Carl August Raabe

Carl August Raabe around 1845. Lithograph by Franz Eybl

Karl August Raabe (born October 2, 1804 in Preßburg , Kingdom of Hungary ; † July 26, 1878 in Gmunden , Upper Austria ) was a Protestant theologian and first preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg .

Life

Karl August Raabe came from a German family and was the son of the Pressburg hat maker Daniel Raabe and his wife Magdalena nee. Kassberger. Between 1818 and 1823 he attended the Evangelical Lyceum in his hometown, having previously stayed in Raab for a year to learn the Hungarian language . Raabe began his theological studies in 1823 at the Evangelical Theological Academy ( Hungarian: 'Soproni Evangélikus Teologiai Akadémia' ) in Ödenburg . He continued his theology studies in Vienna from 1825 to complete it in the school year 1828/1829 at the University of Jena . In Jena he was taught by such important theologians as Baumgarten-Crusius , Johann Danz and Fries .

After his return to Hungary, Raabe was assigned as a ' chaplain ' ("parish assistant") to Pastor Matthäus Haubner in Raab. On January 20, 1830, he was the superintendent Kiss ordained . In the same year he was elected pastor in Modern , from where he followed a call to Schlaining (in Eisenburg County ) in 1833 . In 1843 Raabe came to the German community in Bösing and in 1843 as a pastor to the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Pressburg. Here he gave his inaugural sermon on July 9, 1843. Between the years 1861 and 1865 he was also the senior citizen of the parish.

Raabe married Marie von Dörner on November 15, 1831, the daughter of a businessman from Raabe. The marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters.

Gravestones of the German Protestant clergy in the Gaistor cemetery in Pressburg. Pastor Raabe's gravestone on the far left.

Raabe's later years were severely impaired by a severe hearing problem. Raabe died on July 26, 1878 in Gmunden in Upper Austria, where he was on a recovery cure. His remains were transferred to Pressburg and solemnly laid out in front of the altar of the Great German Evangelical Church. The Protestant and Catholic clergy and the prominent people of the city and the county of Pressburg took part in the funeral ceremonies . The obituary and church prayers were spoken by Bishop Ludwig Geduly. On August 1, 1878, the burial took place at the Pressburg Gaistor cemetery with great sympathy . The prayer at the open grave was spoken by Pastor Dörner from Bösing. At Raabe's express request, he was buried next to his brothers in office Wilhelm Josef Jarius († 1843) and Christian Tremmel († 1845).

Raabe was a gifted orator and an excellent preacher. He was a typical representative of the ' theological rationalism ' common in the 19th century .

Some of his sermons are in print, of which are considered particularly important:

Memory sermon for because. Franz II Emperor of Austria. Steinamanger 1835
Sermon for the introduction of the new hymnal. Pressburg 1845
Memory sermon for the Palatine Arch. Joseph . Pressburg 1847
Sermon on the festive commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Protestant congregation in Pressburg. Pressburg 1856
Sermon at the Reformation festival. Pressburg 1862
Sermon for the 100th anniversary of the parish festival of the German Church in Pressburg. Pressburg 1876

literature

CE Schmidt , S. Markusovßky, G. Ebner: History of the evangelical church community AB zu Preßburg. 2 volumes, Pozsony 1906
BH Zimmermann: Raabe, Karl August (1804–1878), theologian. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 358.

Web links

Short biography (Hungarian)

References and comments

↑ This school has a long tradition and emerged from the Ödendurg Latin School, which was founded in 1557.
↑ The theological faculty is the basis of the University of Jena, founded in 1558, which has represented Lutheran teaching since the beginning.
^ Haubner Matthäus, theologian. * Veszprém (Hungary), * September 19, 1794; † Ödenburg (Sopron, Hungary), November 12th, 1880. Stud. At the Univ. Jena Theol. and German studies, then worked as an educator in Preßburg, Vienna and Ödenburg, for a short time also as a middle school teacher for Dt. in Pressburg. 1821 pastor in Schlaining (Burgenland), 1829 pastor in Raab, 1846 superintendent of the church district on the other side of the Danube. (according to OEBL)
^ Preßburger Zeitung , August 3, 1878
^ Preßburger Zeitung , August 2, 1878
↑ ^a ^b History of the Evangelical Church Community AB zu Preßburg, vol. 2., p. 56f (see literature)

personal data
SURNAME	Raabe, Carl August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Raabe, Karl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant theologian and first preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pressburg , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1878
Place of death	Gmunden , Upper Austria

[1] This school has a long tradition and emerged from the Ödendurg Latin School, which was founded in 1557.

[2] The theological faculty is the basis of the University of Jena, founded in 1558, which has represented Lutheran teaching since the beginning.

[3] Haubner Matthäus, theologian. * Veszprém (Hungary), * September 19, 1794; † Ödenburg (Sopron, Hungary), November 12th, 1880. Stud. At the Univ. Jena Theol. and German studies, then worked as an educator in Preßburg, Vienna and Ödenburg, for a short time also as a middle school teacher for Dt. in Pressburg. 1821 pastor in Schlaining (Burgenland), 1829 pastor in Raab, 1846 superintendent of the church district on the other side of the Danube. (according to OEBL)

[4] Preßburger Zeitung , August 3, 1878

[5] Preßburger Zeitung , August 2, 1878

[:0-6] History of the Evangelical Church Community AB zu Preßburg, vol. 2., p. 56f (see literature)