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(Jul 13, 1642, Golzern, Saxony – Apr 5, 1705, Hamburg). After studying in Leipzig and Jena, Winckler worked as a private tutor in Tübingen, then held pastoral office in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (1671), Braubach (1672), Darmstadt (1676), Mannheim (1678), and Wertheim (1679); in 1684 ¶ he was appointed chief pastor of Sankt Michaelis in Hamburg, and in 1699 senior pastor of Hamburg. As one of P.J. Spener’s closest friends, he defended the Collegia pietatis and was a spokesman for Pietism in the Hamburg controversies. He did, however, attack the chiliasm of…