Carl Bertheau the Elder

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Carl Bertheau (born July 13, 1806 in Hamburg ; † June 7, 1886 there ) was a German Protestant theologian and teacher.

Life

Carl Bertheau came from a Huguenot family , his great grandfather Samuel Bertheau moved from Châtellerault to Hamburg, René Bertheau, who, according to the family tradition, was the brother of Samuel, had fled to London , where his son Charles became a pastor and died in 1732. Carl Bertheau himself was the sixth of 14 children of Henry (also Heinrich ) Auguste Bertheau (1773-1831). Since 1819 he received training at the Johanneum School of Academics . He left school at Easter 1824 and attended the academic high school the following year , then studied at the University of Halle . He stayed there for two years and then continued his studies for three semesters at Heidelberg University. After spending another semester at the University of Göttingen , he received his philological doctorate on April 11, 1829 . He then returned to his hometown, where he passed the philology exam on September 14, 1829 and the theological exam on November 13 of the same year.

In 1831 his father died, so that Bertheau had to look after his mother as well as his 13 siblings; Ernst Bertheau and Caroline Bertheau should be emphasized among the siblings . Two years later he became a collaborator at the Johanneum and a year later he was appointed catechist . In Heidelberg he finally married his cousin Jeanne Bertheau in July 1835. Together they had six children, from whom Carl Bertheau the younger was known. After Jeanne died in 1856, he married again in 1865, this time with Bertha Maria Mayr from Memmingen .

Bertheau ended his school activity at the end of 1842 in order to fully devote himself to his spiritual work. However, he was not ordained , so he could not have a real career in the spiritual field; so he was hired again at the Johanneum on March 15, 1845, this time as director. After war broke out in 1870, Bertheau went on a vacation trip, but fell so badly at the train station in Rüdesheim that he was unable to walk from then on . Nevertheless, he continued teaching. In 1872, however, he was no longer able to climb stairs, which is why he retired ; he had been a director for 27 years. During this time he changed the school, so he led the teaching of the Latin language there and expanded it. In 1839 he also founded an association for the care of released prisoners and was a member of the association until his death.

"Karl Bertheau Dr. Phil. Director ”, collective grave of the Johanneum High School , Ohlsdorf cemetery

After his retirement in 1872 he was accepted into the Association for Inner Mission ; previously, admission was refused because Bertheau was busy with school work. The following year he was elected club president, which he remained until 1880. In addition, he participated in the construction of the Anchark Church and also preached there. After his retirement, he sorted documents in the Hamburg city library. In April 1879 his 50th anniversary as a doctor was due to be celebrated, but he suffered a stroke that left him suffering for the rest of his life. Carl Bertheau died in Hamburg on June 7th, 1886 at the age of 79.

Former students and colleagues of Bertheau commissioned the sculptor Engelbert Peiffer to make a marble figure of Bertheau. This relief was placed in the school auditorium.

Carl Bertheau left a son of the same name . His grandson Carl Bertheau III. also became a theologian.

In the Ohlsdorf cemetery , Carl Bertheau (the elder) is commemorated on the collective grave slab of the Johanneum of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery.

Publications

  • Report on the Johanneum Realschule (1846)
  • Some remarks about the passage of Gal. 2 and its relation to the Acts of the Apostles (1854)
  • The reports on the apostolic assistants and companions in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline letters, a testimony to the authenticity of these writings (1858)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Bertheau, Carl the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertheau, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1886
Place of death Hamburg