August Dächsel

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August Dächsel, Protestant theologian aged around 30 (around 1848)
August Dächsel at the age of 80 (around 1898)

Karl August Dächsel (born November 24, 1818 in Naumburg (Saale) , † September 23, 1901 in Steinkirche , Kr. Strehlen , Lower Silesia ) was a Protestant theologian .

family

August Dächsel comes from an old Oberlausitz pastor's family and was the son of the Naumburg Higher Regional Court Secretary Karl Dächsel (1790-1858) and his first wife Ernestine Kupfer (1792-1825).

Father Karl Dächsel was the godfather of Elisabeth Nietzsche , the sister of the later philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche , in 1846 . In his second marriage on May 20, 1827, he married Friederike ( Riekchen ) Nietzsche (* 1793), the half-sister of Friedrich and Elisabeth's father Ludwig Nietzsche. As a result of this second marriage, father Dächsel had become the uncle of the Nietzsche children. Nietzsche wrote in his youthful publication “ From My Life ” about his move to Naumburg (Saale) in 1850 after the death of his father: “ Uncle Dächsel , Aunt Riekchen and Lina were waiting for us in Naumburg . The lodging that had been reserved for us was in the Neugasse and belonged to the rail freight forwarder Otto. “The Dächsel family was also related to the poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) through common ancestors .

Dächsel married on December 21, 1847 in the cathedral church in Halle (Saale) Friederike Vincentz (born April 5, 1821 in Halle (Saale); † November 8, 1903 in Steinkirche, Kr. Strehlen, Lower Silesia), the daughter of the Halle cabinet maker Karl August Vincentz (1789–1857) and Auguste Franziska Knabe (1794–1865). There were eight children from this marriage.

August Dächsel 's brother Bernhard Dächsel (1823–1888) was the official guardian of the two children Friedrich and Elisabeth Nietzsche.

August Dächsel 's son was the well-known theologian Theobald Dächsel .

Life

After the early death of his mother (1825) until his father remarried (1827), Dächsel grew up without proper care and attention, which later gave rise to his poor health, which he suffered greatly as a teenager.

After attending the community school in Naumburg (Saale) and taking private lessons, he went through the classes at the Pforta state school in Schulpforte near Bad Kösen very quickly because of his hard work, but had to leave school in the upper school - " for reasons that are honorable for him " ( Source: Biographisches Jahrbuch ) - and graduated from high school in Naumburg.

He then studied theology, first at the University of Leipzig , then in Halle (Saale) . Very quiet and withdrawn himself, he completed the second exam at the University of Magdeburg with an " unusually brilliant certificate ".

After working as a private tutor for a long time, he took up his first pastor's position in Hirschfeld ( Diocese Elsterwerda of the Evangelical Church in Prussia ) in the Elbe-Elster district in the winter of 1847 . Soon afterwards he married in Halle. After 5 years he moved to Hohenbocka in the district of Hoyerswerda ( Lower Silesia ) in 1852 . In 1858 he was entrusted by the church authorities with the pastoral office in Neusalz on the Oder .

In Hirschfeld and Neusalz, Dächsel used his free time for theological studies and writing his own work on biblical, liturgical and hymnological topics, which he published in a number of articles in church journals. At this point in time he also began to work on the Lutheran Catechism and with his life's work - his practical and scientific interpretation of the Bible, which is still known today and which he was encouraged to carry out by a pastoral conference in Gnadenfrei , district of Reichenbach (Eulengebirge) ( Lower Silesia ) was. His books have also been translated into other languages ​​(e.g. Danish).

When the pastoral business in Neusalz was too busy for him, he was very grateful for the transfer to the quieter pastorate in Steinkirche (diocese of Strehlen) in 1868. He stayed in Steinkirche even after his retirement in autumn 1893.

bibliography

  • August Dächsel (Ed.): The Bible or The Whole Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, based on the German translation by Dr. Martin Luthers, with the interpretation included in the text , 7 volumes, A. Deichert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1865–1898. - Reprint of the edition from 1867: Verlag der Lutherischen Buchhandlung Heinrich Harms, Groß Oesingen 2004, ISBN 3-86147-269-4 . (colloquially called Dächsel's Biblical Work )
  • K (arl) A (ugust) Dächsel: Homiletic references to the most distinguished scriptural texts to be treated in sermons and casual speeches . An addendum to the author's Bible work for clergy . Leipzig 1889.
  • August Dächsel (Ed.): Liturgical manual for the community for use in public worship; following the order of public worship and church activities , Berlin 1890.
  • August Dächsel (Ed.): Pulpit book, containing the Sunday and feast day pericopes, the history of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, as well as forms for the thanksgiving and intercessions to be made after the sermon ; For hand use by clergy in the Prussian Church, Berlin 1890.
  • History of the Old and New Testaments , 2 volumes, 1886 and 1888.
  • Biblical history book for high and low schools , 1890.
  • Luther's little catechism designed for use in school and confirmation classes in question and answer , 1890.
  • Enchiridion: The Little Catechism , 1890.

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SURNAME Dächsel, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dächsel, Karl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1901
Place of death Stone church , Strehlen district , Lower Silesia