Benjamin Ferdinand Herrmann

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Benjamin Ferdinand Herrmann (also Benjamin Ferdinand Hermann ) (born May 4, 1757 in Bischofswerda , † February 17, 1837 in Markersdorf ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

Benjamin Ferdinand Herrmann grew up as the son of a preacher in Bischofswerda.

He visited the Lyceum in Löbau to prepare for the university there. In 1777 he began studying theology at the University of Wittenberg . After completing his studies, he worked as a tutor for a few years until he was appointed catechist and deacon in Löbau in 1783 . As a result of his efforts, the parish of Niedercunnersdorf , which is part of Löbau, received its own church system, which he presided over as a pastor. In the course of time he found the office a burden and looked around for a quieter sphere of activity. In 1804 he was able to go to Markersdorf as a preacher.

On August 18, 1813, he received 1,000 thalers from Napoleon in Görlitz, but the officer who made the payment kept 250 thalers for himself, with the order, at the place in Markersdorf, where the French generals Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc , Jean Pierre Joseph Bruguière and François Joseph Kirgener were fatally wounded by a Russian cannonball to have a stone monument erected. The erection of the monument was later approved by the then Russian government authority in Budissin , which was headed by Oberamtshauptmann Ernst Karl Gotthelf von Kiesenwetter (1757–1823), so that the sculptor connector in Ostritz received 150 thalers as an advance. Later, however, Benjamin Ferdinand Herrmann was forcibly removed the remaining money from the Baron von Rosen's secretary Meierheim, which he reported to the governor of Kiesenwetter. Thereupon the governor of Kiesenwetter demanded from the sculptor the amount of fifty thalers back and it was further ordered that the remaining 500 thalers should be distributed to the communities of Markersdorf, Holtendorf and Pfaffendorf .

The monument, which was erected on the site of the event, shows the names of General Duroc on one side and General Kirgener on the other.

On January 1st, 1833 Benjamin Ferdinand Herrmann celebrated his fiftieth anniversary in office, at this ceremony he was awarded the Red Eagle Order 4th class.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto von Odeleben: Napoleon's campaign in Saxony, in 1813 . S. 160. Arnoldi, 1840 ( google.de [accessed on September 2, 2018]).
  2. ^ Sheets for literary entertainment . S. 824. Brockhaus, 1829 ( google.de [accessed on September 2, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Manuscript of Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen or a brief account of the events of that year; a contribution to the history of Emperor Napoleon . S. 359. JG Cotta, 1824 ( google.de [accessed on September 3, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Benjamin Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann, Benjamin Ferdinand; Hermann, Benjamin Ferdinandus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Bischofswerda
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1837
Place of death Markersdorf