Benjamin Friedrich Koehler

Benjamin Friedrich Köhler (born June 22, 1730 in Döbeln , † May 4, 1796 in Dessau ) was a German hymn poet and civil servant .

Life

Köhler was the son of the preacher Daniel Friedrich Köhler. He lost his father in 1731. His mother moved to live with her father, a Baron Buda, in Börtewitz . There he was first taught by his grandfather. He then attended the Freiberg high school from 1744 to 1749 and studied at the University of Leipzig from 1749 . There he was under the influence of the private lecturer Christian Fürchtegott Gellert . After completing his studies, he held several court master positions , including with the Barons von Gersdorff .

Köhler came to the court of Prince Leopold II. Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau in 1767 on Gellert's recommendation . There he was first appointed court master to Prince Albert Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau and a councilor . In 1768 he moved to the state government in Dessau as court advisor and became secretary of the administration of the justice, consistorial and secret archives. In 1774 he was promoted to first secretary and archivist . When he died he was a councilor.

plant

Köhler wrote various hymns that were recorded in different hymn books .

• Spiritual, moral and joking odes and songs , 4 volumes, Leipzig 1762.

literature

• Immanuel Loeffler: Messages from song writers of the hymn book for the Protestant general community of the Kingdom of Baiern , Seidel, Sulzbach 1819, p. 67.
• Wilhelm Hosäus :  Köhler, Benjamin Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 438.
• Susanne Siebert:  Köhler, Benjamin Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 243-244.

Web links

• Benjamin Friedrich Köhler on bach-digital.de