Anton Heinrich Walbaum

Anton Heinrich Walbaum (born August 30 (a. St.) 1696 in Stadthagen , † May 27, 1753 in Wernigerode ) was a German pietist and councilor of the Duke of Saxony-Saalfeld.

Life

Walbaum attended the pedagogy in Halle (Saale) from Easter 1714 to Easter 1716 , where he worked with Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , Friedrich von Wattenwyl, Freiherr Georg Wilhelm von Söhlenthal and others. a. was very close friends. He studied law first at the University of Jena , then from 1717 to 1720 at the University of Halle . He came into contact with Johann Franz Buddeus in Jena and with August Hermann Francke in Halle . After graduating, he became the teacher of a son of the general superintendent Levin Coldewey in Aurich , then court master of the older son of the general and later court marshal von Natzmer .

In 1728 Walbaum became secretary to the Hereditary Prince and since 1730 ruling Duke Christian Ernst von Sachsen-Saalfeld , who promoted him to his councilor. After the Duke's death in 1745, he followed the call of Count Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode in his residence city of Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains , where he lived as a guest at Wernigerode Castle from May 1746 until his death .

Through contact with Professor Johann Liborius Zimmermann , whom he met on a trip to the Privy Councilor von Schwartzenfels in Uhlstädt an der Saale in Sachsen-Altenburg, and made friends with him, he joined the ideas of Pietism .

plant

Walbaum is one of the main representatives of Wernigerode pietism. Most of his written estate is now administered in the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives in Wernigerode.

literature

• Eduard Jacobs :  Walbaum, Anton Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, pp. 784-788.
• Eduard Jacobs: Anton Heinrich Walbaum and the Pietist Movement in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein , in: Writings of the Association for Schleswig-Holstein Church History, II. Series. Contributions and communications, 4th issue. Kiel 1900, pp. 30-136.