Michael Rackelmann

Michael Rackelmann (also: Rakelmann ; * around 1554 in Weida ; † September 1610 in Meißen ) was a German educator and Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

Nothing is known about Rackelmann's origin. Due to the fact that he describes himself as coming from Weida in later records, it can be assumed that this is his place of birth. It first became tangible when he matriculated at the University of Leipzig in the summer semester of 1570 . Here he will first have attended philosophical lectures in accordance with the customs of the time. In October 1576 he moved to the University of Wittenberg , where he continued his education, on March 4, 1578, he acquired the academic degree of Master of Philosophy. In 1580 he became a deacon of the small town of Zahna . Drawn more to school service, on December 22, 1585, he switched to the Kreuzschule in Dresden as rector .

During the founding times of the Evangelical-Lutheran Saxon Church, he had to fend off some envious people here. He was defamed for being a follower of the theology of John Calvin . Since such accusations of cryptocalvinism in Saxony at the time led to persecution and even to execution, the Dresden council members decided to release him from this position on February 8, 1589. However, due to his beliefs, he was later able to prove that he was a good Lutheran. Since he was no longer employed and still had to support his family, he accepted an appointment as rector at the Katharineum in Lübeck in October 1589 , where he succeeded Pancraz Krüger . Wanting to return to his Saxon homeland, on April 27, 1593 he took over the position of vice-principal at the electoral Saxon rural school St. Afra in Meißen . He died here as a senior and was buried in Meißen on September 14, 1610.

family

From his marriage to Magdalena Erithraeus, the daughter of Magister Georg Erithraeus, there are children. We know of these:

1. So. Urban Rackelmann (* around 1585 in Zahna; † 1638 Zscheila (Pest)) Kreuzschule Dresden, Gym. Lübeck, September 25, 1599 - September 26, 1605 kurf. Saxon. Ls. St. Afra Meissen, Summer-Sem. 1603 Uni. Leipzig (dep.), March 1606 Uni. Wittenberg, March 15, 1607 Mag.phil. ibid., May 2nd. 1610 ord. Wittenberg, 1610 Deacon. Seyda, 1612 Rev. Plossig, 1615 Rev. Zscheila;
2. So. Johannes Rackelmann (* 1588 Lübeck; † May 18, 1620 in Meißen) 1603 kurf. Ls. St. Afra Meissen, Summer-Sem. 1607 Uni. Leipzig, April 26, 1610 Uni. Wittenberg, 1613 Rev. Frauenhain, 1615 Rev. Schönfeld,
3. Michael (born February 25, 1594 in Meißen),
4. To. Magdalena married 1609 the Rev. in Wendischbora Paul Forster

literature

• Rackelmann, Michael. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 30, Leipzig 1741, column 498.
• Johann August Müller: Attempt of a complete history of the Chursächsische Fürsten- und Landschule zu Meissen, from documents and credible news. Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, Leipzig, 1789, vol. 2
• Veronika Albrecht-Birkner : Pastors book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2008, ISBN 978-3-374-02139-0 , vol. 7, p. 24 (the assignment he would have last worked in Seyda is incorrect)
• Matriculation of the University of Leipzig and Wittenberg & Pfb. Saxony

predecessor	Office	successor
Pancraz Kruger	Rector of the Katharineum in Lübeck 1589–1593	Otto Walper