Carl Benjamin Dietrich

Carl Benjamin Dietrich (born June 8, 1791 in Chemnitz ; † May 25, 1864 in Scheibenberg ) was a German Protestant pastor and chronicler.

Life

The son of a Chemnitz soap boiler attended the royal state school in Meißen from 1805. From 1811 he began studying Protestant theology at the universities of Wittenberg and Leipzig , which he completed with a master's degree. After successfully completing the candidate exam in 1815, he initially took over as a private tutor in Dresden , Gommern and Brietzke near Loburg . From 1818 vicarages in Neukirchen , Jahnsdorf and Burkhardtsdorf followed before he was appointed deacon of Pausa in 1824 , where he witnessed the town fire of September 11, 1824. In 1832 he was called to the small town of Scheibenberg in the Ore Mountains, where he took office on the 1st of Advent. In addition to theological writings, Dietrich wrote several descriptions of the town fire and the reconstruction of Pausa as well as a chronicle of Scheibenberg in two volumes.

As part of his spiritual service, Dietrich created extensive registers for the church records in Scheibenberg, expanded and arranged the cemetery and took care of social affairs in his community. He organized the women's service and stood up for the poor and needy craftsmen, especially those who were arrested after the nail smiths' revolt in 1848.

Works

• Some letters with theological content and a sermon delivered on Good Friday 1815 at Tripöhna near Magdeburg, in memory of my father who died last year , Zerbst 1815
• Prayers designed according to Christian principles for the promotion of devotion and dedicated to all pious Christians , Dresden 1817
• First sermon in the new Pausaer church, delivered on the 23rd after Trinity 1835 , Schleiz 1825
• A Treatise: On the Inadmissibility of the Death Penalty. At the instigation of an execution in Zeulenroda , Leipzig 1831
• Pausa what it was and what it is after its restoration after the fire . Sachsenzeitung 1830 No. 74/75
• Chronicle of the celebration in Pausa 1830 . Sachsenzeitung 1830 No. 190
• Mourning poem for the unexpected death of his royal on March 5, 1827. Majesty Friedrich August of Saxony. In: Sacrifice of Adoration, Thanksgiving and Love, pp. 68–72
• Confessional prayers for the ketechumens and adult Christians together with a certificate of confirmation, some pious wishes and memorial messages , Plauen 1829
• Small chronicle of the free mountain town of Scheibenberg, in preparation for the celebration of the introduction of the Reformation in Scheibenberg , Leipzig in 1839
• Small chronicle of the free mountain town of Scheibenberg with Oberscheibe , 2nd issue, 1855
• A word about the question: How does the Christian religion teacher have to shape his own belief system. In: Mitteilungen der 4 Predigervereine Annaberger Ephorie, 1st vol., Annaberg 1841, pp. 123-130
• Reader for the inquisitive citizen and farmer who wants to get to know their and the previous times, along with the memorable events and phenomena of the same as well as current conditions , Annaberg 1845

literature

• Local history group (ed.): Carl Benjamin Dietrich: His life - his works; The small chronicles of the free mountain town of Scheibenberg with Oberscheibe , 2005 (extended reprint of the chronicle from 1839/1855) DNB 980092361

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reinhold Grünberg: Sächsisches Pfarrerbuch - The parishes and pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran. Regional Church of Saxony (1539–1939) . Verlag Mauckisch, 1940, p. 121 .