Introduction

Biography

Johann was the son of Gott­fried Winck­ler, town clerk of Luc­ka.

He be­came a theo­lo­gy stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig, when Au­gust Francke and J. C. Schade were hold­ing their Bi­ble read­ings, and his sym­pa­thies there­af­ter were with the Pie­tist move­ment.

In 1692, he was ap­point­ed preach­er to St. George’s Hos­pi­tal at Mag­de­burg, and af­ter­noon preach­er at St. Peter’s Church there. He be­came chap­lain to the Prince Chris­tian Lud­wig Re­gi­ment in 1695, and went with it to Hol­land and It­aly.

After the Peace of Rys­wijk in 1697, he toured Hol­land and Eng­land. Re­turn­ing to Mag­de­burg, he was ap­point­ed in 1698 di­a­co­nus of the ca­thed­ral there, and in 1703 in­spect­or of the Holz­kreis. In 1714, he be­came chief preach­er at the ca­thed­ral, and in 1716, Con­sis­tor­i­al­rath.