Balthasar Sprenger (theologian)

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Balthasar Sprenger (born February 11, 1724 in Neckargröningen , † September 14, 1791 in Adelberg ) was a German Lutheran clergyman and agricultural scientist.

Life

Balthasar Sprenger attended school in Neckargröningen and was then an alumnus of the Blaubeuren and Bebenhausen monasteries . He studied theology and philosophy in Tübingen from 1743 to 1746 , received his master's degree in 1744 and was repetent in 1749 . In 1751 he was at Wilhelm Gottlieb Tafinger to Dr. phil. PhD. After study trips through Germany, Holland, England and France, he became a deacon in Göppingen in 1753 . In 1757 he was first appointed second professor and court preacher at the Protestant theological seminar of Maulbronn monastery and later in 1764 appointed first professor. In 1781 he became prelate and general superintendent in Adelberg, where he also worked as abbot in the Adelberg monastery from 1781 to 1791 . Sprenger was the ducal-Württemberg council with a seat and vote in the state parliament. In 1784 he became an agricultural assessor and in 1788 a member of the agricultural committee in Stuttgart .

Among other things, he was interested in agriculture and viticulture. Balthasar Sprenger has had a strong influence on the dawn of agriculture and viticulture in Württemberg and Germany through experiments and publications. His theoretical considerations were scientifically founded and backed up by practical experiments. In 1764, Sprenger was the first German to attempt the production of sparkling wine.

On April 20, 1771 he was elected a member (matriculation no. 760) of the Leopoldina with the academic surname Dionysius Colophonius .

Fonts

  • Dissertatio de descriptione geometrica polygonorum regularium . 1751 digitized
  • Opvscvla Physico-Mathematica. I. Naturalis mortuae Halcyonis Incorruptibilitas. II. Auium hibridarum Virtus generandi, earum adhuc nepotibus indita. III. Demonstratio nouae mensurae Celeritatis. IV. Refutatio Diuisibilitatis in infinitum, extenso Geometrico adscriptae. V. Instrumentum radiometrum. VI. Instrumentum divisorium . Schmidt, Hannoverae 1753 digitized
  • A brief but thorough concept of the entire field of agriculture or instruction to build all kinds of grain, forage herbs and the most noble crops useful for clothing and dyeing with Nuzen, mostly drawn from Herr dü Hamel dü Monceau's initial reasons for farming . Mezler, Stuttgart 1764. Digitized
  • Complete treatment of the entire viticulture and other products resulting from it, together with an appendix of all other beverages which replace the lack of wine; likewise from making vinegar and brandy, from the yield of a vineyard, the wine trade, and from the vineyard regulations . First volume, Mezler, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1766 digitized
  • Complete treatment of the entire viticulture and other products resulting from it, together with an appendix of all other beverages which replace the lack of wine; likewise from making vinegar and brandy, from the yield of a vineyard, the wine trade, and from the vineyard regulations . Zweyter Band, Mezler, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1767 digitized
  • Complete beginnings of agriculture, or introduction to the whole of agriculture, together with preliminary knowledge from the theory of size or mathematics and general and particular theory of nature . Mezler, Stuttgart 1772 digitized ; Second section digitized
  • Introduction to modern beekeeping according to its reasons . Mezler, Stuttgart 1773. Digitized
  • Detailed, faithful and proven instructions for a thorough, harmless, permissible, permanent as well as beneficial and easy improvement of wines in Germany . Mezler, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1775 digitized
  • Complete treatment of the entire viticulture and other products arising from it . Third volume or practical part, Mezler, Stuttgart 1778 digitized

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personal data
SURNAME Sprenger, Balthasar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dionysius Colophonius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran clergyman and agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Neckargröningen
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1791
Place of death Adelberg