Johann Georg Birnstiel

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Johann Georg Birnstiel (28 March 28 1858 – 31 October 1927) was a Swiss writer and minister of the

Biography

Birnstiel was born and raised in

On 14 June 1882 he married Nina Dürst in Andelfingen.

In 1881 Birnstiel was appointed as a Swiss Reformed pastor in Schönengrund. In 1888 he moved to Arbon, near Lake Constance, and started a new church there. He suffered from a stroke in 1913 and retired from ministry and spent the rest of his life as a writer. His writing included autobiographies, history books, and religious and theological works. In 1920, he moved to Romanshorn, where he died seven years later. ^[1]

Bibliography

• Zwingli als Charakter, Swiss Association for Free Christianity, Zurich 1907.
• Aus dem Heimatdorfe: Jugenderinnerungen, Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1916.
• Am Wege: von Kleinigkeiten, die Grosses sagen, Beer, Zurich 1920.
• Aus meinen Kantonsschul- und Studentenjahren, Schneider, Leipzig, St. Gallen 1920.
• Sonnwende über dem Iltishag: Eine Geschichte aus dem Oberen Toggenburg, Stutz, Wädenswil 1920.
• Aus sieben guten Jahren: Appenzeller-Erinnerungen, Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1920.
• Rudi Bürkis Auszug und Heimkehr: Aus den Tagen des schweizerischen Bauernkrieges: from the days of the Swiss peasant war , Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1922.
• Sonne und Wolken überm Jugendland: (Selbsterlebtes und Nacherzähltes): Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1923.
• Jakob Rümmelis schwere Wahl: Erzählung aus dem Weltkrieg, Association for dissemination of good writings, Bern 1925.
• Glückauf, der Heimat zu! Ein Bilderbuch fürs Kirchenjahr, Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1926.
• Unterm grünen Baum: Plaudereien und Erinnerungen eines alten Pfarrers, Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1927.
• Letzte Ernte: grossväterliche Plaudereien, Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1929.

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