Carl Ferdinand Fiedler

Carl Ferdinand Fiedler (born June 17, 1799 in Baruth ; † September 8, 1844 in Döbrichau ) was a German Protestant theologian and educator .

Life

Born as the son of the Baruther city school rector, after attending this school he graduated from the grammar school in Lübben in 1814 and then from the Collegium Carolinum Braunschweig . From 1819 to 1823 he studied theology in Leipzig , where he also received his doctorate . After 1826 Fiedler worked as a private teacher in Retzau / Anhalt and Bitterfeld and in 1828 as administrative assistant to the superintendent in Graefenhainichen . Here he married Rahel Friederike Streubel. In 1829 Fiedler was transferred to Döbrichau as pastor , where he worked until 1844.

He was the founder of the "Elbwart" insurance association for pastors and teachers, as an institution for mutual help in emergencies and also long-term chairman of the "Missions-Hilfsverein an Elbe und Elster". As a schoolboy, Fiedler made a name for himself as a journalist. From 1832 he was part of the editorial team for the “Charitable Articles” in the “Torgauer Kreisblatt”.

Works

• Comprehensible instruction to write every German word correctly. 9th edition, Fleckeisen, Helmstädt 1819; 10th edition, 1820; 13th edition ( Der deutsche Sprachmeister ), 1831.
• New collection of general German drinking songs, patriotic songs, war and folk songs. Fleckeisen, Helmstädt 1822.
• Comprehensible instruction to work out all possible types of written essays that occur in bourgeois life, including letters. Fleckeisen, Helmstädt [1820]
• Almanac of the University of Leipzig to the year 1823. Klein, Leipzig 1823.
• Exercises to perfect the German language. 1824.
• Biblical history book for community and rural schools. 1837. (Standard work for religious instruction with 74 editions up to 1908!)
• Leg work for Joh. Christ. Aug. Bürger's news about the blockade and siege of the Elbe and state fortress Torgau in 1813. Wideburg, Torgau 1838.

literature

• Ingeborg Kaddatz: Well-known personalities in the history of Torgau (= small writings of the Torgau History Association, issue 13). Torgauer Geschichtsverein, Torgau 2002, ISBN 3-932090-59-4 , p. 37
• Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Important historical personalities of the Dübener Heide (= series of publications of the Working Group for Central German Family Research, No. 237). AMF, Leipzig 2012, p. 26.