Bartholomäus Crasselius

Bartholomäus Crasselius (Crasselt) (born February 21, 1667 in Wernsdorf , † November 10, 1724 in Düsseldorf ) was a Lutheran pastor and hymn poet .

Life

Crasselius studied at the University of Halle . Here he belongs to the circle of August Hermann Francke . After his exams, as was customary at the time, he first worked as a private tutor, for example with the Count of Schönburg at Glauchau Castle . In 1693/94 he was tutor in the family of the businessman Franz Julius Pfeiffer in Lauenburg / Elbe . Because of his pietist views, there were theological arguments with the Lauenburg pastor and superintendent Severin Walther Slueter . At the beginning of June 1694, Slueter arranged for Crasselius to be expelled from the country. Then he worked in Saxony . Also disciplined by the Saxon regional church for his pietistic attitude, he went to Nidda ( Wetterau ) as a pastor in 1701 and finally to Düsseldorf in 1708 , where he worked until his death in 1724.

Crasselius created an abundance of hymns, of which Anastasius Freylinghausen took ten in 1704 in his "Spiritual Song Book". In the Protestant hymn book is his 1695 Resulting song "You, you, O Most High, I will sing" contain (EC 328). Originally the opening line of this song was: "You, you JE-HO-VA, I want to sing". In the course of a revision, the name of God commonly used in German was replaced by the designation "Höchst".

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Bartholomäus Crasselius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1154–1155. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Ruth Engelhardt: Crasselius (Krasselt), Bartholomäus , in: Wolfgang Herbst (ed.): Composers and songwriters of the Evangelical Hymnal. (= Handbook for the Evangelical Hymnal 2), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, p. 65
Carl Krafft: Crasselius, Bartholomäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 566 f.

Web links

Publications by and about Bartholomäus Crasselius in VD 18 .

Individual evidence

↑ Georg Heinrich pipe Dantz: Bartholomaeus Crasselius. A contribution to the Lauenburg church history. In: Archives of the Association for the History of the Duchy of Lauenburg 1884, S, 40-49 ( full text )

personal data
SURNAME	Crasselius, Bartholomew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Crasselt, Bartholomäus; Rattles, Bartholomew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran clergyman and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1667
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wernsdorf , Schönburg Recess Lordship , Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1724
Place of death	Düsseldorf , Duchy of Berg , Holy Roman Empire

[1] Georg Heinrich pipe Dantz: Bartholomaeus Crasselius. A contribution to the Lauenburg church history. In: Archives of the Association for the History of the Duchy of Lauenburg 1884, S, 40-49 ( full text )