August Trümpelmann

August Christian Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Trümpelmann (born September 9, 1837 in Ilsenburg , † March 28, 1915 in Magdeburg ) was a German theologian and writer.

Life

He was the son of the modeller / foreman of an iron foundry and later a musician . After attending the local elementary school from 1843 to 1848, Trümpelmann went to the Lyceum in Wernigerode . In 1851 he transferred to the Pforta State School , where he remained until 1857. Then Trümpelmann began studying theology and philosophy in Halle , which he finished in 1860.

The following year he worked as a city missionary in Lyon . From 1862 to 1864 Trümpelmann held a position as private tutor in Hamburg and then until 1865 that of an assistant teacher in Wernigerode. In 1865 he was ordained , after which he took over the pastor's position in Friedrichswerth . Politically active here, he became a member of the state parliament in the Duchy of Gotha in 1872 . In 1875 Trümpelmann was appointed pastor and superintendent in Uelleben . From there he moved to Torgau in 1881 as pastor , superintendent and district school inspector . In 1891 Trümpelamm finally accepted the position of superintendent of the city ​​ephoria St. Johannis in Magdeburg, which he held until his retirement in 1912. For his achievements he was awarded the " Rothen-Adler-Orden " (4th grade).

August Trümpelmann wrote various religious and socio-political writings, but especially dramatic poems and sacred plays with a historical background.

His son was Max T. (1870–1926) who made a name for himself as a theologian, but even more as a composer and poet.

Works

• The Roman question from the ecclesiastical and national standpoint (1868).
• Luther and his time (drama, 1869)
• The Battle of Möckern (1870).
• Perpetua and Felicitas (Narrative Poetry, 1873).
• Pictures from the conditions of the rural working population (1874).
• History of the sermon from the beginning to Schleiermacher (Ed. Richard Rothe, 1881).
• Luther and his time (Volksschauspiel, 1887, 1889).
• The censorship practiced on my folk play "Luther and his time" (1889).
• The sermon on the Muldenstein (Drama, 1890. 3rd edition 1933).
• What can the farmer expect from social democracy (1891, 1894).
• Monastery and School (Festival, 1893).
• The modern worldview and the apostolic creed (1901).
• A bond of the heart and its break (play, 1904)
• Yet! (3 Sermons of Time, 1906).
• How important is the return of Halley's Comet for our religious life? (1910).

literature

• Karl Mühlek : Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon, Volume XII., Columns 634 - 635.
• Hans-Joachim Böttcher : "Trümpelmann, August ...", in: Important historical personalities of the Düben Heath, AMF - No. 237, 2012, p. 100.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Trümpelmann, August. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .