high school in Durlach and obtained his doctorate in theology in Gießen in 1686 . Since his property burned when the French invaded Durlach in 1688, he switched to the position of superintendent in Lahr / Black Forest in 1688 , where he also held the position of court preacher and councilor.

In 1695 he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Tübingen . After he had matriculated here on February 6, 1696, he took over the task and was appointed superintendent of the alumni of the Tübingen Abbey. There the Giessen doctorate Förtsch was not uncritical. Nevertheless, he was able to establish himself in Tübingen. He also participated in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the alma mater in the summer semesters 1699 and 1704 . Since he had the first right to the Tübingen Chancellery in his professorship and was passed over during the occupation, he was compensated in 1703 with the prelature of the Lorch monastery . Facing new challenges, in 1705 he accepted an appointment as general superintendent and professor of theology at the University of Jena. Here he was able to devote himself to other tasks in the context of the Lutheran Orthodox faith tradition. He also took part in the organizational tasks at Jena University. He was dean of the theological faculty several times and in the winter semesters 1706, 1710, 1716 and 1720 rector of the Salana .

Förtsch was married three times. His first marriage was with Sophie Barbara Laiblin, the daughter of the Baden-Durlach chamber councilor Georg Laiblin. After her death in 1696 he entered into a second marriage with Klara Hedwig Hilger († July 26, 1715 in Jena). He concluded a third marriage in Jena in 1716 with Maria Christina Slevogt, the daughter of the Jena medical professor Johann Adrian Slevogt . There are three sons from his first marriage who died young. His daughter Augusta Katharina Förtsch (* December 30, 1683, † 1725) married on October 10, 1702 with the pastor Johann Philipp Storr . Another daughter from his first marriage married the theologian Johann Reinhard Rus .

Works (selection)

  • Christianity, silent in God, with its interest, contra Quietistas. Frankfurt 1696
  • Ambrosii Fpiscopi Mediol. de officiis Libri III. Stuttgart 1698
  • Dissertationum theologicarum Decas. Tubingen 1704
  • Selectorum Theologicorum. PI II. & III. Jena
  • Breviarium controversiarum praecipuarum ac modernarum. Jena 1706
  • Manductio ad theologiam comparativam. Jena 1713
  • Kurtzer report from internal occupation to teaching and preaching office. Jena 1715
  • Age and Glory of Christianity. Jena 1715
  • Kurtzes and sincere concern about the proposed union of Protestants at Tübingen. Jena 1722

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Förtsch, Jakob. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Hans Stiehl: The red tanner Jakob Förtsch d. J. in Wertheim and his seven sons. Historical Association Alt-Wertheim, 1930
  3. ↑ Gustav C. Knod: The old matriculations of the University of Strasbourg 1621 to 1793. Karl J. Trübner, Strasbourg 1897, p. 645
  4. ↑ Reinhold Jauernig, Marga Steiger: The register of the University of Jena. 1652 to 1723. Hermann Böhlhaus, Weimar 1977, Volume 2, p. 269
  5. ^ Ernst Klewitz, Karl Ebel: The register of the University of Giessen 1608–1707. J. Ricker, Giessen 1898, column 90
  6. ^ Hermann Schüling: The dissertations and habilitation theses of the University of Giessen 1650–1700. Bibliography. KG Saur, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-598-10336-0 , p. 196 ( online )
  7. ^ Albert Bürk, Wilhelm Wille: The register of the University of Tübingen. H. Laupp, Tübingen 1953, Volume 2 (1600-1700), p. 437
  8. ↑ Wolfram Angerbauer: The Chancellery at the University of Tübingen and its owners 1590-1817. JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1972, ISBN 3-16-833471-5
personal data
SURNAME Förtsch, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foertsch, Michael; Foertschius, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH Wertheim
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1724
Place of death Jena