Johann Fischer (theologian)

The following year, it attracted the attention of Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, who brought him there as a deacon.

With the support of King Charles XI, he reformed the church system, despite the continuing influence of Prussia.

He became an advocate for absolutism in 1687, and was awarded a lifetime income from the royal estates in Lindenhof (now Priekuļi Municipality).

Three years later, he was named Professor of Theology at the University of Dorpat, although the Swedish Church Law of 1686 placed severe limits on the activities of Baltic-Germans.

He returned to Lübeck, where he was one of six candidates for Superintendent of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church [de], but failed to win the necessary votes.