Balthasar Crusius

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Balthasar Crusius ( Latinized from Krauss , born March 12, 1550 in Werdau , † March 26, 1630 in Chemnitz ) was a Protestant theologian , school rector, pastor and author of school dramas.

Life

Crusius acquired his humanistic-philological education at the Princely School Grimma (from 1568 to 1575) and then studied at the University of Leipzig . As a preceptor of the von Einsiedel family on Gnandstein , he accompanied their sons Heinrich and Hildebrand to the University of Tübingen , where he deepened his studies with Professor Martin Crusius .

He received his first position as rector in 1586 at the Latin school in Gardelegen . In the course of the political and confessional change after the death of Elector August , Crusius went to the Latin school in Chemnitz as rector in 1587 . Around 1588 he obtained his master's degree at the University of Wittenberg, which at that time was Filipistically oriented (with Petrus Albinus ). On May 12th, 1589, he married Katharina Ströer, daughter of the Chemnitz councilor Lorentz Ströer, in the Jakobikirche in Chemnitz. Upon a call from the council of the city of Schneeberg , Crusius went to the local Latin school as rector in 1596. Here he was defamed as a cryptocalvinist despite his signature under the visitation articles, which had already been completed in 1592 . Crusius then quit his service in 1597 and, with the support of his pupil Hildebrand von Einsiedel, went to the small village of Syhra as a pastor in 1598 . In 1611 he was pastor in Auerbach near Zwickau for a short time . In 1612 he retired due to illness or age and moved to Kohren as an emeritus , later to Chemnitz, where he lived until his death.

Balthasar Crusius had eleven children, seven of whom survived him. His youngest son Atlas Crusius later became mayor of Chemnitz and administered the city after the Thirty Years' War .

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Crusius was the author of numerous occasional poems and interpretations of the psalms and was particularly prominent as a dramatist. In addition to a drama theoretical treatise from 1609 ( De Dramatibus ), he wrote four spiritual school dramas : Tobias (1585), Judith , Exodus (both 1605), Paulus naufragus (1609). His play Tragoedia nova, written in German Knittel verse , by eim Gedenckwirdigen Vened, depicts the conflict between imperial and papacy . Contract between Keyser Friedrich the First and Pope Alexander the Third from 1607.

For his students, Crusius translated numerous ancient church hymns into Greek, composed four-part movements for them and thus followed the didactic teachings of Philipp Melanchthon .

Tribe list

 
 
 
 
 
 
 Balthasar I. Crusius
(1550-1630)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Atlas Crusius
(1606–1679)
Mayor of Chemnitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christian Crusius
(1636-1712)
 
 Sigismund Crusius
(1644–1707)
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann Georg Crusius
(1660-1732)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Balthasar II. Crusius
(1674–1734)
 
 
 
 
 
 Gottlieb Crusius
(1688–1754)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Balthasar III. Crusius
(1704–1771)
 
 
 
 
 
 Siegfried Leberecht Crusius
(1738–1824)
publisher, farmer
 
 Carl Leberecht Crusius
(1740–1779) engraver
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gottlob Leberecht Crusius
(1749–1813)
 
 
 
 
 
 Wilhelm Crusius
(1790–1858)
farmer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christian Crusius
(1785–1848)
 
 Otto Carl
Siegismund Crusius
(1794–1861)
 
 
 
 
 
 Eduard Crusius
(1797–1861)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Otto Crusius
(1857-1918)
 
 
 
 
 
 Ernst-August Crusius
(1854–1935)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Otto E. Crusius
(1892-1965)
 
 Friedrich Crusius
(1897–1941)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johannes Crusius
(1882–1934)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ernst Crusius
(1883–1957)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hermann Crusius
(1887–1970)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fredeke Crusius
(1925–1999)
 
 Dietrich Rössler
(* 1927)
 
 
 
 Eilike Crusius
(1927-2002)
 
 
 Barbara Crusius
(1916-2003)
 
 Jochen Dittrich
(1914–1980)
 
 Elisabeth Crusius
(1918-2010)
 
 Carl Malsch
(1916-2001)
 
 
 Irene Crusius
(* 1932)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beate Rössler
(* 1958)
 
 Johannes Rössler
(* 1965)
 
 Martina Borger
(* 1956)
 
 Sebastian Borger
(* 1964)
 
 
 Marie-Agnes Dittrich
(* 1954)
 
 
 
 Michael Malsch
(* 1945)
 
 Thomas Malsch
(* 1946)
 
 
 
 
 

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Balthasar Crusius  - Sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Crusius, Balthasar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krause, Balthasar; Kraus, Baltzer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH Werdau
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1630
Place of death Chemnitz