Carl Eduard Eschke
Carl Eduard Esc (h) ke , modernized Karl Eduard Esc (h) ke , pseudonyms: Eduard Floraldin and Eduard Lenz , (born March 15, 1805 in Zittau , † July 2, 1891 in Jena ) was a Lutheran theologian and author who usually wrote under a pseudonym.
Life
Esc (h) ke was born in Zittau, where he attended school and high school. He then studied Protestant theology at the University of Leipzig . In 1826 he was initially an assistant teacher at the general city school in Zittau. In 1836 Eschke went to the neighboring Hirschfelde as a deacon for a few years before returning to Zittau in 1840 to become a catechist and early preacher at the Trinity Church. From 1854 he worked as a second deacon at the main church Sankt Johannis and at the same time as an early preacher at the church Sankt Petri-Pauli. He retired in 1875 at the age of 70. He moved to the university town of Jena , where he died in 1891.
Works (selection)
- The escape from the Pleißenburg. Story from the middle of the 16th century , Leipzig, 1826.
- The Calvinists in Leipzig. Story from the last third of the 16th century , three parts, Leipzig, 1827.
- The Oybin and its ruins, a sketch with a lithographed title and two lithographic views on panels , Zittau, JD Schöpsische Buch- und Kunsthandlung, undated [1832] (The lithographs come from E. Sachse from Görlitz and were based on the originals by J. Müller made.)
- Words of consecration, spoken on June 12th, 1864 at the flag consecration festival of the Zittau military association . In: Comrade , 1864, No. 27.
- German watch. Dramatic face , 1877.
literature
- Wilhelm Haan : Carl Eduard Escke . In: Saxon Writer's Lexicon . Robert Schaefer's Verlag, Leipzig 1875, p. 66.
- Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers of the nineteenth century , p. 186.
Individual evidence
- ^ Emil Weller: Lexicon Pseudonymorum , 1886, p. 201.
- ↑ Both spellings Escke and Eschke occur, but in Zittau the spelling with -h predominates at the time.
- ^ Hermann Knothe : History of the patch of Hirschfelde in the royal Saxon Upper Lusatia , 1851, p. 55.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eschke, Carl Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Escke, Carl Eduard; Eschke, Karl Eduard; Floraldin, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittau |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1891 |
| Place of death | Jena |