Rudolf Andreas Zippel

Rudolf Andreas Zippel (Lithuanian: Rudolfas Andrius Cipelis; 1813–1894) was a Lutheran priest from East Prussia.

Zippel was born on 30 November 1813 to a family of Lutheran priest in Kallningken (now Kalininkai [lt] in Šilutė District Municipality).

After graduating from the Tilsit Gymnasium [de] in 1833, he enrolled into the University of Königsberg where, among other things, he studied the Lithuanian language in a seminar led by Ludwig Rhesa.

The newspaper ceased publication in December 1849 when Zippel was assigned to Darkehmen (Ozyorsk) much further south where there were very few Lithuanian-speaking residents.

He was buried near the Lutheran church of Prökuls which was destroyed by the Soviet authorities after World War II.

Ruins of the Lutheran church in Darkehmen (now Ozyorsk ) where Zippel worked in 1849–1868