Samuel Preiswerk (
Rümlingen
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Rümlingen is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Rumelikon''.
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,
19 September
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1799
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–
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
,
13 January 1871
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* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
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was a
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pastor
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and
church hymn poet
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He is the maternal grandfather of
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Biography
Preiswerk was born in 1799, in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, the son of Alexander Preiswerk and Anna Maria Preiswerk.
He studied in Basel and
Erlangen
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. In
Biel-Benken
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Benken is first mentioned in 1259 as ''Beinkon''. It was also known as ''Benken maior'' to distin ...
in 1822 he found work as a
vicar
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. Two years later he became
pastor
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at an
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and in 1828 a teacher in a
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house. During this period he wrote some hymns, which later lead to international recognition. In 1830 he became a pastor in
Muttenz
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Under the Roman Empire a hamlet called Montetum ...
. He was removed as pastor when he refused to conduct pro-revolution
prayers
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. In 1834 he became a teacher at Theological School of the Evangelical Society in
Geneva
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. His ''Hebrew Grammar'' work was released there, written in
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, and went through four editions. Seeking to maintain his connection with representatives of
Edward Irving
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his job was lost in 1837. He moved to Basel in 1839, and in 1840 became a Hebrew teacher and pastor at St. Leonhard Church. From 1859 he was pastor of the
Münster
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parish, later rising to director of the church and school system. In Basel, he published the magazine ''Das Morgenland''. In 1860 he received an honorary
doctorate of theology
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from the
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.
Works (selection)
* ''Hebrew Grammar: Preceded By A Historical Note On The Hebrew Language'' (original French ''Grammaire hébraïque précédé d'un précis historique sur la langue hébraïque'')
* ''Paradigms of the perfect verb, imperfect verbs and nouns of the Hebrew language, taken from Hebrew grammar'' (original French ''Paradigmes du verbe parfait, des verbes imparfaits et des noms de la langue hébraïque, extraits de la grammaire hébraïque'')
* ''The Work is Thine, Lord Jesus Christ'' (original German ''Die Sach ist dein, Herr Hesu Christ'') (1829; MG 427
www.hymntime.com* ''Hark, The Church Proclaims Her Honor'', (original German ''Das ist der Gemeine Stärke'') (1844
Further reading
* Jacob Burckhardt: ''Einsegnungsrede für Samuel Preiswerk in: Die Einsegung des Herrn Samuel Preiswerk'' (1845)
* Hans Fritzsche:
Samuel Preiswerk'. In: ''
Biographical Church Lexicon'' (BBKL). Band 7, Herzberg 1994, , paras. 923–925.
* Unknown author:
Preiswerk, Samuel'. In: ''
General German Biography'' (ADB). Band 26. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 552.
* John Julian: ''Dictionary of Hymnology'' (1907
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References
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Swiss poets
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1799 births
1871 deaths