Johann Konrad Achaz Holscher

Johann Konrad Achaz Holscher (born October 28, 1755 in Bennigsen , † September 29, 1840 in Hanover ) was a German Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of the general diocese of Hoya-Diepholz .

Life

After studying theology, Holscher became a collaborator at the teachers' college in Hanover, in 1781 court chaplain and second pastor at the Neustädter Hof- und Stadtkirche St. Johannis in Hanover, 1789 superintendent in Münder , 1794 superintendent in Ronnenberg and in 1806 first pastor at the Neustädter church in Hanover . In 1834 he retired. From 1816 to 1840 he was also a member of the consistory in Hanover and general superintendent of the general diocese of Hoya-Diepholz.

Works

• Experiment on the country preacher (Hanover 1787)
• Brief instructions for teachers and supervisors of induction schools , Hanover: Christian Ritscher, 1792; Digitized via the Bavarian State Library
• Reasons for reassurance after the death of our friends in this war (Hanover 1791/1815)
• Dr. Gottfried Leß Leben (Hanover 1797)
• Practical manual for ephoral and ecclesiastical business (Hanover 1800/05)
• Views on Christ's religion, in letters, in relation to the solemn acceptance of the same by Jewish worshipers of God in our times, along with a baptismal address and liturgy (Hanover 1801)
• Father's admonitions about the best application of the years after the confirmation (Hanover 1804)

literature

• Philipp Meyer : The pastors of the regional churches of Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippes since the Reformation . Göttingen 1941/42
• Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : The learned Hanover, or lexicon of writers who have lived in the Kingdom of Hanover since the Reformation . Volume 2, Bremen 1823, p. 399