Niklaus Tscheer

Niklaus Tscheer (born August 17, 1671 in Bern , † September 4, 1748 in Duisburg ) was a Swiss pietist and writer .

Life

family

Niklaus Tscheer was the son of the surgeon of the same name Niklaus Tscheer and his wife Anna Maria (née Andres). After 1700 in Magdeburg he married Juliane Elisabeth von Leiningen-Westerburg († November 9, 1756), daughter of Count Friedrich Wilhelm von der Lippe-Biesterfeld , governor of Kassel (1648–1688); they had a son together: Friedrich Joseph von Tscheer (* around 1700, † September 13, 1776 in Duisburg), Dr. med. in Elberfeld .

Career

After studying theology at the high school in Bern , Tscheer did not take up the helper position in Abländschen near Saanen in 1699, after the great Bernese Pietist trial, in protest against the suppression of Pietism in the canton of Bern and emigrated voluntarily. At first he stayed near Ernst Christoph Hochmann von Hochenau , later he went to Hesse , where he was involved in radical pietist circles; later he lived in the Lower Rhine region as a freelance writer.

Writing

In his works, Niklaus Tscheer promoted an internal, non-denominational Christianity. In 1710 he anonymously published the writing Fürbilder the deviations of Israel according to the flesh . He was friends with Gerhard Tersteegen and a follower of Jakob Boehle , whose works he edited in a selection .

Fonts (selection)

Illustration of the hidden man of the heart. Regelin, Heliopolis 1701.
Jesus Immanuel's Divine Love Story. Amsterdam 1705.
For images of the deviations of Israel according to the flesh. 1710.
The sayings and words of Jesus Christ. Johann Georg Böttiger, Duisburg 1726.
Kurtze and resolute declaration of a loyal Schweitzer, on the false accusation of Christiani Democriti, sincere Protestants, and orthodox annihilatoris of the microcosmic new creation. Frankfurt am Main / Leipzig 1734.

Web links

Rudolf Dellsperger : Niklaus Tscheer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Johann Heinrich Jung: Theobald or the enthusiasts. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
↑ Historical Family Lexicon of Switzerland - Persons. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
↑ Erich Kuss: The Vorster family. September 4, 2012, accessed August 11, 2020 .
↑ Hieronymus Annoni, Hildegard Gantner-Schlee, Michael Knieriem: On the trail of right faith: an educational journey through Alsace, the Netherlands, Bohemia and Germany. Hieronymus Annoni's travel diary from 1736 . Theological Verlag Zurich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17373-9 ( google.de [accessed on August 11, 2020]).
↑ Isabelle Noth: Ecstatic Pietism: the Inspirationsgemeinden and their prophet Ursula Meyer (1682-1743) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005, ISBN 978-3-525-55831-7 ( google.de [accessed on August 11, 2020]).
↑ Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Pietismus und Neuzeit Volume 16 - 1991 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1991, ISBN 978-3-525-55888-1 ( google.de [accessed on August 11, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Tscheer, Niklaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tscheer, Nikolaus; Tscheer, Niclaus; Tscher, Niklaus; Scheer, Niklaus; Cheer, Niklaus; de Scheer, Niklaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Vogt, Banner Lord and Governor
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1671
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bern
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 1748
Place of death	Duisburg

[1] Johann Heinrich Jung: Theobald or the enthusiasts. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .

[2] Historical Family Lexicon of Switzerland - Persons. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .

[3] Erich Kuss: The Vorster family. September 4, 2012, accessed August 11, 2020 .

[4] Hieronymus Annoni, Hildegard Gantner-Schlee, Michael Knieriem: On the trail of right faith: an educational journey through Alsace, the Netherlands, Bohemia and Germany. Hieronymus Annoni's travel diary from 1736 . Theological Verlag Zurich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17373-9 ( google.de [accessed on August 11, 2020]).

[5] Isabelle Noth: Ecstatic Pietism: the Inspirationsgemeinden and their prophet Ursula Meyer (1682-1743) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005, ISBN 978-3-525-55831-7 ( google.de [accessed on August 11, 2020]).

[6] Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Pietismus und Neuzeit Volume 16 - 1991 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1991, ISBN 978-3-525-55888-1 ( google.de [accessed on August 11, 2020]).